
at the top of Flagstaff Mountain,
where Ron and Jocelyn's friends live.
コロラドは先々週から断続的に降った雪で
すっかり冬景色となりました。
先週の土曜日、雪が降りしきる中
ボルダー西部の山の頂上付近に住んでいる
知り合いの知り合いの家の敷地内の
森林間伐の手伝いをかねて
クリスマスツリーを探しに行きました。
クリスマスまであと一週間ちょっと。
来週は頑張って今年の仕事を片付けるぞ。




We made a trip to the Rocky Mountain National Park
Aspens were not as bright as last year,
School of elks. Bugling sounds were echoing in the valley.
Near the top of Trail Ridge Road
"It's a beautiful day, isn't it?" "It sure is!"
This Hollywood movie is Sci"Fi" after all, but is inspired by a groundbreaking study published in 1993. (Here is a fun-reading article from Physics Today.) During the last glacial period (11 kyr ago~), earth's climate swung between cold and warm phases due to oscillations of the Atlantic deep ocean circulation. I have been studying how a change in the Atlantic circulation can influence climate in distant regions, particularly in the North Pacific.
KK in a PURPLE(!) cast
Overlooking the summit from a street across the hotel
"Peaceful" house in Breckenridge :)
1週間悩んだ末に買ってしまいました。
Flatirons with Dwarf Sunflower
Mt. Sanitas (we hiked a few weeks ago)
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A tiny stone hut along the Mesa trail
Boulder Raspberry
NCAR in the distance
Early Larkspur and Mouse-ear Chickweed
Western Wallflower
Lanceleaf Chiming Bells
Wild Geranium
Sand Lily
Colorado Loco/Lambert Loco
Chokecherry
"Happy Mother's Day!"