18 trees – the end
Taking down trees has been a main theme of my blog. Hundreds have come down over the last 16 years.
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Flowers, wildflowers and dirt
Honestly, not much grows up here. Oh, sure there’s a riot of wildflowers in June and July as long as
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Aurora Borealis. Here?
In 2025 and 2026 we had something unusual happen. The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis was visible in Colorado. I’ve
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Jack, Nina and birds
I found this in a long-forgotten thumb drive. This was the first year at Sandy Lane when there were big
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The tree I paid for twice
I refinanced the house to make some changes – paint the main room, add new gutters and heat tape and
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Gravechair
This chair scared the hell out of me the first time I walked down in the Slightly Unenchanted Forest. I
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More trees
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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Spooky Moon
Part of the appeal of the Bar B Ranch is that when the moon is full, it looks kind of
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Wind and snow
It was 60 degrees in Denver and windy as hell. Wildfires popped up down the hill but we were lucky
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