The Sheepherder

Fifteen years ago the Broadmoor was sold to a Colorado billionaire named Philip Anschutz, and it hasn't been the same since. It just lost some of its magic, I think. He also bought out the local newspaper around the same time and somehow managed to make the Gazette even more conservative-leaning than it already was, which is some feat. I really miss the days before that guy became a household name around here. When it comes to Mr. Anschutz, let me just say that I have some opinions. I will give him, however, that he has augmented the Broadmoor's art collection with some very nice pieces, mostly 20th century paintings depicting the American West, like this lovely one by Thomas Hart Benton. It's just gorgeous.

Sunday Style!

Seen at Cameraworks a couple of weeks ago. Every subculture has its particular visual attributes; for fans of the Grateful Dead it's the familiar dancing bears.

Kodachrome's Got Nothing on Monochrome

This was taken in Cheyenne Cañon a couple of weeks ago, and it even though the water is clear, the rocks and stream bed are so brown it just looked kind of "blah" to me. Don't believe Paul Simon when he sings that everything looks worse in black and white. He's full of baloney.

And now, for your listening pleasure...

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The crown jewel of downtown, our lovely Pioneers Museum in high summer.

Another Scorcher

As I type this it's 97° F (36° C) outside, even hotter than yesterday. Here's a shot from a much chillier afternoon, November 16, 2014, when the temperature apparently peaked at about 28° F if my online sources are to be trusted. Hopefully this will make us all feel a little cooler. Incidentally, the beautiful woman in this photo is one of the many friends I've made thanks to this blog. Her name is Nicole and she's a former competitive and professional ice skater. After chatting with her before taking her picture we became buddies, and are friends to this day.

August 2026 Theme Day: Purple

The first day of a new month means it's Theme Day for participating City Daily Photo bloggers, and this time the theme is purple. Since I'm sure you've seen enough purple flowers on this blog (ha!), I decided to find another subject for the theme. For as long as I can remember, this liquor store on Fillmore Street has been purple, although it seems to have faded to more of a pastel lavender in recent years.

For more depictions of purple by CDP bloggers everywhere, click HERE. Enjoy!

Meh.

A meh picture of a pretty subject. Consider this a test shot while I was on a shoot in Palmer Park a couple of weekends ago. By the way, about sixty seconds after I took this, a cactus spine pierced my shoe and embedded itself in my big toe! Fun times.