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Charred Patriarch. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
Charred Patriarch. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014

Today has dawned clear, warm, and calm. Yesterday was a different animal, though, as another monsoon moisture wave blew through the state, leaving a thin layer of snow and ice in the high country (which will surely melt over this summer-like weekend).

Yesterday, I went up to the top of my favorite local hilltop, Sugarloaf Mountain, in hopes of finding myself above the clouds, as sometimes happens. No such luck. Still, there were images to harvest there…Images announcing the approach of fall, then winter…

Winter Chipmunk. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
Winter Chipmunk. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
The Odd Couple. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
The Odd Couple. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
The Gnarled Summit Stump. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
The Gnarled Summit Stump. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
Sugarloaf Summit, Ice and Fog. Colorado, 2014
Sugarloaf Summit, Ice and Fog. Colorado, 2014

If this latest storm doesn’t stimulate the aspen colonies to begin their seasonal transition of colorful joy, I don’t know what will…

Iced Aspen. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014
Iced Aspen. Sugarloaf Mountain, Colorado, 2014

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