Robert Randolph at Dillon Amphitheater

Summit County, Colorado: lots of summer activities and lovely sites, from world class music to moose in the back yard.  All days at 10,000 feet start near freezing but the thin air warms quickly and 70's in mid-summer is pretty standard for the top of the continent. Blue skies give rise to cumulus clouds everyday and yesterday showed signs of afternoon showers but they never happened, just enough clouds for a break from the intense, little filtered sun of high altitude and to provide wild light shows at sunset.
The end goal for yesterday was a free concert with Robert Randolph and the Family Band at the Dillon Amphitheater. Clouds to the north hinted of rain but cleared and just added to the show on stage, a high energy, dance frenzy crowd and some amazing slide work from one of the masters. His sister sang several songs, his cousins played most of the other instruments, except for the Apostle Paul on guitar, apparently a family band, but Robert was the show, an amazing talent.
Today dawned with two moose in the back yard of Jay and Deb's, big, big animals and unfazed by the homes and dogs and humans they share the mountains with (Deb told me a large bull had listened to Bella the pup bark and bark before rearing up on hind legs, landing hard with a snort and startling the poor dog into the realization that barking was not needed or wanted - the dog no longer barks much at moose). When you live in the woods, you have to share your space with a lot of others, and running off a moose is not a wise move ( I think they kill more people every year than do bears).
To catch up other Earth news, half dozen quakes already today in Oklahoma and only one in California, a 5.2 rocking on the big island of Hawai'i must mean more magma is on the move. Today's largest quakes are all in the low 5's, plenty of shaking for those close by and the weekly volcano list is smaller than of late but new (old…) names are back.Iceland is on watch for volcano induced flooding, Cleveland has kicked up the activity in the Aleutians, and the players have changed in central America but it's still the Ring of Fire, fired up.
The sky show, for me anyway, is still the coming together of Venus and Jupiter, now within 2 degrees of each other and both dropping a little lower each day. Venus is less than 90 degrees from Earth and closing the gap and Jupiter, traveling slower and farther than earth to orbit the sun is dropping because we are leaving it behind; they just happen to be in the same part of the sky for us to enjoy right now. They will be within 2 degrees for the next 8 days, closest on the 30th, keep checking it out, a close encounter this fine has occurred but a few time over the last couple of thousand, yes thousand, years.
It's your planet and maybe you don't have moose in your back yard to start your day but there are wonders to behold where ever you are, Today on Earth.
Buffalo Mountain and the Gore Range and Lake Dillon

 Sun, clouds, mountains…nice

Venus & Jupiter above the Gore Range

 Robert Randolph and his Family Band

Boatin' on Lake Dillon and the Ten Mile Range

Bella checking out the moose, respectfully!