
The hummingbirds are still here in the late September of the Colorado montane. The sits on the sill and chatters at them. The hummingbirds ignore nhim. Meow,

The hummingbirds are still here in the late September of the Colorado montane. The sits on the sill and chatters at them. The hummingbirds ignore nhim. Meow,

Veils of slumber, meow.

I walk in this montane woods. When the wind moves so do the trees, interacting with one another as the gusts direct, sorta choreographed, I think.


Plein Aire in Victor, Colorado, September 2019.

Painted at a Plein Aire event, Victor, CO.
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This was painted at a plein aire event in Victpor Colorado. The elvation there is above 10,000 ft. The air is very clear and clean making the sky a brillient cerulean blue.

There’s been a lot of rain this summer, the farmers have mowed a couple times already. Late in the afternoon, sometimes towards evening, the clouds gather along the mountain ridge. When they hit the tops of the mountains they just dump all the moisture they hold. The sun shines through the veil of water and is quite lovely.

Relaxing on the kitchen floor…meow.

We up here to Goodwin Lake to fish in the summer. The elevation is about 11,200 ft. There’s deer and marmots there, eagles and crows. Elk are also around, but I’ve never seen one.
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Buck the Cat chills on top of the sofa. Meow.

Summer time recreation includes camping. This site is in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and it’s a National Parks Facility. Come visit someday, the natural beauty is stunning.

The cones shown here are from the Limber Pine. They are shown in an unripened stage, as they mature they’ll turn brown. I found these while walking in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado.
Indian Lake Inlet, watercolor, 9×12″, 2018, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Filtered light, deep water, fishing from a canoe, mid-summer.
Honey Bee, Watercolor, 2018, 10×8″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
Ubiquitous bee.
BZZZZZZZZZZ.
$40. USD, $4. shipping

Agave in the Shade, 2018, Watercolor, 8×8″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
There are over 200 species of agaves and I have no idea which this is. If it happens to be a blue or tequilana agave, tequila can be made from it. The Agave is part of the genus Yucca.
$15 USD, $4.00 shipping

Arizona Bird of Paradise – caesalpinia pulcherrima, 2018, Soft Pastel on Board, 10×8″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
The Arizona Bird of Paradise (caesalpinia pulcherrima) is a member of the Fabaceae (pea) family. Where we stay they are trimmed into medium height shrubs but they can grow to small tree proportions. They have every color from deep red to deep purple. Blossoms are in the red orange yellow range with leaves from green to deep violet. They are very delicate with a lacey fragility.
This is painted with a combination of soft pastel pencils and sticks. The surface is lightly fixed to discourage dusting.
$50. USD
Bee and Cactus, 2018, watercolor, 8×6″, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
BZZZZZ.
$25. USD
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CR 140, Westcliffe, CO, 2018, Professional watercolors on 140# hot press paper, masked border, copyrighted with all rights reserved by Jean Krueger
This view is my drive home in the summertime. Typically, the clouds gather and a bit of rain falls each afternoon. After the shower, everything is a bit greener and the sky is full of sifted light filtering through to the mountains and western pastures. My painting is about the light as it slides through the clouds.