Color Week Day 5: Multi-Color

More cool graffiti art on a train car.

This is Chip.  He is a real deal Budweiser wagon dog.

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Color Week Day 4: Brown

Did you know Fort Collins is home to the West Coast Budweiser Clydesdale Demonstration team?

These guys just arrived home after a long season pulling the red wagon.

I believe this is a Sussex chicken walking around Bartel Farm.

Thanksgiving Dinner.....No, not really.  

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Color Week Day 3: Red

Holding on to the last bits of our summer garden.

Pasta Sause Recipe

Raspberry Jam Recipe

Giant beet is from here

Horse Barn

A few weeks back we visited some friends in NC and had the opportunity to tour the RCR museum while there.

These two cars were driven by the legendary Dale Earnhardt.

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Think you don't have enough room to plant a garden?

I ran across this Ron Finley presentation on a blog that I follow from time to time.  Ron totally changed my mind on where a garden can be planted and how much land is needed for a garden.  Check out his presentation below.  Let me know what you think.

Color Week Day 2: Yellow

Fallen leaves at the city run farm.  It's a great place to go and the boy LOVES it.

The boy checking out a corn field while on a hay ride at the pumpkin patch.

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Color Week Day 1: Orange

My Farming Guru

Yes, I have a farming guru and his name is Joel Salatin.  No, I don't own a farm but our backyard is becoming one.  After doing some research and reading some blogs, I can across a self described lunatic farmer.  He just makes sense and doesn't believe in or trust our current commercial food system.  If I had a real farm, I'd probably do things similar to Joel.

This video from the UC Berkeley school of Journalism is just great.  Yeah, it's an hour and half long but Joel is worth it.  I find him funny and smart and I would love to see him speak in person.  If you want a shorter run down on what Joel is about check out the video below.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Some friends of ours wanted to go hiking in RMNP during the long fourth of July weekend.  We ended up trying a new location that was burned by a late season fire last year.  The smell of burned wood was still in the air while walking through the trees but the flatter areas were exploding with new life.  The grass was really high and the wild flowers were just starting to pop up.  It was a pretty amazing place and I can't wait to go back.

This also happened to be our son's first hike in RMNP.  He was a great sport but was done before we made it back to the car.  To keep him entertained I showed him how to use the bite valve on my CamelBak.  Once he got the hang of it, that kept him busy until we reached the car.

Happy 4th of July!

Color Week: Multi-Color continued

I set out Saturday morning trying to finish what I started Friday night for the multi-color day of color week.  On my way to my photo location, I happened upon some horses.  I realized that they would make a better subject for the day than what I had envisioned.  Hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

Color Week: Day 5 Multi-Color

I had big plans for multi-colored day in color week.  Big plans ended quickly with a much needed evening thunder storm.  Maybe I'll add to this post tomorrow.

Color Week Day 4: Green

Color Week Day 3: Pink

Color Week Day 2: Orange and Yellow

Color Week Purple

Hello Strangers!  By strangers I mean me.  I'm back and giving blogging another go thanks to Simplyblythe and her color week for the first full week of summer.  Each day this week I will be photographing the world around me showcasing the day's selected color.

Monday: Purple