Dawn
A thunderstorm passed through this afternoon and produced 0.02 inches of rain. Not much precipitation, but looking on the bright side, that was double the rainfall we got in July.
Balloons were flying this morning. We should start seeing more balloons as the Balloon Fiesta draws near.
Contrail gone wild
Weird clouds at sunset
Sunset
Dawn clouds ready to greet the sun.
The lonesome tomato
Sun over sunflowers
Whispy clouds
Mothra on sunflower
Bumblebeeing
Dusk in the ditch
Sandias. Note: The water ponded at the opening of the flood control channel came from rain 20 miles west of Corrales. Corrales didn’t get a drop of rain.
Sunset
Night sky looking southeast.
Blue Morning
Blue Day
Blue Flower
Blue
The Moon, the Pleiades, and Jupiter are across the top of the photo early this morning.
Sunflowers at Dawn
Venus at Dawn
Gino called me first thing this morning to see if I could go out and film Mr. Williams operating a large Link-Belt crane that few people in the city know how to operate at a construction site on Albuquerque’s west side. I drove over and took video and photographs for a couple of hours and compressed the video footage into a three-and-a-half-minute video of Mr. Williams hoisting trusses up onto the roof of the building under construction. The framing contractor is Nelson Framing. Jerry Nelson, the owner, and Gino have worked together on many projects. The building contractor is Bradbury Stamm Construction. The Superintendent of the construction site was kind enough to lend me a hard hat and vest to wear. Nelson’s staff working with Mr. Williams on the ground and on the roof came over and introduced themselves before they started hoisting trusses.
Miss Ing Link, the large Link-Belt Crane set up in the middle of the building project.
The 3 1/2-minute crane video with music
Il paparazzo delle costruzioni
No Sandhill Cranes yet, just a big industrial crane. One of the five HVAC units on the roof of the office building went out a few weeks ago, and we had to replace it. Today was the day. Robert with ABQ Elite has been taking care of our HVAC for the past two years. He replaced the unit with the help of one of Gino’s cranes. They had to take off one of the iron grates that covers the HVAC units, lift out the old unit, and lift the new unit into place. Robert’s technicians, Gino and Mr. Willams, the crane operator, were a great team and had the roof grate off, the units replaced, and the roof grate back on in an hour’s time. Mr. Williams is a skilled crane operator, moving the equipment with great precision.
This video shows an hour’s work compressed into two minutes. There is music with the video.
Mr. Williams and Gino
The Big Crane
Spunk and Glenda
Just saying there, Spunk
How did you get in that box?
I can’t say for sure
Dawn
Labored on Labor Day
And wore out the Spunk
Cleaning, organizing
And throwing out junk
Recovered the bench press
And Hung up the bikes
New Naugahyde stretched
And paw prints delight
Spunk, Silver and Glenda
Iceberg
Sunset
Pre-dawn. Venus is to the right of Resa’s Tree.
A baby Bullsnake on Snakey Lick Sunday
Pre-dawn. The moon and Jupiter among whipped cream clouds.
Colorful Dawn
Who you callin’ silly?
A Box Turtle I moved off the road.
Daddy Owl
Sunset
Sunflowers, Moon @ Sunrise
Morning Glory
Sunset
Dawn
Silver considers The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
“Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?”
Ninety-nine point eight percent last night and this morning. The persistence of the August Blue Moon.
Sunset
Off Center & Not Even 