Since my mind has been drifting towards spring with this mild winter, I thought I would share this one. If you’ve ever been to the San Rafael Swell in Utah, you know how powerful the landscape is there. While on a geology trip led by a fellow Exxon Geologist, he took to this site where he used…
“Painting is a blind man’s profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen.” – Pablo Picasso I am trying something a little new for me: digital manipulation of my photos. Since I don’t have the gift of painting, I thought that I would…
I took this photo about a month ago. We have had such a warm winter, that miraculously the dirt roads leading into some of my favorite places are clear enough for my car to get through! I loved the texture of the dirt and the snow as the setting sun cast a warm glow on…
This summer I had the joy of having a pair of Swainson’s Hawks nest in the big tree next to my house in Laramie, Wyoming. They would perch on the telephone poles next to my house and search for mice in the large prairie field just to the south. It was very cool to get…
Wishing a Happy New Year to all of you! This time of year is always a good time to reflect on who you were last year, and who would you like to be in this one. Whether the world ends, consciousness changes, or nothing happens during 2012, always live life to the fullest and be true to…
We got about 10 inches of fresh beautiful sparkling powder last night. As soon as I heard there was hoar frost in the Laramie Mountains, I immediately walked home from the office, grabbed my snow shoes and pack (which is always packed for moments like this) and headed to the mountains to catch the last few…
Happy solstice! The December solstice marks the beginning of winter, and while that may not seem like much to celebrate for some people, it also marks the shortest day of the year. Every day after the winter solstice mother nature gives us just a little bit more sunlight to enjoy, and to me that is something worth celebrating….
I took this image when four bull moose decided to walk across the field right across from our camp! I was with a group of geologists camping in the edge of the forest deep in the Medicine Bow Mountains in August and we were in the process of making dinner when these four studs casually walked across…
This photo was actually taken earlier this May near Hynds Lodge in the Laramie Mountains in Wyoming. I had gone to camp with a group of geologists at their field camp and after a good breakfast I decided to wander off into the woods for a little morning stroll along a nearby trail. Mornings strolls…