Monthly Archives: July 2014

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  • Mudhens, Galloping Geese, and Chili

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    If you are a railfan, whether capturing rail images or riding historic trains, southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico are stops you don’t want to miss.  The area roughly south and west of Denver and north of Santa Fe is home to today’s BNSF and UP freights.  In the area just outside of Colorado Springs freights from both of these carriers can be seen regularly.  Of more interest to many, however, are the historic routes of the Denver & Rio […]

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  • Rain

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    What would normally be spring rains have come late this year with lots of rain and storms along the Upper Mississippi River.  Flooding that would be more common in April and May is occurring now or expected in the next week or so, mostly above the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. This flooding creates problems for residents and businesses along the River but for the egrets and herons it seems to have created opportunities for summer feeding that […]

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  • On Cropping and Other Things

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    A bit of diversion from my  more common theme of posting one or a few photos with a short description on this morning before a holiday weekend.  Yesterday morning I posted the image below of a Donald Duck stuffed animal.  The posted image was cropped to a standard 2 X 3 vertical format.  On this site the photo displayed with no problems – a bit squished down in the thumbnail, but accurately displayed either by going to “Read more…” or […]

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