by Danette | Feb 24, 2021 | Destinations, Travel and Education, Uncategorized
Pawnee Buttes and Wildflowers in Northeast Colorado Coming out of the Winter months in Colorado, there is an anxious optimism to get outdoors and see newly awakened plants and a myriad of vibrant wildflowers as they burst from their hibernation onto Mother...
by Danette | Feb 11, 2021 | Destinations, North America, Travel and Education, Uncategorized
Zoroaster Peak detail Art after the Civil War After the exhausting and vicious Civil War In the late half of the nineteenth century, a group of artists played an indispensable role in providing an impressive, visual portfolio of the West’s majesty. As a matter...
by Danette | Feb 1, 2021 | Destinations, Uncategorized
Spice Market Photo The Spice Trade When the Spice Trade Began About 1550 B.C., an Egyptian scroll called the “Ebers Papyrus” listed essential spices and plants used as medicines. Some of these were found in Southeast Asia and China and not Egypt, so it...
by Danette | Dec 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Early Atlas Cartography The Age of Smart Devices In the age of smart devices, we don’t seem to question the difference between maps and modern navigation methods. As we seem to do with all electronic devices, we have decided that GPS is more reliable than our...
by Danette | Dec 11, 2020 | Destinations, Travel and Education, Uncategorized
Why did the chicken cross the road? Why did the chicken cross the road, riddle? The answer, “To get to the other side,” is probably accurate, and it’s most widely accepted. However, not very funny and sometimes difficult to do like crossing roads in...
by Danette | Dec 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dark Sky Colorado Class Description View the spectacular night skies in two of Colorado’s, International Dark Sky Places. First, is the combined communities of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff, Colorado ...
