I especially love the Boulder-red tones that sunrise gives to the front range. My only complaint is that it happens so early in the morning! Lenny Lensworth Frieling Shared Knowledge is Power!

Boulder, Colorado is known for its breathtaking natural beauty, and one man has made it his life’s work to capture the essence of this stunning landscape. Lenny Lensworth Frieling, hailed as the “photographer of the year” by AboutBoulder, is a true renaissance man whose passion for nature photography has brought him widespread acclaim. The Artistry […]

Dona Bollard, photographer and winner of the 2024 Boulder Art Fest 2D Art Award, has shared some of her finest and most interesting historical pictures with AboutBoulder and our readers. We are blessed and grateful! Along with her museum photographs of the blood descendant of Chief Niwot, Eldred Poisal, she has shared the history of […]

To me, this is as exciting as breaking the story of Watergate. To Boulder Valley, this is the discovery of a real missing link in Boulder history, a picture of Chief Niwot (almost). Santa Fe is home to photographer-artist Dona Bollard. Dona was declared the Best 2D Artist at the Boulder Art Fest. The competition […]

While young (and older) people know that Fire Hydrants are flushed to provide plentiful fast water to play in, the flushing serves other purposes as well. Fire hydrants are regularly flushed out for several important reasons: 1. Water Quality Maintenance: Flushing hydrants helps remove accumulated sediments and mineral deposits from the water mains. These sediments […]

Congratulation to Gwen Dordick! Gwen is our newest Photographer Of The Month. We’ll be seeing a lot more of her work.                                                                  pic Gwen Dordick                                                                             pic Gwen Dordick                                                                                                 pic Gwen Dordick                                                                                                            pic Gwen Dordick Gwen is an avid hiker. She was not hiking when she drove past this family of […]

Notice the higher banded clous and then the lower cumulus rounded clouds. It was the contrast between the two and the heavy banding that caught my attention. Taken from a red light through the windshield, a technique I do NOT recommend and which I would not admit. There are some basic rules (which have exception) […]

Boulder Backyard Spring flower, you may have noticed, are a favorite of mine. Color combinations that are “designed” to attract the specific needed pollinators also work for me as an artist. Have you ever looked at a flower and thought “what a terrible color combination?” Bet not! I have not. Here are solid suggestions for […]

I might think I know what I’m going to blog about. Then I look out and see something like this iris. This one is pretty crazy. All other thoughts go to the sidelines, and only this one flower fills my cerebral cortex. No color mixing here! These are colors straight from the tube a la […]

Pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling My Boulder-Bizarre sleeping habit are suited to a 4:30 AM blog. It is also suited, currently, for meteor viewing  before dawn as well as being up for sunrises. The view of the sun lighting the Front Range and turning it red is truly heartwarming. Was Polonius right, when in Hamlet, giving […]