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The south façade of our lovely and stately City Hall, erected in 1904.

Sunday Style!

Cool dude seen in a London train station in 2024. Extra points for reading an actual book instead of staring at his phone like everyone else.

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A view of the Garden of the Gods from Red Rock Canyon Open Space.

The Colorado Psychedelic Church

Did you know that we have a church here that espouses the use of psychedelics as a vehicle in your spiritual journey? It's called the Colorado Psychedelic Church -- a bit on the nose, yes, but might as well get straight to the point. Your first reaction might be to laugh but they're serious. And hey, we have about ten zillion other churches here, why not a psychedelic one, right? Their message is quite positive and inclusive, and I can certainly wrap my brain around that. And it's not like there haven't been countless other religious practices over the long history of human existence that have used mind altering drugs as part of their rituals.

I've been aware of its existence for some time but I only recently realized that the Colorado Psychedelic Church is next door to Cameraworks, where I buy a lot of my photography gear! Maybe they just moved into that spot. You'd think I would have noticed before now.

Things Are Looking a Little Better at the Duck Pond

I think the last time I showed you the north duck pond in Monument Valley Park was last November, and it had that barren "we just finished a major improvement project here" kind of air about it. I guess a more polite way to describe it would be that it was bursting with as-yet unrealized potential. Ha! Now that this part of the park has had a whole summer to recover from its facelift, it's finally starting to look a little less grim. I imagine it'll be several years before it regains its former charm. Hopefully it'll be even better than before.

October 2026 Theme Day: Soft

The first day of every month is Theme Day for City Daily Photo bloggers, and this time the subject is soft. I thought hard about it and figured lots of people would take pictures of their beloved pets, so even though I had our soft (and extremely adorable) feline handy, I decided to go with lamb's ear, or Stachys byzantina. This plant is all over our front garden and has proliferated abundantly there for years -- it really thrives in our sunny, arid climate. And it's very, very soft. It feels like an angora sweater.

For more interpretations of soft by CDP bloggers all over, visit our portal HERE. Enjoy!

Ssserpent

While on a portrait shoot today, my clients and I came across this little western terrestrial garter snake. Do I like snakes? No I do not, they generally give me the creeps. But I was brave enough to take a photo before I vacated the area. Ha. Garter snakes are fairly harmless, I know, but that doesn't mean I want to hang around with one.