I’m not a photographer, and by no means did I set out to capture photos of what would eventually turn out to be the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history.  All told, 347 homes were destroyed, two people died and many other homes were damaged.  Beyond that, I’m sure some beloved pets perished in the […]

Well, this is hopefully the end to a long saga that began on November 19, 2007.  On January 7, 2009, I visited the Surgical Center at Premier Orthopedics to have the remaining orthopedic hardware removed from my left leg.  At this point, “only” a plate and four screws remained; two so-called “syndesmotic” screws were removed in […]

Toby Kehler May 12, 1998 – January 2, 2009 (Sire: Avalon’s Saxon Knight; Dam: Avalon’s Delaware Delta)  Darn, Toby, you didn’t quite make it eleven years, but we had a great time along the way. You were our kids’ “welcome to Colorado” gift – their first dog!  You were also the entire family’s first dog.  […]

Well, I’m playing a little catch-up here.  Actually, things are a bit unexciting right now, so I figured that I would dredge up a mild “distraction” from the past.  It was last November 19, 2007 (yes, I remember the day) and I took a beautiful late-Fall Monday off work to go ride some trail on […]