This daily entry stuff probably won’t last long. but…. Today’s lesson is “Keep a civil tongue in your head” lest you inadvertently trouble and hurt someone. Go back to being the reserved Yankee that has served you well and eschew the seemingly playful but potentially dangerous bantering and flippant or ill advised comments. [...]
Archive for the ‘Geology’ Category
Day Three
Posted in Friends, Geology, Summer Sorties 2010, sunlight on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sky Rangers – Bryce Canyon
Posted in Astronomy, Geology, tagged Astronomy, Bryce Canyon, Geology, Sky Rangers on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The sun is rising in the East as the moon and morning planets retire. Red rock glows and pine sillouettes frame the sky. This is the beginning of adventures in Bryce Canyon, UT. We already have had quite the first day. Some “Sky Rangers” from the East Coast were up at two a.m. – in [...]
Summer 2009
Posted in Geology, iGISST, tagged family, Geology, Llamas, travel, trekking on August 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today feels almost like a fall day – cool, with an East wind bringing driving rain. The garden has been happy most of the summer – except for crops that like hot. Cool weather crops are doing well. Potatoes are the best we have ever had! A recap of the summer is hard. Pictures on [...]
Colorado IGISST
Posted in Geology, iGISST, tagged Colorado Geology, Geology on June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How fortunate I am to be here in Colorado during the very hot and humid weather across the Midwest and wet weather in the East. Each day we venture out to explore various geologic formations across the area. We’ve been down to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, over Taylor Pass to Buena Vista and [...]
Geology in the High Country
Posted in Geology, iGISST, tagged Colorado Geology on June 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We left Iowa under clear and calm skies. Very nice after several days of dreariness. That pattern has followed, apparently, with high humidity and rains. Meanwhile, Colorado is CAVU (Clear And View Unlimited.) I have loaded pictures to http://flicker.com/photos/mspatt for viewing. I made quick notations under some pictures but am concentrating more on creating the [...]
Wher Ya’ll Frum?
Posted in Big Bend, Davis Mts, Friends, Geology, Presidents, Texas, The Veranda on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You could hardly ask for more gently friendly hosts as West Texans have been.




