I am sure you all heard of the Red Baron so I will not spend any time introducing him. But did you know that his uncle, Baron Walter Von Richthofen, built a castle in Denver, Colorado during the 1800s? The home, built by architects Jules Jacques Benedict and Maurice Bixco for the Baron in 1886-7 … Continue reading The Red Baron’s Uncle And His Castle
We are on the road again. This time we are headed to beautiful Colorado via I-80. We are still catching up with our Florida posts, but we will sprinkle some Colorado in the middle because we can. We stopped for the night in one of the Iowa rest stops. Iowa has some of the best … Continue reading Windmills and fireflies
We were lucky to be invited to the Blossoms of Lights event at the Denver Botanic Gardens. We can't wait to share with you some of the highlights of our tour! As always, you can click on any of the photos for a larger view. At the beginning of the tour we walked into a … Continue reading Blossoms of Lights
We have to start with a warning: there are a lot of photos in this post. Perhaps too many, but it was hard to choose and we wanted to share with you the beauty of Paint Mines Interpretive Park. Furthermore, many of these too many photos are of rocks and rock formations. If you are … Continue reading Paint Mines Interpretive Park
I don't remember taking this photo. The location is Delta, Colorado, but I don't have any accessible memories of this place. This was taken only two and a half years ago, but looking at the map and the other photos taken in that same area does not bring up any memories either. If we had … Continue reading [ONE PHOTO AT A TIME] Blogging for Memories
We have many blurry or badly composed photos that we cherish. The reality is that we can't stop every time we see something interesting, beautiful, or just memorable. We do stop a lot, but sometimes we need to set some boundaries or we'll never get anywhere. Drive-by shooting to the rescue — in many cases … Continue reading [One Photo At A Time] Drive-By Shooting