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New Day Café: Notes from Colorado [1]

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Date: 2023-08-25

So my second summer in Colorado is coming to a close — and many thanks to all the people who helped get me out here! Today, I thought I’d share some of the things in my neighborhood now that you just don’t see in Pennsylvania.

The title photo is by foresterbob, of an amphitheater carved right into the side of the mountain. I was there as a kid and remember it being very cool. The acoustics are supposed to be excellent, too:

Red Rocks Amphitheater

Red Rocks Park with its very large red sandstone outcrops, has been an inspiration in Colorado since the early 1900s. ✂️ Within the park boundaries is the Red Rocks Amphitheater, a world famous and award-winning venue for hosting concerts and events that’s a favorite among many performers because of its near-perfect acoustic surroundings. turfmagazine.com/...

Here it is from a different angle:

x 🎺👀 Check out this view from the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater, courtesy of Glenn Holdaway!



Glenn is playing a sold-out show tonight with Iya Terra.



Wish we could be there to hear him on his Van Laar OIRAM II and his Reeves mouthpiece. What’s a combo! pic.twitter.com/QheXBV93Xg — Bob Reeves Brass (@bobreevesbrass) August 12, 2023

Wild Sunflowers

Wild sunflowers are multi-bloomed but kind of leggy. Still, it’s really cool to be walking down the sidewalk & then greeted by these cheerful plants.

These perennial re-seeders spread and change location every year depending on what I did the previous summer that disturbed their habitat. The sunflowers I’m talking about are the same as those you see in fields, driving down the freeway through Washoe Valley or along other roadways. They aren’t the large, tall ones grown for human-edible seeds. These are more random looking and, depending on how much water they get, they vary in size from 18 inches to 5 feet in height. www.nevadaappeal.com/...

This will give you an idea:

x Wild sunflowers do anything? pic.twitter.com/vTZSXrOJVV — Creature SH (@Creature_SH) August 11, 2023

Prairie Dogs

Specifically, black-tailed prairie dogs. I did a diary about them here.

x Black-tailed prairie dogs are an extremely social species and love large groups! They groom each other often, and recognize each other with a *kiss* pic.twitter.com/B6Y5NUWPC4 — Kristen loves wet bears (@misskaileen) May 18, 2021

Black-billed Magpies

These are apparently pretty common, but I haven’t seen many yet.

Black-billed Magpies are familiar and entertaining birds of western North America. They sit on fenceposts and road signs or flap across rangelands, their white wing patches flashing and their very long tails trailing behind them. This large, flashy relative of jays and crows is a social creature, gathering in numbers to feed at carrion. They’re also vocal birds and keep up a regular stream of raucous or querulous calls. www.allaboutbirds.org/...

They are beautiful birds.

x It was a bit windy and snowy here today so I edited a few folders of images from about three weeks ago. The frost was thick on the trees in late January when this black-billed magpie decided to do a flyby. Black- billed magpies are fancy! pic.twitter.com/nEieJYaOf0 — Glen Grambo (@GlenGrambo) February 20, 2023

Silver Mines

Okay, I haven’t been to any. But I did tour the Copper Queen Mine in Bisbee, AZ — does that count? No, I didn’t think so.

Silver veins were discovered in the Central City-Idaho Springs district a short time after gold was discovered there in 1859. However, mining the silver veins was delayed for the most part until smelters were built in the late 1860s. The veins of the district are zoned in a roughly concentric manner, with gold-bearing pyrite veins in the center, and silver-bearing galena veins more common in the outlying areas. en.wikipedia.org/...

I wonder if they give tours...

x Second most photographed place in Colorado - Crystal River Silver Mine pic.twitter.com/aSOh99F7aE — MsCowboyBoots🌵 (@MsCBBoots) July 3, 2017

The Molly Brown House

Yes, the unsinkable Molly Brown —her house is right in Denver.

The Molly Brown House Museum (also known as House of Lions) is a house in Denver, Colorado, United States that was the home of American philanthropist, activist, and socialite Margaret Brown…. The house was built in 1889 and designed by the well-known architect William A. Lang, incorporating several popular styles of the period…. It was purchased by James Joseph Brown (J.J.), Margaret's husband, in 1894 for US$30,000. en.wikipedia.org/...

Another place I keep meaning to visit:

x The Molly Brown House in Denver is a museum 🤎 pic.twitter.com/GC3XAOjrHp — Wanda (@Wawanda02Nelson) February 20, 2023

🌻 🌻 🌻

So c’mon in the café and grab a cuppa...

x Stovetop/cowboy coffee cause my french press broke 🤠 pic.twitter.com/MbYq3fwRnN — Choppo 🍻 (@ChoppoKaiza) August 16, 2023

..and a nice nosh...

..and join us!

New Day Café is an open thread. What do you want to talk about today?

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