Ground squirrel

For Saturday´s Critters another photo from our holiday last September: during a hike as well as a picknick in Rocky Mountains National Park (Colorado, USA) we spotted several of these small squirrels. From the park website we learned that there are 10 different species living in the park, and this is a golden-mantled ground squirrel. They're brave, quick, good humoured by the look of it, and so funny to watch!


I'm linking to Saturday's Critters.

Bovine Metropolis

Back to September and our holiday in the U.S. for this mural on the Bovine Metropolis Theater in downtown Denver (CO).

The words painted between the upper and lower windows are: DANCE, DRAMA, FILM, MUSIC, POETRY.

It appears to me that the building has been there for some time, and I believe the colours used in the mural, the round shapes and flowers look very Art Nouveau-style.
According to their website, Bovine Metropolis Theater on Champa Street is "the first dedicated school and theater for improvisation in the Rocky Mountain region and teaches the art of accepting the unknown gracefully".

I'm linking to Monday mural.

Singing Cowboy

A great example of street art is this mural at Wazee Street in Lower Downtown Denver (CO) by Willie Matthews, created in 1998.

If you would like to read more, I found a nice article about the artist and the mural HERE.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Creative (2)

Between the many many mobile-homes that we saw in the U.S. this one really stood out. The wooden top seemed to fit perfectly and was treated so well that it felt smooth.

And the entrance was at the back. We would have loved to have a peek inside, but the owner wasn't there when we were. We spotted this van near the car with the tree-trunk bumper, in the Rocky Mountains Nat. Park. (Colorado)

Someone Needs You!

Seen at the way out of a parking lot in Grand Junction (Colorado, U.S.).

Linking to Lesley's signs, signs.

Creative (1)

Did the owner lose or damage a lot of bumpers and then decided to go for a tree-trunk? Or does he/she just like it?

Anyway, it seems creative. We spotted the car on the parking-lot of one of the visitor centers in Rocky Mountains National Park, about 2 hours (by car) north of Denver.

Denver mural

We found some nice murals during our holiday in the US, like this one on a curved ceiling in downtown Denver (CO).

Russel's Smokehouse is located at Larimer Square.

I'm linking to Monday Mural.