This week’s photo challenge is GRAND and though I’ve already posted once, I must post again, for I live in the GRAND VALLEY with the GRAND RIVER (changed to the Colorado River in 1921) running through it, the incredibly grand Colorado National Monument to the south, and the 10,000 foot GRAND MESA (largest mesa in the entire world) directly to the east.
The Grand Valley, in the fall, with Mt. Garfield on the left and the Grand Mesa in the distance.
My daughters and friends climbing Mt. Garfield, high above the Grand Valley.
Another view of our Grand Valley, with the vineyards and peach orchards in the foreground.
This view of the Grand Valley was taken from the incredibly grand Colorado National Monument.
Taken from the Colorado National Monument, with Independence Monument in the foreground and the Grand Valley beyond.
Following my dog down the Colorado River, which was formerly the Grand River. It starts high in the Rockies at Grand Lake.
The Grand Valley from Powderhorn Ski Area on the Grand Mesa.
Winter splendor on the Grand Mesa.
Lake kayaking at 10,000 feet on the Grand Mesa.
My daughter snowshoeing across Island Lake on the Grand Mesa.
Fall colors on the Grand Mesa.
Life is grand here in the Grand Valley. So lucky to live and play here!
It looks as if I photoshopped this leaf onto a white background, doesn’t it? Nothing too exciting.
But this lone leaf was actually on my sunroof one gloomy late fall day. It looks as if it may have been the last to fall from my five tall elms.
Now you can see that the first photo is just a close up of this one leaf taken from a slightly different angle.
A String of Pearls 