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Bad contractors Contractors Photos Trees 

The tree I paid for twice

May 7, 2022 barbara 1 Comment bad contractors, photos, trees, wind

I refinanced the house to make some changes – paint the main room, add new gutters and heat tape and

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Stories Trees 

Gravechair

January 8, 2022 barbara 0 Comments trees

This chair scared the hell out of me the first time I walked down in the Slightly Unenchanted Forest. I

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Photos Trees Woodshed 

More trees

December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 barbara 0 Comments driveway, mitigation, trees, woodshed

I’ve got lots of trees. We dropped trees through the summer down in the Slightly Unenchanted Forest. There were 15

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Photos Trees 

Spooky Moon

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 barbara 0 Comments moonlight, night, trees

Part of the appeal of the Bar B Ranch is that when the moon is full, it looks kind of

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Video of strong winds at the house
Snow Video Wildlife Wind 

Wind and snow

April 24, 2018June 26, 2018 barbara 0 Comments snow, trees, video, wind

It was 60 degrees in Denver and windy as hell. Wildfires popped up down the hill but we were lucky

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Trees 

Aspen

December 15, 2015September 24, 2017 barbara 0 Comments aspens, snow, trees

Each year I clear out media files and organize the pics and picks of media I’ve accumulated and I found

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Overflowing creek
Photos Rain Snow Trees Weather 

Sun/Rain/Snow/More Snow

May 10, 2015September 10, 2017 barbara 0 Comments power outage, rain, snow, trees

The same old song played again – more snow for the Conifer area. It’s the middle of May and the

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Trees 

Thoughts about wood

September 28, 2014 0 Comments trees, woodshed

A recent blog post got me thinking about how many times I touch a piece of wood that’s been cut

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Trees 

It’s hard to see but it’s a tree

June 17, 2014 0 Comments aspens, trees

More about trees. Yes, I still have tons of trees but these little trees are very special here at the

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Marking trees for felling
Mitigation Tasks Trees 

Ips beetles

October 22, 2013September 29, 2017 barbara 0 Comments Chris, CSU, IPS, trees

It’s always something with these trees. Before the heavy rains set in I had several trees start to turn yellow,

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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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