The bookends of the day and the starry dome. Nice clear, moonless night for photography! We’ve had an air stagnation advisory up here, through Thursday now. It’s been in the 30s, windless and overcast all day for the last number of days. The forecast says we might get a little sun and slightly warmer today.
Tim! I was excited to stumble upon your blog. I have often wondered agout you guys, and I looked you up on free people finder sites (too cheap to pay), but could only find references to Laurie . It made me a little nervous, and indeed skimming thru your blog, I guess you did have a major health challenge about eight years ago, is that correct? Your pictures of your garden and the bosque are beautiful. Living in Dolores, we have great cycling and XC skiing right neaby, but sometimes I grow weary of the long winters and find myself thinking back to sunny New Mexico.
I want to catch up with you over the phone do you don’t have to type out your biography, but briefly, here’s our story. I was working tech support for the Cottonwood-Oak Creek SD, but was getting a little restless, and a tech support job opened up at Yavapi College, and it was the best job I have ever worked. Learned a wide range of stuff every day, met a lot of great people. Sadly, after a year and a half, the new tall-talking Texan college president announced that he was gonna outsource the entire IT dept, and my three coworkers got new jobs within a couple of weeks. There was a hiring freeze, so I was left doing the work of four people. Karen was about ready to retire, and we wanted to move somewhere cooler with better skiing. I interviewed and got job offers in Grand county, CO, and Colorado College in Glenwood Spgs, but ended up taking a tech support position for the Durango School District 9-R. 4,500 kids, 800 employees, ten schools. After the district system admin left on very short notice, and with no one having a clue what he actually did, I volunteered to job shadow him his last three days so someone would have a clue. In contrast, six years earlier he had a full one year apprenticeship to learn the ropes. So with three days experieince I became a sys admin. It was stressful at times, but by the time I retired six years later I pretty much had my little baileywick wired. We refer to our ten years in Durango as “livin’ the dream”. A cycling Mecca, we used to run into people like Ned Overend, Todd Wells and Ruthie Matthes on the roads and trails. We wanted to move up from our condo to an actual house, but prices in town had gone out of site, so we found a brand new house just outside Dolores, with 3 acres, for a fraction of Durango prices. We’re right at 7,000 ft, quite a windy location it turns out, with some of the best mt biking trail systems anywhere right nearby (Phil’s World, Boggy Draw, Aqueduct, etc.), and miles of quiet paved and dirt farm and ranch roads. But unlike blue Durango, it’s a very red county – QAnon red – and between that and the long winters sometimes I get a little restless. That’s when I think about sunny New Mexico. But in general things are very good, and we’re both still active.
Say hi to Laurie. We’ll catch up sometimes on the phone. I’m at 970 903-2340.
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Joe
(trail work at Boggy Draw; hike in the aspen)
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[May be an image of 4 people and people climbing]
I believe the last time I talked to you before moving to Spain, you called to ask about the Tim Schoeny Tour of the Gila. While we were in Spain, I got into Linux, and then after we came back, I went back to work for ARC doing web-based programming and system administration. I’m still sys-admin. Keeping up with security is a pain.
Did you run into Bob Roll while in Durango? Bob is one of my favorite cycling characters. That’s great you found a nice house in Dolores. I hadn’t ridden in over ten years. I bought a mountain bike last year and started riding it. I can’t do long rides because of neuropathy. I got a lot of nerve damage from chemo.
Laurie had to get a speed license because she had so many speed kids in her classes. She’s also working on a PhD in Medieval studies.
Off Center & Not Even 
I like the clouds lit from the bottom.
Thanks, Brad.
Each one of these is equally stunning!
Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim.
each has its own beauty —
Thanks, John.
Like three different worlds.
Thanks, Dale.
Visible silence.
Thanks, Heidi.
V V G
Thanks, Shey.
Damn Delightful Nourishment! 😉
Excellent. Thanks, Mariana.
Simply beautiful!
Thanks, Tiffany.
Stunning……
Thanks, Janet.
The bookends of the day and the starry dome. Nice clear, moonless night for photography! We’ve had an air stagnation advisory up here, through Thursday now. It’s been in the 30s, windless and overcast all day for the last number of days. The forecast says we might get a little sun and slightly warmer today.
Thanks, Lavinia. Going between sunny and cloudy, with mostly cool temperatures.
We don’t get to see stars very often, if ever, due to light pollution.
Thanks, Gigi. We ave a lot of light polution, but we can still see the brightest stars.
It’s so nice to see them.
And everyone a delight, Sir!
¡Muchas Gracias, Señor!
¡Merecido, señor!
Now that is a lot of Sandies! Thought were were going to end on the trifecta and go with Darkness at the end ha.
Starlight, starbright, a terrific trifecta in the darkness. Thanks, Brian.
The skies look like paintings. Especially the starry night
Thanks, Becky.
Tim! I was excited to stumble upon your blog. I have often wondered agout you guys, and I looked you up on free people finder sites (too cheap to pay), but could only find references to Laurie . It made me a little nervous, and indeed skimming thru your blog, I guess you did have a major health challenge about eight years ago, is that correct? Your pictures of your garden and the bosque are beautiful. Living in Dolores, we have great cycling and XC skiing right neaby, but sometimes I grow weary of the long winters and find myself thinking back to sunny New Mexico.
I want to catch up with you over the phone do you don’t have to type out your biography, but briefly, here’s our story. I was working tech support for the Cottonwood-Oak Creek SD, but was getting a little restless, and a tech support job opened up at Yavapi College, and it was the best job I have ever worked. Learned a wide range of stuff every day, met a lot of great people. Sadly, after a year and a half, the new tall-talking Texan college president announced that he was gonna outsource the entire IT dept, and my three coworkers got new jobs within a couple of weeks. There was a hiring freeze, so I was left doing the work of four people. Karen was about ready to retire, and we wanted to move somewhere cooler with better skiing. I interviewed and got job offers in Grand county, CO, and Colorado College in Glenwood Spgs, but ended up taking a tech support position for the Durango School District 9-R. 4,500 kids, 800 employees, ten schools. After the district system admin left on very short notice, and with no one having a clue what he actually did, I volunteered to job shadow him his last three days so someone would have a clue. In contrast, six years earlier he had a full one year apprenticeship to learn the ropes. So with three days experieince I became a sys admin. It was stressful at times, but by the time I retired six years later I pretty much had my little baileywick wired. We refer to our ten years in Durango as “livin’ the dream”. A cycling Mecca, we used to run into people like Ned Overend, Todd Wells and Ruthie Matthes on the roads and trails. We wanted to move up from our condo to an actual house, but prices in town had gone out of site, so we found a brand new house just outside Dolores, with 3 acres, for a fraction of Durango prices. We’re right at 7,000 ft, quite a windy location it turns out, with some of the best mt biking trail systems anywhere right nearby (Phil’s World, Boggy Draw, Aqueduct, etc.), and miles of quiet paved and dirt farm and ranch roads. But unlike blue Durango, it’s a very red county – QAnon red – and between that and the long winters sometimes I get a little restless. That’s when I think about sunny New Mexico. But in general things are very good, and we’re both still active.
Say hi to Laurie. We’ll catch up sometimes on the phone. I’m at 970 903-2340.
*
Joe
(trail work at Boggy Draw; hike in the aspen)
*
[May be an image of 4 people and people climbing]
[May be an image of 1 person]
I believe the last time I talked to you before moving to Spain, you called to ask about the Tim Schoeny Tour of the Gila. While we were in Spain, I got into Linux, and then after we came back, I went back to work for ARC doing web-based programming and system administration. I’m still sys-admin. Keeping up with security is a pain.
Did you run into Bob Roll while in Durango? Bob is one of my favorite cycling characters. That’s great you found a nice house in Dolores. I hadn’t ridden in over ten years. I bought a mountain bike last year and started riding it. I can’t do long rides because of neuropathy. I got a lot of nerve damage from chemo.
Laurie had to get a speed license because she had so many speed kids in her classes. She’s also working on a PhD in Medieval studies.
I look forward to talking to you soon.
Wonderful shots, Tim.
Thank you! xo
Thanks, Resa.
Just the best!
Thanks, Julie.