Doubled

Rio Grande at 5:30 a.m. this morning running about 4 feet higher than the night before.

We got a major thunderstorm at midnight last night that dumped almost 3/4 of an inch of rain. When I got up, the rain gauge showed double the amount of rain from when I went to bed. We now have 1.43 inches of rain for the month. I did another five-mile walk in the rain again this morning.

Clouds on the Sandias at dawn

The Rio Grande at 7:00 a.m. this morning up another 2 or more feet from 5:30 a.m.

The place where I stepped down to take the 5:30 a.m. photo was under water at 7:00 a.m.

Jake met me at the gate and got a short ride to my parking spot when I got home this afternoon.

Taboo Rose

Spunk with Doppel in the background

Doppel

Sunset

The river had gone down about 4 feet by dusk. The place I step down to take photos was no longer underwater, but too muddy to step on, unless you’re a dog.

Water was still flow the full width of the river at dusk.

More Rain

The Rio Grande had more water in it at 5:30 a.m. this morning

I walked my five miles in the rain again this morning. The rain gauge showed 0.61 inches of rain when I left, and 0.70 inches when I got back. It stopped raining as I finished my walk, and the rain gauge still shows 0.70 tonight. I thought the rain coming in from the west would make it to us, but it stopped short of delivering any rain tonight. We got some decent light shots while watching and waiting to see if the storm would rain on us.

Silly Silver

Spunk

Doppel walking by Jake

I see dogs in the clouds

Sunset

The moon showed through for a brief moment

Water was flowing the full width of the river tonight.

Storm moving in from the west

Laurie’s first lightning shot

Although we didn’t get rain from the storm, I got some lightning photos out of it.

Fool In The Rain

I walked five miles in the rain this morning. I didn’t see another soul. Even the parking area near my turn-around point was empty this morning. There are usually one or two cars parked there when I walk by around 6:15 a.m. I was the only fool out walking in the dark, in the rain. We have now received 0.51 inches of rain this month.

Green slime glowing under clouds reflecting the city lights.

Gamer kitty

Doppel watching Jake

Sunset

Dusk

Headed South

5:25 AM

After the rain last night, I headed south on the levee for my early morning walk to avoid the muddy section of the levee on my usual walk northward.

The Intel plant in Rio Rancho through the kissing cottowoods.

Dawn

Bunning in the yard.

Doppel

Afternoon cloud mimicking Resa’s Wolf Tree.

Silver

A little sunset color

The river was a little higher tonight after the rain

Green Slime @ Dawn

5:30 am

Green slime on one side. Runoff from a distant thundershowers on the other.

The taskmaster making me work out, or perhaps I should say, Spunkout, hard!

Spunk supervising il Paparazzo on bench press

Doppel and Spunk in the catio

Change of cats while I was doing Duolingo

Loki

Loki laundry

“I fang you, primative, pesky, pathetic, parenthetical paparazzo!”

Doppel pussyfooting around

Gwendolyn

Doppel’s not too sure about having a Jake pointing at him.

Loki fell victim to sudden-onset cater mortis. Luckily, it was not catatonic for too long.

Doppel

Glenda’s getting into the new fall fashion: if it falls on you, flaunt it!

Doppel is really enjoying the couch

Whaddya you mean this is a dawg bed?

Silver

Vato

Spunk

Vato had a bright idea, but he forgot what it was.