You don’t expect a plane ride to stop you in your tracks. But every once in a while, the view out the window becomes the whole experience. That’s exactly what just happened for Colorado. In a recent global study ranking the most beautiful airport landings in the world, one Colorado airport landed near the very […]

The Phoropter is the coolest Halloween masks of all time.  Today’s Boulder Faces of the day is actually an eye doc tool face of the day, the phoropter!  Possibly made in Switzerland, it performs many eye test functions.  The eye docs have the coolest faces of the day. But what are they? Besides being the […]

Boulder Cherry Trees: Where to see them locally and When They Bloom       Cherry Tree, my favorite spring flower colors.  Cherry Tree in full blossom. One of my favorite tree flower colors. Our neighborhood, Beacon Hill in Lafayette is covered with them.  Prunus subg. Cerasus contains species that are typically called cherries. They are known […]

The rising sun brings very special lighting to the evergreen right behind the rising sun. This is a phone camera picture, full frame (not zoomed in).  This is my “pic of the day” because of the dramatic lighting on the small tree. The sun is coming up right behind the tree, setting it off with […]

This is an example of cropping. The original picture above has no character. What is it a picture of? The cropped version leaves no doubt that it is a picture of the moon. Shooting the moon or clouds through branches can present very difficult focusing challenges. So it’s time to get out the manual on […]

Izzy: The Dog of the Day Who Proves Great Training Lasts a Lifetime Today’s Dog of the Day is Izzy, a beautiful 15-year-old Border Collie/Australian Shepherd mix with a story that carries a lesson for every dog owner. Izzy was raised by her master, John, with both verbal commands and matching hand signals. Back then, […]

With gas prices through the sun roof, is there anything we can do to keep our gasoline bills down? Absolutely YES!!! Getting The Best Mileage: Small Habits, Big Savings If there is one thing most drivers in Boulder can agree on, it is this: gasoline never seems cheap enough. We also agree that gas is […]

Boulder-Style, “The Best” Corned Beef and Cabbage Recipe Corned Beef and Cabbage recipes are the single most searched for recipe for St. Patty’s Day dinner! Ingredients: For the Corned Beef: 4 lb grass-fed corned beef brisket (with spice packet) 1 bottle of Boulder-brewed stout or amber ale 4 cups filtered water 1 large yellow onion, quartered 4 cloves garlic, smashed 2 […]

  Boulder birds or birds elsewhere, I love pics of them “looking” straight at me. But are they really looking at me? Perhaps not! We’re probably anthropomorphizing!  We’re giving them human attributes.  When a bird appears to be looking at you, sometimes it really is. But often it is actually looking at you sideways. Bird […]

Dan Frieling, my bro, pointed out to me that advertising pictures almost universally show someone holding a camera in what I call the “bird wing” stance. Their elbows are sticking out each side like the wings of a bird. It is probably impossible to hold a camera steady in this position. It is also uncomfortable, […]