Laura Cole

“Whacha doin?”

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Annie, a gray-and-cream tortie-tabby cat, looks out a window that’s surrounded by Christmas lights

O hai #TorbieTuesday

A windmill near Pawnee Buttes, backlit by light pollution from Greeley. Stars show above, including a prominent view of the constellation Orion

Pawnee National Grasslands, 2025-01-01

Picture copyright Laura E. Cole

January 9, 2025 Family members, friends, and political leaders gathered today at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the life of former president Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at age 100.

January 9, 2025

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Happy latest sunrise day for those at ~40°N latitude

(Might’ve been yesterday; close enough)

University of Colorado’s marching band drum line rehearsing Photo credit: ???

Ten teddy bears and Santa playing bagpipes Art credit: ???

Ten members of the House of Lords leaping up and down Photo credit: ???

Frame from the comic “9 Chickweed Lane” showing eight ballerinas at the barre with the dance mistress instructing them. Art credit: Brooke McEldowney

Nine ladies dancing

Art credit: Brooke McEldowney

LEGO figures of 8 milkmaids with their cow Photo credit: ???

Seven danseurs dancing “Swan Lake” Photo credit: ???

Annie, a gray-and-cream tortie-tabbie cat, looks at the camera from where she’s curled up inside a cream, green, and red quilt

Put that down, you’re letting out the WARM

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Six geese a-threatening—sorry, a-laying Picture credit: ???

Jimmy Carter, former U.S. president and peace activist, dies at 100 Carter was president from 1977 to 1981, but he was perhaps more famous for the life he led after he left office. He was one of the biggest advocates for peace, democracy and human rights.

BREAKING: Jimmy Carter has died at 100. The 39th president of the United States, who served from 1977 to 1981, was perhaps more famous for the life he led after leaving office — as an advocate for peace and human rights.

Read about his lasting legacy.

Five gold rings Photo credit: Glamrocks Jewelry

Photo credit: Glamrocks Jewelry

Four ostriches investigate a bank of pay phones Photo credit: ???

Photo of three hens Photo credit: ???

Photo of two turtledoves cuddling on a branch Photo credit: Richard Bennett/North York Moors National Park

Photo credit: Richard Bennett/North York Moors National Park, courtesy BBC

A painting of a partridge in a pear tree

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YouTube video by Laura Cole Away in a Manger, arr. Laura E. Cole

Premiere performance of my arrangement of “Away in a Manger” from the Greeley Chorale concert of Dec. 14, 2024

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I read enough of the damn book to realize it didn’t make sense

Annie, a gray-and-cream tortie-tabby cat, sits in front of a computer monitor showing SATB music … THAT I’M TRYING TO WORK ON

She’s “helping”

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Two snowman-shaped sugar cookies, iced in white and decorated with candy shaped like holly leaves, a tiny candy cane, and round candies for noses and buttons. The snowmen’s candy eyeballs give them a shocked look.

Frosty has SEEN SOME THINGS

A snowflake-shaped sugar cookie, iced in orange and covered with candy eyes to mimic a biblically-accurate angel

FEAR NOT

Happy Earliest Sunset Day for those of you at ~40°N latitude! (Actually, it might’ve been yesterday. Close enough)

A view from upstage center of the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra with the Greeley Chorale before rehearsing for Poinsettia Pops

Dr. Galen Darrough conducts the Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra during rehearsal for Poinsettia Pops

The Greeley Children’s Chorale rehearsing for Poinsettia Pops

Greeley-area folks: Poinsettia Pops is TONIGHT!

Love paintbrush! Blue columbine, paintbrush, shooting stars, and elephant head flowers are my favorite wildflowers

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue looks up, nose to the sky, as Green looks at him. Blue: I smell snowfall. Green: When is it coming? Everything turns white, nothing is visible and the only thing that can be heard is a loud "whump" as a thick layer of snow falls down all at once. Buried halfway in the snow, with their heads and tails sticking out, the foxes take a moment to look at each other, mildly stunned. Blue is the one to break the silence first, while Green shakes snow off his tail. Blue: Right about now.