'Tis the Season

I love my fireplace...dad filled my wood box up this past weekend, and life? Is good.

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Washington Park, Denver

Another detour after a football game - my sister-in-law mentioned this park for picture taking, and as I drove up to it I realized I'd driven by it every weekend when I went to see Brady in the hospital - this is the first time I stopped. It's beautiful.

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Fall leaves

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Leaving the ER

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Had to stop and take this picture of this sky from the hospital parking lot...it was beautiful!

Before the ER

It's funny how life changes in a minute. This is my grandkids playing on the side of the football field during the game...no worries, life is good.

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Shortly after this, we're huddled around my nephew, laying on the ground, asking him what his name is - what day it is...I'm running up to my daughter asking her to drive an extra car to the hospital so my SIL could ride with her son in the ambulance...meeting the ambulance drivers and leading them to the scene... giving them my nephew's stats & allergies...

My nephew was playing his normal game - 50 yard run, 70 yard run, a touchdown...he was doing awesome as usual, but this weekend was special - his dad was in town (and step mother) from Tennessee. His grandparents (my parents) were in town...as were his cousin (my daughter) & her kids...it was going to be a fun weekend of football, swimming, shopping, laughter & fun.

4 plays left in the game, the whistle blows, play over. Nephew had another great play; game is tied, and he could make the winning touchdown next play. After the whistle, he gets hit - opponent teammate, head down, rams into J (nephew)...helmet to the kidneys, and my nephew goes down......he got back up, fell onto his teammates, and went down again.

911, nurses, legs not getting feeling, then toes tingling, then the feeling came back. Ambulance, hospital, x-rays, CT scans...he's OK. Sore, but OK. No practice this week, game next weekend is iffy.

HE'S 13. IT'S NOT THE SUPER BOWL. I can't say it was done on purpose. I can't say anyone told anyone else to do it. I can't say it wasn't a mistake.

I can say it was scarier than shit. But he's ok.

Sports should be fun...I just hope this was, and it wasn't intentional. I thank God that J's ok. Have a good week everyone!

(I need to start another blog & just keep this to pictures, huh - LOL)

Tree with fall colors at night.

Sometime I may have to go back & shoot this upwards towards the light through the tree...

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Zebras

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My favorite ring

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Sky

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Scenery

On the way home from another "OMG my nephew's a TOTAL stud!" football game yesterday, I took a detour by a golf course my brother used to work at...

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Overlook

Another one that really looks better big. This is an overlook in between Denver and Boulder; I took the long way home from a football game & got some good shots.

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Rainbow

Saw this on my way home from work one day...

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Berries

Took this while waiting in line at the bank. (No, I don't know what kind they are.)

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Full moon

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Coffee Table

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Can anyone tell me why?

Shooting in 'fine' mode (not good enough for RAW) - everything but lighting pretty much the same as far as settings go...I can get about 100 shots pretty clear of action...

(80 yard run ON 4TH DOWN by stud nephew that should have been a touchdown but got robbed - he got a touchdown later, 'we' won!)

and a still shot (not even a breeze) I get THIS? I deleted the red leaf pictures...they were worse than this - UGH.

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Last of the birthday flowers

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My political post

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Different view of berries

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Prettiness

Prettier when enlarged. ;-)

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Playing with photos

Another photo contest - you can vote for me here! (Or any of the others of course - there are some awesome photos!)

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Reflections in the mirror

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Hungry?

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