Blind Attack

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Surprise! It’s just little old sweet me!

Just when I thought it was safe to walk by the window….

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Aarrgh! I’ll get you scurvy paparazzo dog!
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Hey! Put that camera down, and get over here and fight you sissy!
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I’ll break you like this flimsy louver.
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Come on.  A little closer. Just a little bit closer!
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Oh! Forget it. Bye! Bye! You wimp!
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What are you talking about? I’m innocent!

 

BN&SF

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Yesterday Laurie and I with Susan and Lois took an excursion down south of Albuquerque to look for Sandhill Cranes for our birthdays. After photographing cranes we headed east behind the Manzanos where we visited two of the Salinas Pueblo Missions, Abó and Quarai, and then continued north, around the mountains, and back to Albuquerque. Along the way we photographed landscapes, saw several trains, and had an interesting, uniquely New Mexico, encounter with a local couple along the way.

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Abó
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Quarai

Prince Charming

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I went out to see if there was water in the irrigation ditch. There was no water in it, but while I was out, I walked over to the clearwater ditch that runs between the irrigation ditch and the river. While I was checking out the dragonflies and other critters hanging out by the water, a bullfrog popped up to see what I was doing. He was very charming.

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Irrigation ditch

 

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Clearwater ditch

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The End of the Cosmos

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One last cosmos was hanging on among the dried ends of cosmos stems and brown, hardened sunflower stalks. A green butterfly landed in the mulch to warm itself in the sun before flying off to forage for what little flowers remained. I was going to start pulling up the dead sunflowers, but the finches and sparrows were still feeding on them, so they will remain standing awhile longer.

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