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Animals Family animals 

Mabel

May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 barbara 0 Comments adopt, dogs, shelter

Dolly left us last year. That left a big gap in the family’s lineage of pets. Matt and Jill only

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Animals 

Denver Post and the Coors Field Cats

April 11, 2021April 11, 2021 barbara 0 Comments cats, CoorsField, DenverPost

Every Rockies baseball fan who watched the game on April 2 got to watch the video of the long-haired gray

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Animals Family animals Photos Sad 

The Rainbow Bridge

December 21, 2020 barbara 0 Comments dog, jeep, rainbow bridge

Dogs. There’s tons of dogs. People at work have assortments of dogs: big, small, cute, ugly, stupid, not stupid, loved,

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Animals Foster kittens Photos 

The July crop of foster kittens

July 29, 2019December 21, 2020 barbara 0 Comments cat, foster, foster kittens

So far there’s been two groups of foster kittens up here. The first was a pair of boys, Nathan and

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Bull elk
Animals Photos Wildlife 

Big boys

June 26, 2018 barbara 0 Comments elk, photos, wildlife

Every June the elk migrate up to the higher altitudes to escape the heat of the plains. I went to

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Petunias in a pot
Animals Cool stuff New Post Photos 

Flutter-by: Painted Lady migration

September 19, 2017September 24, 2017 barbara 0 Comments animals, flowers, hummingbirds

Hundreds of thousands of Painted Lady butterflies are making their way from their northern summer home to their winter quarters

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Animals New Post Wildlife 

Freezing out the bears in summer

September 14, 2017September 24, 2017 barbara 0 Comments bears, dump, trash

Bears are a pain. Most mountain residents have bear trouble. Car break-ins, house break-ins, ruining gardens, killing livestock and just

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Skeeter in the weeds
Animals My cats New Post Photos 

Skeeter’s job

September 10, 2017September 24, 2017 barbara 0 Comments cats, critters, mice, Skeeter

When it rains, things grow. When things grow, other things come to eat. Skeeter lies in wait for all things

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Eclipse
Animals Cool stuff Photos Trees 

Eclipse

August 21, 2017September 10, 2017 barbara 0 Comments cats, eclipse

On August 21, 2017 Colorado and the world experienced a total eclipse. It was pretty cool. Ads filled my Facebook

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Stormy skies
Animals Photos Weather 

Seattle weather

June 28, 2017September 7, 2017 barbara 0 Comments cats, fog, weather

In early June Seattle moved to the Bar B. The clouds hung low on Shadow Mountain and this place could

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Weather Wind 

Fire weather warnings – now a way of life

May 11, 2022 barbara 0

Fire weather warnings are a way of life in Colorado. As of May 9, Colorado has had 98 Fire weather

Animals Family animals 

Mabel

May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 barbara 0
The tree I paid for twice
Bad contractors Contractors Photos Trees 

The tree I paid for twice

May 7, 2022 barbara 1
“Not how I do business”
Bad contractors Contractors Driveway 

“Not how I do business”

March 16, 2022 barbara 0
Gravechair
Stories Trees 

Gravechair

January 8, 2022 barbara 0

Bar B cats

Petticoat outside in deep snow
April 17, 2016 – Petticoat wanted out. I let her out.
The last picture of Buzz
Buzz, hanging out in his favorite spot in the yard. September 2016.
Ragdoll
Nina 2009
Jack in sunlight
This is one of my favorite images of Jack. He loved sunshine and sought it out any time he could.
Jack and Little Buddy
Little Buddy and Jack in 2011.
Skeeter in the sun
Skeeter enjoying the morning light
PetticoatMay2021
Skeeter
FatSkeeterjpg
PetticoatSkeeterApril2021

Foster kittens!

Tyke - foster kitten
Tyke
Fancy - foster kitten
Fancy
Bingo - foster kitten
Bingo
Vandy - foster kitten
Vandy
CB - foster kitten
Sweet little CB wasn’t feeling too well that day
Indy - foster kitten
Indy was a major pain the butt. I was relieved when he went back to the shelter: SKB!
Buzz, Henry and Domino
The first picture of Buzz along with Henry and Domino.
Jack and Little Buddy
Little Buddy and Jack in 2011.
Max - foster kitten
Max
Cat videos
You Tube has videos for cats to watch!
Foster kitten
Maureen – June 2017
Foster kittens
This crew was a big challenge! Four energetic bundles and I can’t remember their names
Sully - foster kitten
Sully
Moving cat
It’s a challenge to photograph a moving cat
Bill - foster kitten
Bill was a timid sweetie
small_ColoradoRain
small_LouisianaPepper
small_OceanBreeze
Ed - FAS foster kitten June 2018
Ed – FAS foster kitten June 2018
Foster kitten - JACK -June 2018
Foster kitten – JACK -June 2018
foster kitten - PAISELY - June 2018
foster kitten – PAISELY – June 2018
Christmas ornament
I have lots of "B's" for all occasions and holidays.
Nina in the dark
Nina in 2009
Hummingbird at the feeder
Hummingbird August 2013

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