Tag: Jennifer Mulson
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Bird Call: Enemy has been defeated
I finally have defeated my sworn enemy. And just in time for spring migration. Pack it up and move along, squirrels. No longer will you little freeloaders feast upon my bird feeders, relieving me of thousands of dollars of bird food meant for the sweet chickadees, chirpy nuthatches, flashy but mean Western tanagers, finches and…
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Cripple Creek Ice Festival adds more days to popular event
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Ice carving is art, pure and simple. And that’s why so many are so enamored with the long-running, popular Cripple Creek Ice Festival. This year’s event will offer even more opportunities for the public to partake, as the festival will run almost every day from Saturday through Feb. 23, minus Tuesday, when the town will…
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Bird Call: Bird-watching an accessible hobby for all
The stakes are low but the reward is high when it comes to bird-watching. Which makes it a perfect hobby. Sure, sometimes you’ll buy a really snazzy bird feeder and bags of mouthwatering bird food, get it all set up in your yard, and watch from your kitchen window as the squirrels congregate for a…
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National bird: Best spots to view bald eagles around Colorado Springs
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North America’s great white-capped bird of prey is finally official. On Christmas Eve, President Joe Biden signed a law making the bald eagle the national bird of the U.S. It’s been a long time coming, especially since many Americans already thought the bird was our national bird. “I get why it’s the eagle. They represent…
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Life-sized Monopoly game hits Colorado
Everyone’s got a strategy when it comes to Monopoly. Some players scoop up the high-rolling Park Place and Boardwalk properties. Others love to litter their properties with hotels. Some people prefer to stay in jail to escape moving around the board and paying rent. Now’s your chance to put those schemes to work in “Monopoly…
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This one-of-a-kind Colorado home, surrounded by open space, was built around a massive sandstone slab
LARKSPUR • Meet the Flintstones. Al and Karen Shain are the modern stone age family thanks to The Rock House, the property they bought in 2021 that earned them national attention and the throwback moniker. Upon entering the cul-de-sac in the Perry Park community in Douglas County, the reason for the nickname is immediately clear…
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Colorado wind phones symbolic way to speak with lost loved ones, work through grief
Russ Young has a standing weekly telephone date with his wife, who died this year. He calls Patricia Young every Sunday from a wind phone — an old, disconnected device that hangs on a pole in the memory garden at Columbine United Church in Littleton. It’s nothing fancy: a white handset and dangling cord mounted…
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Colorado farm offers free visits to those on healing journey
There might be no better companion on a healing journey than an alpaca with a fluffy mullet or a fuzzy mini Highland cow mix. At least, that’s how Tara Wells feels. She and her husband, Bryan Wells, own Bella Terra Farms, a therapeutic farm 5 miles east of Monument, where a bevy of gifted, rescued…
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New Denver exhibit showcases work of famous children’s book author Maurice Sendak
Maurice Sendak is best known as a children’s book author and illustrator, but his timeless works speak to adults, too. He’s the famous artist behind the classic 1963 children’s book “Where the Wild Things Are,” with its little boy in his onesie with the tail and crown who gallantly cavorts with a conga line of…
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Professional clarinetist performs highest recorded classical music concert in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains
Hikers who summited the 14,439-foot Mount Elbert on a bright-blue Monday morning in September got more than awe-inspiring views. They also got to hear the highest recorded classical music concert in the Rocky Mountains, courtesy of professional clarinetist Stephanie Zelnick, who did two five- to six-minute concerts atop the fourteener on Sept. 9. “They were…