refugee birds

Taking refuge from the Denver blizzard

the horse whisperer

The Great Western Stock Show

walking in a winter wonderland

first snow

The season's first snowfall

What is this stuff?

Attack!

I'm still around, just not here

It may appear that in the past few weeks I've gotten pretty slack about posting, and I guess that's true to a point, at least when it comes to this particular blog.

Occasionally (ha!) I tend to loose focus on one thing when a new interest/obsession crosses my path. You ever hear that saying that goes something like "Some people think I have ADD, but I - ooh, look, a shiny object"? That would be me. If I get more than one thought in my head at a time it becomes too crowded and the extra ones must vacate the premises immediately. But anyway, I digress.

In June I got bitten multiple times by the photography bug and that itch it's causing? It just won't go away. In fact, it's gotten worse. On the other hand, I'd like to think my ability to take pictures has improved. I'm really into wanting to just click away at everything under the sun/clouds/rain/raging blizzard/dark of night. This interferes a little bit with other things like eating, sleeping, doing laundry and working, but I'm not much concerned with trivial things like that when I'm obsessing. Anyway, to 'showcase' what I've done, I put together a photoblog and in the last week have managed to hit up most everyone I know, begging them to pretty-please-with-sugar-on-top let me take their picture. If all goes as planned, tomorrow I'll be taking photos of some friends.

If you live in the Denver area and are interested in having some photos taken for free, let me know. You can email me at betsy(dot)huffstetler at gmail(dot)com and we'll see what we can do!

my girl

a boy and his dad

a day at Chatfield State Park

Bella and her Frisbee

Proof Bella can swim when she wants to

Coming out of the drink

In mid-shake, but still in the water

A boy and his dog

Hunter

My mother's smile

Evening view from our deck

an early October day trip

Taking advantage of fall

Capturing the moment

Amazing Majesty

Kenin at Summit Lake on Mt. Evans

Looking down from Mt. Evans

Forest on Fire

Kenin

It's me, Betsy.

some of us even have sense

This photo was taken in Mississippi the day of the presidential debate.

pals

Hunter and his friend, Jacob, plaing video games.

Ike and the aftermath

Proof that beach dwellers have a sense of humor

Dumbass #1

Dumbass #2

Wall of water

Buried treasure

Fish out of water

What interstate?

total lunar eclipse

still not grown up

teddy rocks, no matter how old you are

freaky Friday

Thankfully, the following is not typical at my house. To get the full effect, listen carefully for the Alvin and the Chimpmunks version of Funky Town playing in the background.

The Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival

The flying of the flag

Sherbert Colors

Balloons

There's more than one way to fly

Almost Up, Up, and Away

Hot Air

Even Tony the Tiger was there

A Sky Full

Waffle House after takeoff

just a quickie

After the Rain

the weekend in pictures

How I felt after studying for my Anatomy & Physiology final

Life at the speed of Bella

faded flowers

faded flowers

daisies and a dog

daisies at dusk

A couple of weeks ago we were fortunate enough to find the perfect canine addition to our household. Bella, meet the internet. Internet, meet Bella. Our new sweetie pie, who is about 15 months old, came to us from the Dumb Friends League. I can't believe how lucky we were to find her. She's a purebred chocolate lab and - get this - is totally trained! She goes potty outside, she fetches, she shakes, sits, and the only 'bad' thing about her is that she's what I like to call very enthusiastic. She loves to go for walks, but isn't quite well behaved enough to make it enjoyable for the person walking her. Once we teach her to slow down I know she'll be great. She's still got a lot of puppy in her, but that's okay... I'm keeping her anyway.