Hallowe'en

I took Brett's suggestion this year and dressed up as Sideshow Bob from the Simpsons.


I used red hair spray to color my hair, but with that and regular hair spray, I wasn't able to make my hair stand up!

I opted for the Cape Fear version, because that's one of my favorite Simpsons episodes.

First Snowfall

Tuesday morning was a typical fall morning:


After the season's first snowfall, Wednesday morning looked like this:


The snow was really wet, which weighed down the trees:



Every tree looked like a weeping willow, and there were branches of all sizes on the ground.

This morning, I took this picture of the Flatirons on my way into work:


Today's sun melted most of the snow from the trees and roads.

Last Week+

At trivia two weeks ago, we finally had our full team back together (L to R, Ann, Trevor, Tara, me, Cora), but we just missed out on placing.



A week and a half ago, I had an angle-wing katydid land on my office window!


I think it was the first time I'd seen one since I blogged about the one I saw back in 2008: http://jeffonthenet.blogspot.com/2008/09/angle-wing-katydid.html

We came in third in trivia this week, breaking our drought. Pictured (L to R) are Ann, Trevor, me, and Tara:


This weekend, the weather was perfect. I had coffee with Sara and Rich at Bittersweet Saturday morning:


While drinking our coffee, we were treated to a B-17 flying overhead:


The enjoyed the weather even more once I found out it is supposed to snow this Wednesday!

Parents' Visit

My parents visited me over the Columbus Day weekend. They were in Albuquerque for the hot air balloon festival, and stopped by Boulder on their way home.

Now I'll try to show pictures from both my phone and my camera (the iPhone picture doesn't size properly, so you have to click on it to see the whole thing). My Dad and I went golfing on Monday:

Here's my Mom, working on her computer:


She kicked off my Halloween decorations by buying me this funny little pumpkin!

Gem Lake

On Saturday, I went for a hike with Cora, Trevor, and Rich to Gem Lake, which is near the northeastern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park.

On the way up, we had great views of Estes Park and Longs Peak.


There were interesting rock formations everywhere,


including surrounding Gem Lake:


We climbed the rocks to a lunch perch, near the top-center tree in the picture above.


We ate with a nice view.


There was a little bit of snow on Longs Peak:


After lunch, we continued on, finally seeing signs of autumn



on our way to Balanced Rock:


We climbed around on the rocks before heading back.




We stopped at the overlook on our way home and ate watermelon. According to Google Earth, Gem Lake is located to the right of the pointed peak between the two rock humps on the right side of the ridge (the appropriately named Lumpy Ridge):

Vikings game

Sunday, I went with Brett to a Vikings game against the Buccaneers. Unfortunately, Minnesota lost.

After the game, we took a ride on the Mississippi River in Brett's brother's-in-law boat.

Twins game

My first blog from my iPhone! Saturday, I went to a Twins game with Brett. We had really good seats, as you can hopefully tell from my iPhone pictures.