#fallorado Timeline

26d

A twilight view of Twilight Peak taken in September 2024 is my #MountainMonday presentation this week.

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #FallVibes #AumnLeaves #FallColors #Mountains

Jagged mountain peaks glow pink in the fading light beneath layered gray clouds, rising above a dark evergreen valley dotted with golden autumn aspens.

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25d

Patiently waiting for autumn temperatures to arrive. 😬 Bring on the fall colors along the Animas…

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #AutumnVibes #FallColors

Fast-moving river water flows over dark rocks and a fallen log in the foreground, below a stony bank backed by dense woodland with green, yellow, orange, and red autumn leaves.

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23d

Attempting to "Engineer" a little beauty on this #ThrowbackThursday.

I know. So clever. 😬😂

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Mountains #FallColors #AutumnVibes #EngineerMountain

A broad, sunlit mountain rises above dense evergreen forests and brilliant golden aspens in autumn. Its steep, pale-gray slopes reveal prominent reddish and dark horizontal rock layers, while scattered clouds drift across a soft blue sky. Dark conifers frame the colorful valley in the foreground.

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16d

Late last September, a leaf peeping trip briefly became a moose peeping adventure. If you look closely, you can see in their eyes: "DO YOU MIND!!!?!!!" 😂

#ThrowbackThursday #Photography #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #AutumnVibes #Moose #FallColors

A bull moose rests beside a cow moose grazing among golden grasses and autumn shrubs, framed by spruce trees.

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14d

Rust-colored leaves blend
amongst rocks—leached rugged cliffs
persistently changed

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Mountains #SanJuanMountains #Poetry #Haiku

Autumn mountainside with colorful exposed rock formations and a broad, eroded slope surrounded by golden aspens and dark evergreen trees.

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13d

#SilentSunday

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #AspenLeaves #AspenGold #AutumnVibes #FallColors

A sunlit autumn forest of slender aspen trees, their golden leaves glowing against darker evergreens and shadowed woodland. Warm light filters through the trunks onto grasses and fallen leaves covering the forest floor.

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10d

Happy autumnal equinox to all who celebrate. Some early color is showing on the passes here in southwest Colorado and I am slightly giddy. 🍂

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #FallColors #AutumnVibes #Autumn #AutumnEquinox

A dense stand of white-barked aspen trees with overlapping branches and leaves in green, gold, orange, and red autumn colors.

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10d

Standing Out (2026)

That one group that just can't help but get the party started a little early. 🥳

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #FallColors #AutumnVibes

A stand of vivid red, orange, and golden aspens lines a rocky mountain road beneath dramatic blue-gray storm clouds; a yellow hairpin-turn sign marked 25 MPH stands in the foreground.

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9d

Fading Canopies (2026)

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #AspenLeaves #FallColors #AutumnVibes #Autumn #Fall

A dense autumn stand of slender white-barked aspen trees covers a steep forested slope, their golden-yellow leaves glowing against deep green understory and shadowed trunks.

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8d

Grand Turk on a stormy late September day.

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Mountain #Colorado #Fallorado #FallFriday #MolasPass

A rugged gray mountain massif rises above a conifer forest and patches of golden autumn aspens beneath a dramatic, cloud-filled sky.

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7d

A September Still Life (2026)

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #AutumnLeaves #FallColors

Forest floor covered with pine needles, rocks, lichen, moss, and low green plants, accented by a bright yellow leaf and clusters of red foliage.

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6d

The sunrise at Molas Pass this morning did not disappoint.

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Sunrise #SunriseSunday #Stunday #Mountains

A mountain valley at sunrise, with a small pond reflecting a vivid pink, purple, and orange sky, surrounded by evergreen forest, golden autumn aspens, and rugged mountain peaks.

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6d

There was so much wonderful light and atmosphere this morning, I can barely stand it! 🙌🏼

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #AutumnLeaves #FallColors

A mountainside forest of golden and orange aspens interspersed with dark evergreen trees rises above a low meadow of autumn vegetation, with a rocky slope visible in the upper right.

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6d

Now that's a sunrise! 🌅 Today's moments were definitely worth the 4 AM start.

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Sunrise #SunriseSunday #Stunday

Sunrise over a forested mountain valley, with dark alpine slopes and scattered conifers in the foreground, jagged peaks in the distance, and pink, orange, and blue clouds stretching across the sky.

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5d

The mist rising from the Animas River between Silverton and Molas Pass created some calming scenes yesterday morning just after sunrise.

#MonochromeMonday #Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #MoodyMonday #MistyMonday #MistyMountains

A monochrome mountain forest of tall evergreen trees fades into dense fog, with overlapping silhouettes receding across a steep, mist-covered slope.

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5d

The rough, west-facing slopes of Grand Turk—dusted with snow—rising up behind part of Sultan Mountain in Sunday's morning light.

#MountainMonday #Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Colorado #Fallorado

Jagged, snow-dusted mountain cliffs rise above dark, forested slopes beneath a pale, cloudy sky.

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5d

Wild Autumn Oasis (2026)

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #Autumn #FallColors

A still, amber-colored pond reflects autumn foliage, framed by spruce and golden aspens. Beyond it, a patchwork of conifers and rust-colored shrubs climbs a hillside, where pale mist drifts through yellow trees beneath a dark evergreen forest.

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5d

Silverton's Shroud (2026)

My son saw this one and immediately said I should edit it in black-and-white. I don't think he was wrong.

#MonochromeMonday #MountainMonday #Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Mountains #Colorado #Fallorado #BlackAndWhite

Black-and-white view across a mountain valley, framed by dark evergreen trees. A small town is partly veiled by fog pooled among the forested slopes, beneath rugged ridges lightly dusted with snow and a pale, clouded sky.

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4d

Spotlight on golden
leaves, expired vitality
nourishing the souls

#Photography #Landscape #Nature #Outdoors #Colorado #Fallorado #TreeTuesday #Poetry #Haiku

Golden aspens glow among dense evergreens beneath a towering, shadowed red-rock cliff, whose layered face is broken by ledges and scattered trees.

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