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Hi, I'm Tamera, a professional wedding, portrait and boudoir photographer in Colorado Springs. But this blog isn't about my professional work; no, it's a daily love note to my beautiful city, where I've lived for most of my life. I love it here and I hope you enjoy seeing Colorado Springs through my eyes and lens!

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18 March 2024

Saint Pat's Day Parade

I've been battling a terrible case of acute bronchitis, so my dreams of blogging every single day in 2024 came to an early end. Ha. Over the past week I progressively got worse instead of better, but I've been to the doctor and am now on a medication and rest protocol, so hopefully I will start feeling like myself again soon. All of this naturally means that I've not left the house in several days (other than going to Urgent Care), so I haven't taken any new pictures for you. Pat to the rescue! Not only has he been taking such good care of me while I'm feeling so poorly, he got some great snaps of the Saint Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday when he went downtown to pick up some breakfast for me and found himself right in the thick of things. Hooray for Pat! I feel like we should have a parade just for him! Love you, sweetie! Thanks for letting me share your awesome pictures!

Irish dancers.

Members of the Irish wolfhound club. These dogs are huge! P.S. I like her sweater.




Even the low riders got into the spirit.

15 March 2024

A Foot of Snow

Over the last day and a half it snowed almost non-stop, eventually accumulating a foot of the white stuff in our neighborhood. Other parts of the city got even more than we did. It wasn't really a storm in the sense that the wind was blowing or even large amounts of precipitation at any given point. It was just a gentle snow that didn't let up for over a day. This is the most significant snowfall of not just this winter, but quite a few years, really. We rarely get this much all at one time, at least not here in the city. There's not much you can do about it other than hunker down at home and wait for it to pass.


14 March 2024

Burger Break

Last week we stopped into Cy's for lunch. Cy's is the real deal, a 1950s drive-in diner serving burgers, fries, shakes and the like. Not fancy schmancy burgers with bleu cheese and caramelized onions or whatever. Just burgers. I don't think their menu has changed since... ever, I guess! Pat had a burger (naturally) and I had a grilled cheese sandwich. So good! I especially love their french fries. Do you have an authentic drive-in diner left in your city? Cy's is a Colorado Springs institution!

13 March 2024

Good View and a Good Boy

I'm sick and have spent most of the last 48 hours in bed, so I actually forgot to do a blog post yesterday. I already had these pictures queued up, just failed to post them, and I hate to miss a day so I am going to cheat a little and backdate this post to yesterday. Here's the view last Sunday, when I took Frodo for a nice long walk in Monument Valley Park along with my friend Jennifer. It was a beautiful day and there were lots of people out and about walking their dogs, riding bikes, running, or just hanging out. Look at the mountain! What a gorgeous backdrop for any activity, right? And here's our adorable Frodo, posing like a proper little gent for me.

12 March 2024

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A final pretty moment from Palmer Park last Saturday, before I move on to other subject matter. I guess we're about to get several inches of snow in the next couple of days. Quite a change from the sunny and unseasonably warm weather we've been enjoying lately.

11 March 2024

Random Rocks

More from my brief pass through Palmer Park on Saturday. This parking lot has a picnic table or two right next to it, and I found this random selection of rocks sitting on one of the benches. Don't ask me, I have no idea!

10 March 2024

Sunday Style!

A breath of fresh air among the many stretch legging clad humans at Target the other day, this statuesque woman strode through the store in jeans that highlighted every curve and boots that added at least another couple of inches to her already impressive height. She really had presence.