Again and again, in Denver Welte's exquisite Dew Drops, poems startle us into awareness of the understated, the nearly always invisible and the marvelous; those aspects of life that come under the rubrics of loneliness and joy.[From foolchurch]

In the spring of 2021, Denver's birthday was celebrated in Eugene, Oregon.

In the summer of 1858, during the Pike's Peak Gold Rush, a group of gold prospectors from Lawrence, Kansas established Montana City as a mining town on the banks of the South Platte River in what was then western Kansas Territory. This was the first historical settlement in what was later to become the city of Denver.[from wikipedia]

Denver Welte as a mother two great sons, celebrates her birthday.

Denver Welte as she lived in 2018.

Denver Welte as a mother with a great son.

Denver Welte as a mother and a camper.

Denver visits fairs.

Denver as a woman around town, swimming in a river, and skipped around a plaza, only to end up with a blue toungue.

Denver discovers Alaska, returns to San Francisco where she rides a segway, holds a jelley fish, and attends theSan Francisco Renaissance Faire.

Denver in the San Francisco Bay Area at the Palo Alto Duck Pond.

Denver in Otis Orchards, Washington at a fair, helping move and celebrating Thanksgiving.

Denver in her teens with her father and sister.

Denver as a slightly less young girl.

Denver as a young girl.