Steve Riner
@steveriner.bsky.social
Old Prairie Dog, living in the shadow of the Rockies on my little piece of High Plains prairie. Done with formal career pursuits, but talk to me about the history of highways, meteorology, geology and seismology, or prog rock.
Northern lights in the middle latitudes. Pueblo West, Colorado sits at 38.3° lat. in the Arkansas River valley, with the Pikes Peak massif just north. At 7 p.m. MST, I could see the red glow. Greenish glow may be lights of Colorado Springs.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Northern lights in the middle latitudes. Pueblo West, Colorado sits at 38.3° lat. in the Arkansas River valley, with the Pikes Peak massif just north. At 7 p.m. MST, I could see the red glow. Greenish glow may be lights of Colorado Springs.
Her name is Bonita, and like the major couch potato she usually is, she's lying next to me. Yours is Havanese, right? They're twins.
September 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Her name is Bonita, and like the major couch potato she usually is, she's lying next to me. Yours is Havanese, right? They're twins.
My definitely not Goldens Bonita (pink collar) and Lindy (purple) patiently waiting for me to drag my lazy ass out of bed.
August 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My definitely not Goldens Bonita (pink collar) and Lindy (purple) patiently waiting for me to drag my lazy ass out of bed.
Mountain wave clouds with some embedded lenticulars, forming over the Wet Mountains in SE Colorado. These often present as lines of clouds parallel to the SE-NW trending ridge line, in contrast to the usual W->E wind flow here. The Wets adjoin the Great Plains.
December 26, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Mountain wave clouds with some embedded lenticulars, forming over the Wet Mountains in SE Colorado. These often present as lines of clouds parallel to the SE-NW trending ridge line, in contrast to the usual W->E wind flow here. The Wets adjoin the Great Plains.
Well, thank God we still have Snopes to set us straight!
December 3, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Well, thank God we still have Snopes to set us straight!
For my first anodyne post on this platform, I'll introduce our two dogs, Lindy and Bonita. Both are retired momma dogs, rescued from puppy mills, and both appear to prefer our boring lifestyle here to living in a cage.
November 14, 2024 at 8:56 PM
For my first anodyne post on this platform, I'll introduce our two dogs, Lindy and Bonita. Both are retired momma dogs, rescued from puppy mills, and both appear to prefer our boring lifestyle here to living in a cage.