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Fox Crop

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The foxes have set up home across the road from me for the first time in a couple of years.  The fox pups are beyond cute.

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There are four pups: two dark, two light.

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I only caught photos of two.

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Not very good backgrounds… an old run down cabin/house still inhabited in the summers by an old Texas man named Jim.  He’s not there yet.

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Mom fox moved the pups there one at a time a couple of weeks ago.  They were born elsewhere.  I watched as she led each one up the road to their new home.

Here she is watching over things, including me.

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The sun had already set when I took these photos.  It’s when the pups are most active.  I will probably get opportunities to take more photos before they leave.

Communication Upgrade

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I recently upgraded to a smartphone.  I had been holding out because I couldn’t justify the need or the expense. When I am working from home, in engineering mode, I’m sitting in front of the computer all day.  I’ve got a phone right next to me on the desk.  What more do I need?

And when I’m out hiking, the last thing I want is to be connected.

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Forsythe Creek

 

But all of that changed with the travel associated with the pinball and jukebox repair.  I need to be able to check e-mail, traffic, add reminders to a to-do list, check appointments, and find myself when I get lost out in the plains of eastern Colorado.

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Solstice Sunrise Hike

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It’s been somewhat of a solstice tradition the past 20 years or so, to get up early, hike somewhere to watch the sunrise.

 

Before sunrise, the sun reflecting off the wave cloud

 

Before I moved to the mountains, the solstice hike had 6-20 people attending, followed by breakfast at a local eatery.  Now that I’m living in the mountains, the solstice hike has just me and breakfast is usually back at home.

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