Ladders Without Snakes

Ladders in the apple trees. Not a snake in sight.

“Hey, Paparazzo! Do you see what I see?”

Incoming!

Spider veins and contrails

Sunset

28 thoughts on “Ladders Without Snakes

  1. Another beautiful day down there in Corrales, Tim. I would love an entire wall mural of one of your dawns or sunsets! Canada Geese Airlines coming in for a landing.

    We have one of those tripod orchard ladders, too. The coyote seems unafraid of the other person and dog on leash. Did they interact at all?

    • Wile E. Coyote just rambled along between us and the man with his dog, and then slipped into the bosque before he met the man and his dog. Another photographer said she came across two coyotes on the trail and they weren’t budging. She said they made her nervous. Thanks, Lavinia.

  2. Well, snake’s cuddling with paparazzo, why would he care for games! 😉
    Hey, paparazzo, someone else has the nerve to walk the path we walk! What to do?!
    …and our daily dose of beauty for a wonderful week ahead!
    🙏

  3. Wow… the coyote would make me nervous, especially if I were walking my dog.
    The geese shots look like paintings!
    Beautiful, as always, skies, Timothy.

  4. Wile E. seemed pretty darned brave there, Tim. That guy must have been worried about his dog. (I read the other comments. It seems like a chancy thing to keep moving toward them when they won’t move, especially when there’s more than one…)
    Thanks for another nice stroll in the countryside. Hugs.

    • Wile E. is pretty nonchalant about people. I think a person’s size, plus how big their lenses are have a lot to do with how much a pair of coyote’s will yield. Two or more have never stayed in the same place for long when they saw me coming. Wile E. lets me closer that other coyotes. Thanks, Teagan.

  5. Ladders w/o snakes, a person could get. somewhere a lot faster.
    Beautiful sunset!
    So, how common is it to be just going for a walk, and pass a coyote on the trail?
    I guess they don’t really attack humans?

    • Pretty much every time I’m on the levee I see a coyote. They generally run from humans and rarely attack them. I think people’s heights and the size of their lenses has a lot to do with how much respect they get from coyotes. Also, if coyotes sense a person fears them that will be a factor in the coyote’s equation to attack if they feel threatened. Thanks, Resa.

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