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mistressofmuses) wrote2025-12-28 10:37 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2025-12-28 10:37 pm
My favorite pictures from 2025
For the last couple years, I've shared my favorite pictures taken for the year. Here are my top fifteen for 2025!
As usual, it's pretty clear what my favorite subject matter is, haha.
January 07, at home:
Cy and Bella cuddling.
It was a little rare for them to cuddle together for long, and getting a picture of them doing so seemed to be even harder. I miss him so much, still.
June 03, at the Denver Botanic Gardens:
Rainwater in the center of a poppy.
We'd set up a plan to go to the Botanic Gardens for my mom's birthday, and when the day came, it was chilly and rained. Initially we were a bit disappointed, but it turned out to be absolutely perfect. The clouds made for perfect photo lighting, and it had been such a soft rain, the raindrops clinging to everything were beautiful. (There were a couple pictures of roses covered in beads of rain that I almost picked instead, but I just really liked this one.)
July 06, at Roxborough State Park:
A bumblebee on a bee balm flower.
These bumblebees were ENORMOUS.
July 08, at Hudson Gardens:
A bullfrog.
This bullfrog was huge and so very chill about us taking his picture.
July 14, at Lair o' the Bear Open Space Park:
It's Bella!
This is one of my favorite pictures that I've taken of Bella. She just has such soft eyes, ha.
A pygmy nuthatch.
From that same hike, a surprisingly cooperative little bird!
July 21, at Castlewood Canyon State Park:
A hummingbird nest.
I was so beyond charmed to see this tiny nest! The lichens and seed fluff and spiderwebs making up the construction is just so perfect.
July 29, at Centennial Cone Open Space Park:
A view from pretty way up.
This park is pretty way up in the mountains. We hadn't been before (and of course ended up going on the day that the *one* tiny thunderstorm that spawned over the mountains picked this exact spot, haha.)
A lizard!
I loved this guy's very vibrant markings! On a sunnier day, I'm sure they actually help him blend in extremely well with darker plant shadows.
August 26, Greenbelt:
Bumblebee!
Much, much smaller than the giant bumblebee from before. I do love their little orange belt.
September 02, Castlewood Canyon State Park:
A fawn!
I was delighted that this fawn still had some spots!
September 08, Alexx & Michael's Pond:
Pelicans!
Alex and I went up to this random neighborhood park to catch sight of an avian oddity: a wood stork! (Perfectly common in some places, but not in Colorado!) We did spot the stork, which was very cool, but the pelicans were also stars of the day, haha. There were SO MANY!
October 14, Greenbelt:
Fall colors.
We were graced with an extremely beautiful fall, and the colors were gorgeous! The gold against the intensely blue sky was especially striking.
November 04, Red Rocks:
It's Bella!
Bella loves rock climbing, and I was very pleased with this picture of her so dramatically backlit!
November 11, the north plains:
The Northern Lights!
We had another chance to go see auroras this year (having seen them for the first time last year.) They were spectacular! It was amazing to see them, and while they were not as intense to the naked eye as it was on camera, the color was visible. It was so, so cool to get to go up and see them, and I'm so glad we did.
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Obviously I take a lot of pictures of flowers and bees and birds and my dog, haha.
As usual, it's pretty clear what my favorite subject matter is, haha.
January 07, at home:
Cy and Bella cuddling.
It was a little rare for them to cuddle together for long, and getting a picture of them doing so seemed to be even harder. I miss him so much, still.
Thirteen more pictures, chronological through the year:
June 03, at the Denver Botanic Gardens:
Rainwater in the center of a poppy.
We'd set up a plan to go to the Botanic Gardens for my mom's birthday, and when the day came, it was chilly and rained. Initially we were a bit disappointed, but it turned out to be absolutely perfect. The clouds made for perfect photo lighting, and it had been such a soft rain, the raindrops clinging to everything were beautiful. (There were a couple pictures of roses covered in beads of rain that I almost picked instead, but I just really liked this one.)
July 06, at Roxborough State Park:
A bumblebee on a bee balm flower.
These bumblebees were ENORMOUS.
July 08, at Hudson Gardens:
A bullfrog.
This bullfrog was huge and so very chill about us taking his picture.
July 14, at Lair o' the Bear Open Space Park:
It's Bella!
This is one of my favorite pictures that I've taken of Bella. She just has such soft eyes, ha.
A pygmy nuthatch.
From that same hike, a surprisingly cooperative little bird!
July 21, at Castlewood Canyon State Park:
A hummingbird nest.
I was so beyond charmed to see this tiny nest! The lichens and seed fluff and spiderwebs making up the construction is just so perfect.
July 29, at Centennial Cone Open Space Park:
A view from pretty way up.
This park is pretty way up in the mountains. We hadn't been before (and of course ended up going on the day that the *one* tiny thunderstorm that spawned over the mountains picked this exact spot, haha.)
A lizard!
I loved this guy's very vibrant markings! On a sunnier day, I'm sure they actually help him blend in extremely well with darker plant shadows.
August 26, Greenbelt:
Bumblebee!
Much, much smaller than the giant bumblebee from before. I do love their little orange belt.
September 02, Castlewood Canyon State Park:
A fawn!
I was delighted that this fawn still had some spots!
September 08, Alexx & Michael's Pond:
Pelicans!
Alex and I went up to this random neighborhood park to catch sight of an avian oddity: a wood stork! (Perfectly common in some places, but not in Colorado!) We did spot the stork, which was very cool, but the pelicans were also stars of the day, haha. There were SO MANY!
October 14, Greenbelt:
Fall colors.
We were graced with an extremely beautiful fall, and the colors were gorgeous! The gold against the intensely blue sky was especially striking.
November 04, Red Rocks:
It's Bella!
Bella loves rock climbing, and I was very pleased with this picture of her so dramatically backlit!
November 11, the north plains:
The Northern Lights!
We had another chance to go see auroras this year (having seen them for the first time last year.) They were spectacular! It was amazing to see them, and while they were not as intense to the naked eye as it was on camera, the color was visible. It was so, so cool to get to go up and see them, and I'm so glad we did.
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Obviously I take a lot of pictures of flowers and bees and birds and my dog, haha.
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I wish we could see the Northern Lights here - I mean, apparently, people were seeing them a little northwest from where we are, but that would've been a helluva drive and then we'd be stuck driving back in the dark, which Kathy really can't do anymore, and out even a little west, the roads are a bit mountain-y in a way, and that would scare the shit out of me, esp in the dark to drive. So I'll just have to wait till we're somewhere other than Texas to see the lights.
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I so miss having a digital camera. I do get some decent pictures on my phone, but I miss having a camera. Alex has a pretty old digital camera that he's said I can use, but it's a couple iterations older than the one I used to have. We also will have to find the cords to connect it to the computer.
It was surprising how far south the lights made it this year. I know people were seeing them in TX, AZ, NM... It's pretty uncommon for them to reach Colorado. The ones last year were the first ones I had ever seen, and it was surprising to get them again so soon. Been an active couple of years on the sun, ha.
I hope you get the chance to see them at some point!
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The glowing, stalking, "fweirce pweadator!" Bella is a close second favorite though haha.
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Though yes, she is such a fearsome beaft!
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This is a great array of pics!
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Thank you!