pics Lenny Lensworth Frieling pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling pic Lenny Lensworth Frieling Sunsets in Boulder get all of the credit. But is that rational, fair, and a good visual decision? Photographers, painters, very fast weavers, and artists of all flavors have long known that the “golden hour,” the time of sunset and sunrise, produces a […]

This Papilio, a Two Tailed Swallowtail, or perhaps a Western Tiger Swallowtail, flitted from flower to flower fascinated by the pollen and the Beatles. I was playing guitar on the deck, switching between the Fender guitar tuner app and the phone camera. The Butterfly seemed fascinated (anthropomorphizing perhaps on my part?) by the Rolling Stones […]

Each morning in Boulder the sun rises. We know what time that will happen. We know what time dawn (before sunrise) will happen. We can expect the sun to rise at specific precise times. But does it really “rise?” Of course not! If it did, this blog would be finished already. Have I totally lost […]

The Friday sunset was so interesting and beautiful that I’m sharing what I saw as a “sunrise” blog. Heavy virga is in the middle of the jumble of clouds. Virga would be rain, but when the humidity is low enough, it evaporates before hitting the ground. It falls from clouds and disappears into the sky […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

  When two different musical tones are played or sung together, an interesting phenomenon known as beat frequency occurs. This beat frequency is a third tone, created by the interference of the original two tones, and its frequency is the difference between the frequencies of the original tones. For example, if one tone has a […]

A “Norman Rockwell Style” Saturday Evening Post Cover is classic. A painting of a painter painting themselves is a perspective employed by many of the greats over many years! It draws the viewer into the picture. It even has, in my opinion, an “Escheresque” quality to it. “Sublime” is a word I don’t use often. […]