I’m beginning to think that they will really be done someday. And that day is not too far off. Then what?
How’s this for color? Check Matt’s shoes.
By the way, I’m trolling for parents who’d like to go camping with me and the gang – Saturday to Sunday of next week. The young ‘ens will probably go up Friday night.
Mike,
There is so much flagstone and granite in the Boulder area, the city government uses it for trail and park signs. So do churches (“Carved in Stone” must have biblical significance, I guess). City schools all have their stone signs, and a number of business and private individuals do, too. Many, if not most, stone signs have some kind of artistic design in addition to the words. I’ve singled out a small fraction (40 out of 1000s) that have some artistic flourish to them. Many have some deep significance I haven’t uncovered (like the Mason’s Time Capsule, to be opened in 2080).
A few signs are carved in Marble, which is soft and easy to cut, so it has been used for some intricate designs (The Time Capsule, and the Kingsridge sign). But acid rain (yes, Virginia, even the cerulean skies of Boulder do drip some acid rain) will do them in within a century or two. The flagstone and granite signs, however, will survive until the next 500-year flood in Boulder Canyon washes them out into Kansas.
Enjoy them while they last!
–rakkity
Now here are some great moon/venus pictures–particularly the first one.
Matt’s photo.
Fingerstyle guitar playing
His webpage.
Today
Seven years ago.
Photos from Kate’s graduation ceremony, yesterday, at Merrimack High School.
Mike,
Yesterday evening we drove back from a trip to the Pike’s Peak area, and the sunset was so spectacular I nearly drove over the median strip several times trying to get a glimpse of it. If my loving wife hadn’t prevented me, i would have shot pictures out of the window while I was driving (like someone we all know and love, who will remain nameless). Anyway I was so energized by that sunset, I tried to get a good photo of a less spectacular post-sunset scene tonight from our front lawn. The clouds were not nearly so accommodating, but the crescent moon and Venus (below the moon at about 4 o’clock) hung out nicely for us over a maroon cloud deck.
Now that I know this camera can do this kind of work, I’ll try some more in future evenings.
Ed/rakkity
Details:
Dimensions: 1813 x 1406 (after cropping)
Device make: Nikon
Device model: E4200
Color space; RGB
Focal length: 23.4
Exposure time: 1
Support: convenient tree
  
  
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Joe, with Matt’s encouragement,  decided to trim some branches off the tree in the yard near the driveway.  Use a ladder?  Are you kidding?  Wait until daylight? Why?
 
 
My former friends in Evansville sent me this card.
Open it and there is a single word inside – old. The old guy skipped work on his birthday and walked around Castle Hill and adjoining Crane Beach.
View of the ocean from the end of the Crane Estate lawn.
…to a nearby blog:
-o- Carved in Stone — In Colorado, stone is as cheap as dirt (maybe cheaper). Hence many signs are literally carved in stone.
-o- Boulder Murals — There aren’t any Grohes in Boulder, but the local artistes and graffites have created some nice outdoor art.
-o- Funny Business — It’s my impression that Boulder has an unusually large percentage of curiously named businesses.
–rakkity
