Winter is coming… but it’s not here yet! Come celebrate these last days of sunshine and warm colors. Here are a few pictures that will put you in the mood… you can also check out this week’s video for my Moving Postcard web series: Autumn Wildflowers – In A Colorado Minute (Week 337)
If you’d like to see more photos of Colorado in autumn and throughout the year, check out my
In A Colorado Minute 2016 Flickr album.
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Thistle still in bloom at Running Deer Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Snow-covered Longs Peak reminds us that winter is coming. But it’s not here yet!
Running Deer Natural Area – Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Running Deer Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Wildflower all lit up at Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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All dried up wildflower at Running Deer Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Horsetooth Mountain seen from Running Deer Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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The last of the wild sunflowers (or black-eyed susans?)
Riverbend Ponds Natural Area – Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Colorado wildflowers still in bloom in October!
Running Deer Natural Area – Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Milkweed along the Cache la Poudre River
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Grasshopper – not hopping in Colorado |
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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Colorado wildflowers and Longs Peak, Rocky Mountains |
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Some Colorado wildflowers look best in their autumn colors. |
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You may be withered, but no reason to hang your head. |
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Autumn colors along County Road 59 in Colorado. |
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Autumn Aspen along County Road 59, just south of Wyoming. |
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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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Riverbend Ponds Natural Area
Fort Collins, Colorado |
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