Dubrovnik Cannon

Continuing with my old photos of Dubrovnik for Sunday Scans, here's another looking seaward, showing some of the city's protection against sea raiders.

I wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of that!

Yellowstone's Streams

For this week's Scenic Sunday post, here are some photos of various streams at Yellowstone. This first one is near Old Faithful.

And these are in the Lamar Valley.

There's stuff to see wherever you look in Yellowstone.

Snowy Park

We continue to get some moisture, both rain and snow, and that's a good thing after the extremely dry winter. For Skywatch Friday, here are some photos from Fox Run Park on Tuesday morning.

The quality of the softly filtered sunlight and the snow melting off the trees was incredible, but very challenging to capture.

There's nothing like a Colorado blue sky after some snow.

Hiking Ruins

Sometimes when hiking I see ruins - Loud's Cabin is one of the best examples of this, and one I've posted on in the past. Here's another example from last weekend, hiking just west of Monument, where there's nothing left but a foundation.

These stairs probably led into the cabin at some point.

Somebody had more recently walled up this section, and it was filled with trash.

There was a much more interesting ruin later in the hike, but I'm saving that for a future post. And that's my entry for My World Tuesday.

Dubrovnik Seaside Walls

For this week's Sunday Scans, here's another photo from the beautiful city of Dubrovnik back in 1977, showing the city walls on the seaward side.

It's scanned from a slide, then cropped slightly and sharpened using the GIMP program. Visit Sunday Scans for more scanned goodness!

Lots of Waterfalls

Last summer, Unni and I went for a hike on the Thomas Trail, on the north side of Pikes Peak. You start by walking up a street in the small town of Green Mountain Falls, and crossing over a wooden bridge.

From there the trail leads steeply up, with various waterfalls next to the path.

Then the trail winds around a mountainside with steep, high dropoffs in places. Yes, this is the trail.

And this leads to - another stream and more waterfalls!

If you like waterfalls and can handle a trail with steep rocky sections and some heights, this is the the place for you. And that's my Scenic Sunday entry for the week. (Socks loved this hike - here's a photo of him resting on one of the many rocks.)

Sun and Clouds

We've finally had some grey skies this week (although there's been sunshine too). For this week's Skywatch Friday entry, here's a photo from my Saturday hike where I was in the only patch of sun around.

The wonderful Skywatch Friday meme has lots more sunny and cloudy photos from around the world.