As the photographer was framing a image of a rainbow near Mount Garfield while using a building to hide electric lines at the Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery;  the sprinklers turned on, extending the rainbow down to the grass in the foreground.

Dave Lord from Grand Junction canoeing on Connected Lake in the James M.Robb-Colorado River State Park, Connected Lakes Section on a windless afternoon, the flat water makes for a great reflection of the clouds on the lake.

Fives for a coach after the win.

The Lincoln Park fireworks display from July 4th.

Children from the Lane, Midgley and Clark families market their lemonade and iced tea stand to passing traffic at the corner of Orchard Avenue and 22nd Street as they try to raise enough money to go swimming at the pool. The kids had been running the stand for 3 hours and had raised $23.50, with $15 left to go. From left to right are Makayla Clark, 7, Izaac Lane, 7, Michael Midgley, 12, Kristian Lane, 10, Nick Clark, 13, Jana Lane, 5, Jazmin Clark, 9, and Savannah Midgley, 10.

Scott Goebel of Palisade plays fetch with his yellow lab Ginger in the Colorado River in Riverbend Park.  where he was keeping cool and getting his dog in hunting shape.

Fruita LL 9-10 Lauren Reed pitches in the State Champioship game

These kittens at the Mesa County Animal Services building on Orchard Mesa were curious and hungry.

Armed with an umbrella, icess and a couple of bags of ice, Truth Hafey of Grand Junction and her sister Trinity seek relief from the heat as they settle in to watch friends play baseball at Monument Little League.

Young members of the Learn and Serve America crews working on a Grand Mesa Trail share some of their thoughts on using the program and earning a college scholarship.

Brian Grubbs from Cortez chips onto the No.9 green at Tiara Rado Golf Course during the Daily Sentinel Western Chapter Junior Championship. Thirty seven boys and girls ages 14 to 18 played in this year’s tournament.

Kirsten Turcotte washes her 2-year-old horse Spanky at the Mesa County Fairgrounds Saturday afternoon, July 11th. Turcotte was preparing Spanky for the horse show competition set for that Sunday.

A group of climber plant the American flag on top of the 450-foot high Independence Monument in the Colorado National Monument the morning of July 4th.

Bette Stanton, film historian and author of “Where God Put the West,” stands on an old movie set along the banks of the Colorado River in Professor Valley. Director John Ford’s 1949 film “Wagon Master” was the first movie to make its way to Moab, Utah.

A waterslider goes under as he ends his ride down the slide at the Glenwood Hot Springs pool recently.

Janey Been, 15, of Fruita holds on with all her might to the tail of a calf in the Catch-A-Heifer contest put on by the Mesa County Cattleman’s Association during the mesa County Fair.  Four youth had to catch the bovines in an arena and drag them back to the trailer.

Loma’s Matt McCabe went for a wild ride Thursday, July 22 during the Mesa County Fair Rattle the Rockies Professional Bull Riding Tour Pro Division event at the Mesa County Fairgrounds. McCabe stayed on Hog Wild for eight seconds.

Tate Hegstrom returns a shot July 22nd during his 6-4, 2-6, 10-8 victory over Jacob Filutze in the 16-and-under semifinals.

Danny Brown owner of Brown Amusements, the carnival at the Mesa County Fair, watches his operation in front of the Ferris Wheel.

Carter Gail, 3, of Grand Junction pulls a peanut butter pine cone birdfeeder that he is making out of the birdseed at The Art Center’s booth during the seventh annual Rocky Mountain PBS Kids Fun Fest on Friday at Canyon View Park.

Sixteen-year-old DJ Brandt from Grand Junction gets some big air on his bike off a jump at the Westlake Skatepark in Grand Junction on a hot Wednesday afternoon.

Warrant Officer Troy Anstine, center, of Cedaredge clutches his father Dee and mother Bonnie in his arms as he arrives at Grand Junction Regional Airport from a tour of duty in Afghanistan Sunday.

The Venerable Geshe Kunchok Tenzin of the Gaden Shartse Monastary leads a line of fellow Buddhist monks and about 50 area residents along the pedestrian bridge at Eagle Rim Park. The monks scattered the sand from the mandala that they created at the Art Center during the second week of July into the Colorado River while chanting a blessing.

Sierra Segrest drives the ball back over the net during her semifinal girls 16 singles match against Courtlyn Carpenter in the Elam Junior tennis tournament at Canyon View Park. Carpenter won the match 6-3, 6-2.

Children perch an the sculpture of Hollywood screenwriter Dalto Trumbo at the Downtown Farmer’s Market. A special event, A Welcome Home Celebration, was held for veterans at Forth and Main Streets on July 8th.

A talking and water-squirting fire truck operated by remote control amazes some children during the American National Bank Farmers Market on Main Street. The farmers market in downtown Grand Junction is every Thursday beginning at 5 p.m.