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Harebells
My field guide gives the common name as “Common Harebell,” but in my opinion there’s nothing common about them (okay, other than that they’re common (as in frequently seen, particularly this summer)). Pretty, pretty, pretty: And this year, more than … Continue reading
Posted in summer, trees and plants, Uncategorized, wildflowers
Tagged Campanula rotundifolia, Colorado wildflowers, harebell
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Fleabanes and the Like
Another one of those large flower groups that prove troublesome to those of us who haven’t learned to key out plants. These are some of the first flowers we see in spring, but like so many of the native plants, … Continue reading
Posted in summer, trees and plants, Uncategorized, wildflowers
Tagged Colorado wildflowers, Erigeron sp., fleabane
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Western Blue Flax
Posted in summer, trees and plants, Uncategorized, wildflowers
Tagged blue flax, Colorado wildflowers, Lewis flax, Linum lewisii
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Off Kilter
Talking to me about his business junket in late September, my husband described watching helplessly as one of his traveling companions, tripped up by someone’s luggage in an airport corridor, executed one of those multi-step forward stagger maneuvers. The fellow … Continue reading
Posted in change of seasons, fall, impatience, time, Uncategorized
Tagged autum in Colorado, taking time, time management
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Local Events: Helicopter Training Proposal
In a bit of a change of pace, I’ll refer you today to a piece titled “Change in the Air” that I wrote for Writers on the Range, an Op-Ed syndication service of the publication High Country News (this link … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged HAMET, helicopter noise
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