This is the "LIFE ON PRAIRIE DIVIDE"Archive
Scenes from where we live and work


 Life on Prairie Divide:
March 19, 2003

Spring arrives
. . . tomorrow
(New) Life on Prairie Divide:
July 2, 2003

Mountain bluebirds
Life on Prairie Divide:
Late July, 2003

Field of Dreams
Life on Prairie Divide:
August, 2003

"Our" bobcat.

Strolling past the living room windows;
waiting for the office to open.
Life on Prairie Divide:
Late September, 2003

Where the deer (but the antelope, not so much) roam
                                     
Life on Prairie Divide:
July 2 . . . . . . . . . . November 1, 2003

What a difference a season makes.
                                 
Life on Prairie Divide:
April, 2004

Spring elk herd                                                  
Life on Prairie Divide:
June 22, 2004

On the 3rd day of summer
Badger comes to visit                                  
Life on Prairie Divide:
September 21, 2004

Summer's end
Life on Prairie Divide:
January 22, 2005

A winter's eve                            
Life on Prairie Divide:
May Day, 2005

Springtime in the Rockies
Life on Prairie Divide:
July 4, 2005

Fledgings' Freedom Flight

or

"Stop pushing!
We're way up HIGH!"                  


                                                    Life on Prairie Divide:
                                                    August 26, 2005

                                                    An awfully nice spider web.

                                                    (Look! Somebody's home!)
                                           



Life on Prairie Divide:
                                   Some of our August (and august), 2005 visitors
Large small and very small

Life on Prairie Divide:
January 24, 2006

Land of the giants

Life on Prairie Divide:
February 19, 2006

A dry winter, but snow at last!        

                                                    Life on Prairie Divide:
                                                    April 16, 2006

                                                    An Easter bouquet of pasqueflowers
                                           
Life on Prairie Divide:
July 4, 2006

"Anybody seen a mulberry bush around here?
Or the monkey?"

Life on Prairie Divide:
April 8, 2007 Easter Sunday

Rimed ice on ponderosa;
topping of snow

                                                            Life on Prairie Divide:
                                                            June 15, 2007

                                                            Hungry baby field sparrows
                                                                                                                                                                                                       
Life on Prairie Divide:
Early Autumn, 2007

Beauty high
. . . beauty low
Life on Prairie Divide:
(posted July 27, 2008)

Spider & her spider house, on knotty pine
Life on Prairie Divide:
(posted October 29, 2008)

Molten Sky                                 
Life on Prairie Divide:
Sept. 21, 2009

Last Day of Summer;
Season's First Snow                   
Life on Prairie Divide:
October 28, 2009

Autumn
. . . may be over
Life on Prairie Divide:
March 2, 2010

Diamonds in the snow        
Life on Prairie Divide:
August 5, 2010

"If bluebirds fly, why, oh why... ?"
Life on Prairie Divide:
December 17, 2010

Morning moose
Life on Prairie Divide:
Spring, 2011

Mountain iris



Life on Prairie Divide:
February 9, 2012          
Who needs a carrot  when there's a big bough  of tasty pine needles in easy reach? 

Life on Prairie Divide:
May 11, 2012

May snowshowers bring May snowflowers

Life on Prairie Divide:
March 12, 2013

Something for a writer to do between drafts

Life on Prairie Divide:
May 1, 2013

Looks like the May flowers might be late this year

Life on Prairie Divide:
May 25, 2013

Prickly as a cactus? How about PRETTY as a cactus?

Life on Prairie Divide:
October 29, 2013

Frosty pines,                                 


a frosty nail!. . . and the same nail, sans frost.
Life on Prairie Divide:

Mother's Day, 2014. . . and the day after!
Life on Prairie Divide:
September 18, 2014

Autumn doth approach                        
Life on Prairie Divide:
December 1, 2014


December Dawn
                                           
Life on Prairie Divide:
February 24, 2015

1/4-inch long beetles
+ wind        =
          
         Life on Prairie Divide:
         March 24, 2016

         An icicle built for...at 92 inches long, who knows!?
          
         Life on Prairie Divide:
         June 22, 2016

         On the first full day of summer...
          
         Life on Prairie Divide:
         December 8, 2016

         Winter sunrise on west treeline...                     
          
                                           Life on Prairie Divide:
                                           March 13, 2017

                                           The Elks Club               
Life on Prairie Divide:
May 19, 2017

Hmmm... Guess it snowed last night.                        
          
              Life on Prairie Divide:
              May 25, 2017

             Some of our dear deer                        
          
              Life on Prairie Divide:
              August 2, 2017

              6:14am                        
Life on Prairie Divide:
May 10, 2018

Remains of our first neighbors' 1st house
. . . & their later mansion on the hill


Life on Prairie Divide:
July 6, 2018              
Some call it oyster plant.... Some call it salsify.... We call it beautiful!
Life on Prairie Divide:
August 21, 2018

In 40 years, our 2nd salamander sighting!
          
                                           Life on Prairie Divide:
                                           October 25, 2018

                                           Moonset over Black Mountain               

                                                                                          
Life on Prairie Divide:
July 22, 2019

Not Bullwinkle
                                                                                          

Life on Prairie Divide:
November 1, 2019

Ready for his close-up
                       
Life on Prairie Divide:
November 25, 2019

Drifting toward Thanksgiving
Life on Prairie Divide:
April 17, 2020

Overhang hangover


Life on Prairie Divide:
June 9, 2020        
That's right   5.7 inches of snow on June 9th   Darn!  


Life on Prairie Divide:
June 10, 2020 Sunset
What a difference a day makes!
                    


Life on Prairie Divide:
July 10, 2020
Chocolate moose
                                                     


Life on Prairie Divide:
July 20, 2020
9:10a.m.
Patience (and stillness) (and good eyes) (and a long bill) (and fast reflexes) feeds the fisherman
                    


Life on Prairie Divide:
July 31, 2020
Bumble Bee-utiful
                                                


Life on Prairie Divide:
September 6, 2020
Smoky Sunrise
3 weeks into the largest wildfire in Colorado history
                                           


Life on Prairie Divide:
March 5, 2021
5:42 a.m.
Breakfast Club
;  


Life on Prairie Divide:
March 15, 2021
Beware the Ides of March?
Not so fast --- we need the moisture!
;                                           


Life on Prairie Divide:
August 6, 2021
7:42 p.m.
We know what you're thinkin': plain old ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill crepuscular rays. Big deal.
No! It's sunset, and this view is to the east.
Yep, these are anticrepuscular rays!
Gotta love 'em.
;                                       


Life on Prairie Divide:
October 9, 2022
No, I haven't "climbed every mountain."
But here's a view from the top of one near the house, of aspens in the valley far below and a higher peak I plan to get to know soon.

                                                        


Life on Prairie Divide:
October 24, 2023
And now, a full year later, I'm well on my way. Here are a couple of newer views of my local Everest (the red dot on each is my planned landing spot): This one's CLOSE.

                                                        


Life on Prairie Divide:
October 24, 2023
This one's CLOSER.

                                                        


Life on Prairie Divide:
October 24, 2023
And here's a VIEW FROM THE TOP, looking several hundred feet down to my home (red dot) on the edge of Prairie Divide!

                                                        
                       
Life on Prairie Divide:
September 24, 2024

Behemoths in balance


Life on Prairie Divide:
February 22, 2025
Mid-winter eve

                                                        


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