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<\/a><\/p>\nOur appointed rounds, without the benefit of the Toyota Dealershit’s delays,<\/p>\n
went sufficiently smoothly to be home in time for lunch.\u00a0\u00a0 The foul airs discouraged much<\/p>\n walking about until the weekend by which time Indigenous Summer was in evidence,<\/p>\n the oaks having lit up in the interim after our unseasonable snowfall.<\/p>\n Meanwhile out west Gerlach got an AQI sensor at long last, and I was thinking it would be cool to have one here too but the initial hippie consensus was dismissive; “You don’t need a<\/p>\n Weatherman to know which way the wind blows”* since a person can always stand in their own doorway to feel which way the wind’s blowing…on the other hand the answer to what’s blowing in on it might be not so obvious.\u00a0 Nonetheless purpleair <\/a>remains on hold at Libre for now.<\/p>\n Soon enough, all too soon enough, we had to make another trip into the hazy world, early<\/p>\n Wednesday out onto the Interstate, north among humongous motorhomes sporting “Get on<\/p>\n the Trump Train”** bumperstickers with an image of the adored sandbox bully pasted in the<\/p>\n driver’s window to further inspire the faithful.\u00a0 In Castle Rock I was tempted to dash over to the abandoned gas station’s Trump Store for a couple of Trump 2020 stickers to make that “Trump Trump 2020” but, naaah, the sphincter’s name is ALREADY too much with us so we went on to<\/p>\n JunoWorks<\/a> to inspect “Sheet Lightning”, Linda’s big project for Big Sky, Montana.<\/p>\n From the industrial wastelands of Commerce City we found our way to downtown Denver,<\/p>\n delivering small plywood pieces done this summer to Robischon Gallery<\/a> where there was,<\/p>\n as is always their wont, a good group show called “Adapt, Iteration 2”<\/a>. Although between visiting and ordering pizza<\/a> I didn’t get too much time with it I certainly liked what I saw, being particularly taken with Ted Larsen’s<\/a> little scrap metal sculptures before, 2:10 and business done,<\/p>\n we were getting out of Denver<\/a>, south in the haze ‘n’ smoke<\/p>\n to the Huerfano<\/a> and home…<\/p>\n Next day, Thursday, up the creek the leaves were already falling, early falling.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n