Category Archives: Nature and the Outdoors

Winter Storm Ulmer

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Roger

First of all, why “Ulmer”? I googled “famous people named Ulmer” and came up with nothing. Then I just googled it as a first name and again drew a blank. It’s only a last name, as far as I could … Continue reading →

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January Blizzard and Other Things

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Roger

Sally and I both spent most of the month fighting some sort of virus that consisted mostly of an incessant cough, so we didn’t do much. I did find this order screen at Panera one morning. I thought it summed … Continue reading →

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To the Dump

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Roger

The Gyrfalcon that I’d failed to see on December 15 was still being reported from the Larimer County Landfill south of Fort Collins. I drove up on a lovely Saturday morning and spent four hours looking at the dump. As … Continue reading →

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Vacation Wrap-Up

Posted on December 28, 2018 by Roger

On our last day in Arkansas, Sally and I met Jonathan, Rae Lyn, Beth, and Peggy at Stoby’s, Conway’s famous breakfast place. It burned down a few years ago and has been completely rebuilt. The food was very good. Sally … Continue reading →

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