2020

Wednesday, 1 January 2020

Other articles:
• SE-5405:   at trailhead;
Where the route diverges from the highway.
Just a little way down the trial with Rachel.  

Locations: Cortijo El Berrocal.
Special old oak tree at Cortijo El Berrocal.  

Locations: El Real de la Jara.
View across El Real de la Jara to Cortijo de Aguado
North of El Real de la Jara.  

Thursday, 2 January 2020

Locations: Santa Olalla del Cala.
The Castillo de Santa Olalla del Cala.
The Ermita  

Literature Cited:
- Venhuis, C., and J. G. B. Oostermeijer, 2004.

Locations: Aljucen.
Church of San Andres in Aljucen.  

Locations: Santa Lucia del Trampal.
Goats on the road.
The Basilica de Santa Lucia del Trampal.  

Locations: Dolmen de Lacara.
Hiking to the Dolmen.
Interpretive Panel.  

Locations: Merida.
The Roman aqueduct in Merida.  

Merida

Locations: Merida.
The Temple of Diana.  

Friday 3 January 2020

Locations: Merida.
Entrance to Anfiteatro Romano.
The Roman Amphitheater.  

Locations: Merida.
The Roman Theater.  

Locations: Merida.
General view of the crypt under the Museo Nacional de Arte Romano.
Frescos and columns found under the museum while it was under construction.  

Locations: Merida.
Inside the National Museum of Roman Art.
Inside the National Museum of Roman Art.  

Locations: Merida.
The Roman bridge.  

Locations: Merida.
Inside the Visigoth museum.
A carved Visigoth capital.  

Locations: Merida.
Underneath the Basilica de Santa Eulalia.
Inside the Basilica de Santa Eulalia.  

Saturday, 4 January 2020

Locations: Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort.
Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort
View to Elvas from Nossa Senhora da Graça Fort  

Locations: Elvas.
Arco de Santa Clara, Elvas, Portugal.
Inside the Igreja das Dominicas  

Locations: Cromeleque dos Almendres.
Cheryl and Rachel at Cromeleque dos Almendres
Evora as seen from Cromeleque dos Almendres.  

Sunday, 5 January 2020

Locations: Evora.
Chapel of Bones
Interior of the Igreja de São Francisco.  

Chapel of Bones Built in the first half of the 17th century, as an extension of the Chapter House of the convent of São Francisco, the Chapel of the Bones is an invitation to reflect on the transitory nature of the human condition, summarised in the words above its entrance:

WE BONES HERE, FOR YOURS AWAIT.

The decoration of the ceiling, dating from 1810 and full of symbols, allegories and quotations from the Holy Scriptures, adds the affirmation of another Life in the splendor of the glory of God.

At the back of the chapel is the 18th-century tomb chest of the founders of the Convent (13th century) and the floor tomb of Bishop Jacinto Carlos da Silveira, who died during the invasion of Évora by French troops, on 29 July 1808.

"We bones here, for yours await"

Locations: Evora.
Evora from the roof of the Cathedral.
The Cloisters inside the Cathedral of Evora.  

Locations: Evora.
Coffee in the Jardim Diana.  

Locations: Evora.
Inside the Igreja de São João Evangelista
The altar of the Igreja de São João Evangelista  

Locations: Evora.
Arches from the water aqueduct incorporated into buildings.  

Monday, 6 January 2020

Locations: Evora.
Leaving our rented house.  

Locations: Reguengos de Monsaraz.
Unique church in Reguengos de Monsaraz.  

Locations: Monsaraz. Mourao.
Church restoration, Igreja Matriz de Nossa Sra sad Candeias.
Castle walls in Mourao; Monsaraz in the distance.  

March 2020

Other articles:
• 8th Street:   at Church Ditch;   at trail;
Temporary bridge over Church Ditch.
New concrete box culvert for Church Ditch under 8th Street.  

Saturday, 14 March 2020

Temporary bridge over Church Ditch.	Temporary bridge over Church Ditch.

Other articles:
• Tilting Mesa Trail:   at pond;   near eph pond;

Locations: Vaca Lake.
Horsepeople riding in the closed area at Vaca Lake.  

Tuesday, 17 March 2020

Literature Cited:
- Fernandez-Mazuecos, Mario, Jose Luis Blanco-Pastor, and Pablo Vargas, 2013.
- Sutton, D. A., 1988.

Other articles:
• Field Notes:  Coll. No. 2077, 14 Jun 2019;
• Glossary:  homoplasy;  

Sunday, 22 March 2020

Pivotal results. Linaria and Nuttallanthus constituted a monophyletic group within the Antirrhineae. Linaria was recovered as a paraphyletic group with Nuttallanthus nested within it. Six major clades were recognized within the Linaria-Nuttallanthus clade. The seed wing, a structure that has been extensively used in systematic treatments, appears to be a homoplasious character in Linaria (Fernandez-Mazuecos, et al., 2013)

Locations: Colorado School of Mines Survey Field.
Hooker's Easter Daisy (Townsendia hookeri just starting to bloom in the survey field.  

Tuesday, 7 April 2020

 
A bit of snow on 16 April 2020  

Thursday, 16 April 2002

Locations: Apex Park - Northern Parcel.
Kinney Run and south Golden from Apex Park.
Downtown and north Golden from Apex Park.  

Tuesday, 21 April

Coll. No. 2246, 21 April 2020: Annual, to 5 cm.; Stem, single, glandular distally; Stipules, absent; Leaves, cauline, opposite, 6 mm. × 1.7 mm. wide, oval, margins, entire, glandular; Inflorescence, umbellate; Pedicels, 2.5-9.0 mm., reflexed in flower; Sepals, #5, all distinct, 2.7-3.0 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, ovate, green, margin scarious; Petals, #5, 2.5 mm. × 1.2 mm. wide, deltoid, tip erose; Stamens, #5; Styles, #2(3?), 1 entire, 1 forked (with 2 stigmas).

Locations: North Washington Open Space.  

Friday, 24 April 2020

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Apex Park;
• Grubstake Trail:   along the trail;

Locations: Apex Park - Northern Parcel.
Golden, and North and South Table Mountains, from Apex Park.  

Saturday, 25 April 2020

Widened Grubstake Trail.

Locations: Kinney Run.
Two basal leaves of Physaria.  

Monday, 27 April 2020

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:   Tin Cup Ridge;

Locations: Tin Cup Ridge.  

Thursday, 30 April 2020

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Balsamorhiza sagittata;
Coll. No. 2252, Balsamorhiza sagittata
Coll. No. 2252, Balsamorhiza sagittata  

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Saskatoon Serviceberry;
Coll. No. 2253, Amelanchier alnifolia  

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Lookout Mtn;

Locations: Windy Saddle Park.
Unnamed gulch in Windy Saddle Park.  

Monday, 4 May 2020

Tent caterpillars on Prunus virginiana	Upper part of unnamed gulch.	View down the unnamed gulch.

Other articles:
• Bonanza Trail:   at Grubstake W;
• Social Trail:   at Parkview;  mid-trail;
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Apex Park;
• Grubstake Trail:   at Bonanza;
• Parkview Avenue:   at end;

Locations: Apex Park. Apex Park - Northern Parcel.
West end of social trail.  

Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Looking south in Apex Park.	Looking toward Parkview Avenue from social trail.	West end of Bonanza Trail at the Grubstake Trail.	Grubstake Trail at its west junction of the Bonanza Trail.	Gentle upper slopes of Apex Park.
Corner of Apex Park.	Deadman Gulch in Apex Park.

Literature Cited:
- Savoca, Matthew, 2019.
- Weber, Alex K., Michael W. Weber, and Matthew S. Savoca, 2019.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Dakota Ridge;
• Recreational Trail (Pine Ridge Estates):   just south of spur;

Locations: Cressmans Gulch (lower). Dakota Ridge.  

Saturday, 9 May 2020

Parking and overflow parking for North Table Mountain.	It looks like a Titleist to me!	South end of Dakota Ridge.	Yard waste disposal in City of Golden open space on the banks of Cressman Gulch.	Thirteen golf balls collected on Dakota Ridge.

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Saskatoon Serviceberry;  

Locations: North Washington Open Space. Tucker Gulch (lower).
Astragalus crassicarpus “Groundplum Milkvetch”
Senecio integerrimus “Columbia Ragwort” in the North Washington Open Space.  

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Other articles:
• Golden Checklist Flora:  Alopecurus arundinaceus;  

Other articles:
• Kinney Run Trail:  n. end of rock wall;

Locations: Kinney Run.
Garden escapee? … a Gazania?  

Friday, May 15, 2020

Yard waste disposal in Kinney Run.	Signage	Signage

Saturday, 16 May 2020

Locations: Apex Park - Northern Parcel.
Panorama from northeast corner of srudy area.
Panorama from up near the water tank, the southeast corner of study area.  

Monday, 18 May 2020

Other articles:
• Coyote Song Trail:   along trail;   at Prairie Falcon;   along trail;   along trail;   near s. trailhead;   at s. trailhead;
• Lyons Back Trail:   at overlook;
• Columbine Trail:   near Pass Trl;   at Pass Trl;

Locations: South Valley Park.
Thick stand of Mullein along the trail.  

Wednesday, 20 May 2020

View along the trail.	Prairie Falcon Trail to the left. Coyote Song Trail to the right.	Coyote Song Trail to the south.	Along the Coyote Song Trail.	Panorama of South Valley Park from Lyons Back Trail.
Columbine Trail north.	Pass Trail into South Valley Park	Columbine Trail south.	Scutellaria brittonii “Britton's Skullcap”	Cliffs near southernmost Coyote Song Trail
Cliffs at South Trailhead.

Locations: Apex Park - Northern Parcel. Deadman Gulch.
Panorama of today's objective.
Elk Trail through chokecherry on an old overgrown road.  

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Cliff on the south side of Deadman Gulch.	My day pack and field press on the old road, now an elk trail.	Upper part of Deadman Gulch	View down Deadman Gulch.	Green Mountain from Apex Open Space Park.

Literature Cited:
- Waage, Karl M., 1955.

Other articles:
• Dakota Ridge Trail:   near trailhead;   along ridge;   at viewpoint;   along ridge;  along trail.;   near jct.;   at Zorro Trl;   near jct.;   s. of trl jct;

Locations: Dinosaur Ridge. Matthews/Winters Park.  

Friday, 29 May 2020

May favorite kind of trail … straight up.	Stegosaurus Lot, trailhead for Dinosaur Ridge.	Interstate 70 enters Mount Vernon Canyon.	Green Mountain from Dinosaur Ridge	One of two Physaria seen.
The other of two Physaria seen.	Little rattlesnake seen along Dakota Ridge Trail.	Two young women with unleashed dogs.	Junction with the Zorro Trail.	Looking north on the Dakota Ridge Trail.
Looking south on the Dakota Ridge Trail.	Opuntia macrorhiza

Literature Cited:
- Scott, G. R., 1972.

Other articles:
• Dakota Ridge Trail:   at Zorro Trl;

Locations: Dinosaur Ridge. Mount Vernon Canyon.  

Qrf — Rocky Flats Alluvium. … Inferred Rocky Flats alluvium erosion channel preserved in Mount Vernon Canyon and in the wind gap through Dakota hogback west of Green Mountain.

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Date and time this article was prepared: 5/31/2020 9:45:55 PM