Tag: nature
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Brick by brick: Denver museum exhibit features larger than life Lego sculptures
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To see the Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s newest big animals on display, visitors don’t need to roam their expansive Wildlife Halls. Rather, artist Sean Kenney has dozens of animal sculptures up for viewing — all made entirely of Lego bricks – 1.5 million Lego bricks to be exact. Kenney’s exhibition, “Brick Planet: A…
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Bird sanctuary provides joy, comfort at Colorado Springs memory care facility
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The residents at Springs Ranch Memory Care are at different junctures in what spokeswoman Debra Maddox calls their “memory journey.” Some are in the beginning stages of dementia, while others are end-stage, struggling to hold…
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Happy Trails: A hidden, natural oasis on Colorado Springs’ west side
On the edge of Colorado Springs’ west side, nestled behind a cul de sac, is a sudden nature oasis where the neighborhood disappears and the din of Interstate 25 soon fades. The traffic is replaced by bugs buzzing, birds singing and a creek’s trickling melody. This is Sondermann Park. Regulars know it as a hidden…
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Shamanic beekeeper combines spiritual healing and beekeeping
Samantha Halbrook, a beekeeper and shamanic practitioner, combines her two passions in her apiary, Honey Bee You, where she offers traditional hive tours, shamanic energy work, and bee bed immersion therapy. Inspired by her experiences and spiritual learning, Halbrook believes the vibrational frequencies and energies of bees can provide relaxation, meditation, and potential healing benefits.
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‘A 36 million-year-old mystery solved’: Gem reveals secret to Castle Rock’s formation
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One spring day last year, Mark Longman was hiking around Castlewood Canyon State Park with questions that mounted with every boulder and rock wall he passed. A career geologist and longtime Denver resident, Longman knew it to be conglomerate rock populating the park near Franktown. He knew the rock at Castlewood to be the same,…
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‘A 36 million-year-old mystery solved’: Gem reveals secret to Castle Rock’s formation
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One spring day last year, Mark Longman was hiking around Castlewood Canyon State Park with questions that mounted with every boulder and rock wall he passed. A career geologist and longtime Denver resident, Longman knew it to be conglomerate rock populating the park near Franktown. He knew the rock at Castlewood to be the same,…
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‘A 36 million-year-old mystery solved’: Gem reveals secret to Castle Rock’s formation
One spring day last year, Mark Longman was hiking around Castlewood Canyon State Park with questions that mounted with every boulder and rock wall he passed. A career geologist and longtime Denver resident, Longman knew it to be conglomerate rock populating the park near Franktown. He knew the rock at Castlewood to be the same,…
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Trail Trax: The Front Range’s weekly hiking and biking report May 11—17
Host Jonathan Ingraham walks Denverites through the latest hiking and biking news in the front range.
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LIFE | Bonsai’s roots and growth in Colorado
Colorado Springs Bonsai enthusiast David Kuntz has practiced bonsai for more than 20 years, at times with hundreds of trees in his possession. Bonsai has been one hobby in this pandemic era that has been noted for a global surge in interest, growing far beyond its Chinese and Japanese roots. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The…
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LIFE | Walking with dinosaurs on Denver’s edge
Dinosaur Ridge, located just west of Denver, is celebrating 50 years as a National Natural Landmark. Long before that designation, the treasures encased by the Dakota and Morrison formations had achieved world-wide acclaim: hundreds of footprints and bones of prehistoric beasts, among them the first stegosaurus known to mankind. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette)