Boulder is a perennial challenge. The winter’s lows can be VERY low for days at a time. Summer heat and desert dryness challenge everything that grows except cactus. In spite of the challenges, there are plants that are beautiful and perennial. Unlike annuals, as beautiful as they are, the perennials get planted once! I love […]

Boulder Magic is in capturing candid moments of wildlife in your own backyard.  In this article, we’ll explore the art of backyard wildlife photography and the joy of documenting these adorable creatures feasting on nature’s bounties. Which to photograph? Easy! Who’s visiting? When in raccoon-land, take raccoon pictures. My personal biggest secret? Push the button […]

My favorite hikes have involved 3000 vertical feet. All of them almost to the foot, 915 meters. NOT LONGS! Longs is an imposing 5000 vertical feet of walking, 1525 meters. 14 miles, 22,500 meters round trip walk from the parking lot. Whether you are someone who jogs to the top in a bit over three […]

Boulder is in the center of world for many things. Denver lies 40 minutes to our South-East. To the immediate North-West, about the same distance away, lies Rocky Mountain National Park: a gem by which the sparkle of all other gems is measured. Once upon a time, before COVID-19, getting out of the park was […]

One of Boulder’s Bobbie Feldman’s many claims to fame is authoring “My Boyfriend’s Back.” This classic pop song performed by The Angels, dropped in 1963. However, the songwriters for “My Boyfriend’s Back” were credited as the team of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein, and Richard Gottehrer,  The song  also recorded by the Chifons, tells the story […]

Boulder Sunrise, like the Flatirons and the Foothills, never looks the same. Every time I look at the mountains, every time for over 49 years, they look different. Every photograph, painting, and other representation from earrings to necklaces is different. I love them all. Some are meditative, calm, while others are far more dramatic. A […]

Mom Checks It Out First Boulder, 5:45 AM, White collar, Invitation for Raccoon +2  “Are we ready to go kids?” Lenny Lensworth Frieling all pics Shared Knowledge is Power!

Did Boulder have the service of the most famous Pony Express? Well, not exactly. Boulder did however benefit from the Pony Express going through Colorado. There were no alternatives until the telegraph, by Samual F.B. Morse, came along. In the days long before junk mail, when people communicated by written letter, snail mail, there was […]

As the sun comes up over the Boulder Flatirons it casts the red of the morning sun on the Flatirons, from top to bottom as it rises. Getting up early is worthwhile. I find that the Boulder sunrises are more spectacular than the sunsets. I know for a fact that dogs (at least one of […]

This is good news or bad news or both. The Revered Bald Eagle is NOT THE NATIONAL BIRD! Yes, you read that correctly. The Minnesota legislature is deciding whether or not to name  Haliaeetus leucocephalus — the bald eagle — the national bird of the United States. WHY? Everyone knows that the Bald Eagle is […]