Sunset, Monday, August 29, 2011

Manipulation - the official card game of the Blue Fish Lodge

Hillary, Andrew & George

Two decks (or more, depending on number of players), deal 11 cards each, play until someone goes out. All piles played must be and remain (a) three or more of a kind (no duplicate suits), or (b) three or more straight in a suit. Move cards around on the board ('manipulate') as you please, to facilitate your play (making sure all piles are 'legal' when you're done). On each turn, you must play from what you have, or draw until you can play, playing one or more cards. First player out of cards wins.

Example of a manipulation: You have two Queens, spade and clubs. The player ahead of you added a Queen of diamonds to a diamond straight of 9-10-Jack. You take the Queen from the diamonds straight (leaving that pile legal, at 3 cards straight), and combine it with your Queens, forming a legal 3-of-a-kind pile, no duplicate suits.

High-maintenance* windchimes

* because you have to change the dangle every season; this is summer's.

Summerland Key

Sunset, August 9, 2011

Lobster pictures below the break.

Brunch at Bill's

George enjoying the porch

Ziggy!

Colorado Friends

George, Robert, Robin and Darold, Longmont

Taylor and Alan, his high-school math teacher

Colorado Cousins

Robert, George, Mary and Logan, Fort Collins

William and Taylor, Washington Park, Denver

Beth and sleepy William, Denver

Sunset tonight in the Tetons

Tetons, from Signal Mountain Lodge, over Lake Jackson

Aspen

In honor of Sister Sue

Lay off those whiskey sours, sistuh!

One too many meese.

From the wetlands around the Snake River, near Moose, Wyoming.

Grand Teton National Park

Tetons from Signal Mountain summit

Four photos follow the continuation.

Float trip on the Snake River

Tetons from the Snake River, between Deadman's Bar and Moose

A great way to see the Tetons, and its wildlife. Five more photos, following the continuation.

Name this rock

Caption contest! Use Comments link below to submit your entry.

At Mammoth Hot Springs, north end of Yellowstone.

Yellowstone highlights

Upper Falls, in the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River

More photos, following the continuation.

Fourth of July at Buck and Deb's

Deb's ribs were a big hit

Four photos after the continuation.

Montana flowers

Wild geranium

Green pine cone

Indian paintbrush

Bush-whack!

The objective: a notch at the end of a canyon, with high rocks

Six photos follow the continuation.

Montana evening

Two photos following the continuation.

Trail ride

Lane lets Morgan gallop, meadow near Elk Knob

Four photos, in the continuation below.

Lee and Lynne's

Guest house, cabin, bunkhouse (from left to right)

Lee, Lynne, Robert, Georgia, Lane,
on Woodbine trail, Stillwater River upstream from Nye

Seven photos, in the continuation below.

Big Horn Canyon Recreation Area, Wyoming

Big Horn River, in the canyon

Three photos, in the continuation below.

Over the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming

George, in the lupine

Three photos in the continuation, below.

Spahn's Big Horn Lodge

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Rogue's Gallery, Hulett, Wyoming

Northern Black Hills

Wild Bill Hickok and George

George at Roughlock Falls

Roughlock Falls

Bluegrass at Shipwreck Lee's

The Bluegrass Badboys, pickin' and grinnin'

Needles, Custer State Park, SD

Don't even say it!

Enough!

Mount Rushmore

Monument seen through tunnel, on the approach

Close-up of George Washington 

George tries out a teepee

Sweetgrass Inn, Rapid City, SD

View from the porch

Wildflowers, Badlands, SD

Thistle

Sunflower

Bison, Buffalo Gap Grasslands, SD