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Animals at the Boo!

Bat eared fox resting with vigilant eyes partially open

This big-eared cutie didn't seem to mind all the costumed children running past his/her enclosure.

Below I caught a dangerous wild animal in an almost loveable pose.

Two-year old zoo-raised male grizzly orphaned as a small cub.

I'm not quite sure how it happened but I just pointed my camera, sometimes right into sun and shadows, and something special was captured.  In this case it was a kangaroo eating.  When I uploaded my photos I realized there were two kangaroos eating--a mother and a joey.

BOO At The ZOO!

 

Clio as Princess Belle for the Halloween Party at the Zoo

Saturday morning before the Rockies game we took Clio to the annual Boo at the Zoo, where sponsoring companies provide treats as the children go through the zoo.  Many of the animals are kept outside all the time so that photos are readily available. 

I took a lot of really good animal photos but I must confess that the costumes on children and adults were what drew my attention most.  Below are some favorites

I'm sure the little guy in the photo below had no idea who he was dressed as, but all the adults knew and had a little chuckle.

After Elvis came my favorites, triplets dressed as Tigger, Eyore and Piglet.  I thought it a pretty innovative way for the parents to manage three toddlers.  I wish I'd had a little train like that when my 3 were young.

World Series Game 3 at Denver

Bob and I before the first game in Colorado--yesterday!!!

What a thrill!  I've never been to a World Series Game and to be there the first time that our beloved Rockies have gone to the Series was fantastic.  The crowd was great.  Both Rockies and Red Sox fans supported their teams without booing the other team.  There was almost no casual conversation and most people stayed in their seats the whole game.  Everyone followed every pitch and every play on the field.  It was great baseball.  Of course I would have loved to see our team win or at least take it to seven games but the Sox have a very talented team and their pitching was awesome.

The opening ceremony was pretty exciting too:

Representatives of the armed forces presented a giant flag.

The flag was carried in and unfurled on the field and remained so while Carrie Underwood sang the anthem.

After the anthem the team members were announced and the game began.  It was so exciting.  We watched the other games at home with friends over.  When my dear friend Paula heard that we'd gotten tickets, she brought over the boa that I wore to the game.  With the high winds and my jumping around, I brought the boa home a number of feathers lighter than it appears in the photo.

The two teams lined up along baselines before the game.

Autumn on Monet Pond

One end of Monet Pond in Denver Botanic Gardens.

When I want to experience autumn in many variations, I walk in the DBG which is about 8 minutes drive from my house.  The bronze colors of the grasses and water lilies were absolutely breathtaking.  I was so taken with the water lily in front that I took a close-up of it as well.

A final bloom on the water lily.

Just around the corner to the Japanese garden was my next photo opportunity:

Needless to say, autumn is my favorite season and most of my favorite colors are in the autumn spectrum.

five hours of winter

Our back yard at 9 a.m. this morning

We had our 17 month old grandson sleep over at our house so that his parents could have a date night.  We knew he would wake up early but we thought we could take him walking outside or take him to the park.  He woke at 6 a.m. and it was raining.  By the time we had changed him into day clothes and exhausted inside activities, it had changed to heavy wet snow.  As we were leaving to meet his parents for breakfast at 9:15 I took the above photo.

After breakfast my husband worried that, with the trees still fully leafed, the weight of the snow might break tree limbs so he took the hose with the nozzle on strong spray mode and hosed off the snow--just in case.   The little guy went down for a nap while we fixed and ate a late lunch.  By 2:00 p.m. the snow had begun to melt and by late afternoon bare spots were evident on the grass:  An amazing taste of winter.

Photo taken at 2 p.m., snow well into thawing

Rocktober!

Pumpkins spell out local sentiment at Denver Botanic Gardens.

As those of you who read this blog are aware, we are long-time season-ticket holders of the Colorado Rockies baseball team.  Not sure we wanted to obligate the money before the play-in game to the play-offs, we passed on the package.  Now the Rockies organization has said that Season ticket holders who have not previously purchased Series tickets will be able to purchase them on Sunday, Oct 21 from 1-5.  We will try. 

The word Rocktober appeared on fan-held signs during the playoffs. Now the Rockies Organization has applied for a Trademark for the term.  Expect shirts bearing this work hot off the presses soon.  If I can get one to wear to the games that I hope to get tickets to, I will.  If not to the game, I'll at least wear it to an in-home Series TV party.

I have not seen this town so excited about anything since the John Elway Superbowls hoopla. 

GO ROCKIES!