Dawn
I had a Cat 7 (seven cats piled on me) at 3:00 in the morning. Loki is under the covers, lying across my hips. That’s where he likes to sleep on me. See the Kitty Key for an accounting of cats.
Wile E. Coyote hanging out with us on the levee.
Cranes at dusk
Daddy Owl and Mama Owl were hanging out together.
Another great cheese stand-off.
The Tangle Heart Tree and Wile E on the levee.
Not much color on the Sandias tonight.
Afrerglow at dusk
A dreary dawn began the day
Socked in by heavy clouds and strong winds
Spunk was socked in, also
Dawn
Another great cheese standoff. Marble finally braves the boys and gets some cheese.
Sandias reflecting in the drainage canal.
Sliver moon in colorful skies
Sunset
Cold Moon rising through an anonymous tree yesterday.
Cold Moon and Orion with black lace trees when we got home after midnight.
Hey, Spunk. I’ve been watching Marble play with her tail for the past 20 minutes. She’s quite silly.
Hey, Paparazzo! What’s sillier is that you stood there watching Marble play with her tail for 20 minutes. Hahahahahaha! Stupid Paparazzo!
Loki: “Eye don’t think any of you are funny!”
Gwendolyn: “I don’t get it!”
Christmas Eve Dawn
It’s the night before Christmas
And all through the house
The cats are all quiet and lying about
Dreaming of catnip and catching a mouse
While Blue waits for the rat in the fridge to thaw out
The birds are all ready to roost for the night
To wait for the fat guy with a beard that’s all white
Then they all looked at me round-eyed and distraught
“You’re fat with white hair and a white beard, are you not?”
I’m fat, my beard’s white, that I cannot deny
But I’m not him, I assure you, and I’ll tell you why
He’s jolly, wears red, and carries a sack
I’m a curmudgeon and cranky, and I always wear black
But before you all get your tails in a twitch
Besides old Santa, there’s La Befana, the witch
So, one or the other or both they may call
Offering peace and prosperity for one and for all
Christmas Eve Sunrise
Sheep, Glenda & Silver dreaming of catnip and catching a mouse. Well, maybe not the Sheep.
Marble: “Bah humbug! Wipe that smile off your silly face, Santa!”
Marble: “Talk to the Christmas paw!”
Silver: “Crown me the Cat of Cats!”
Silver’s bow
Silver’s bow
It’s Christmas time for the kitties
Ding-a-ling
He’s Kitty King
Tomorrow will be Christmas Day
Gwendolyn: “Hey, stupid Paparazzo! You’re not the only cranky curmudgeon wearing all black!”
Moonrise over Resa’s tree on Chrismas Eve.
Loki
That is the question!
Sasha
Loki
Spunk
Glenda
After sunrise
Lots of crows
“You gonna eat that cheez?” “Thinking about it!”
Cranes and the crescent moon
Crescent moon at sunset
Sunset
Snowing in the parking lot
We got a half an inch of rain today. I noticed the rain had washed out part of the bridge as I drove over it on the way home this afternoon. After I got home, I changed my clothes, put on boots, gathered up a shovel and a wheelbarrow, walked the quarter mile back up to the bridge, and filled the hole before it grew larger. After I filled the hole in the bridge, I filled many of the larger holes in the road where it runs parallel to the ditch before it got dark.
The photo on the left shows a long puddle in the road reflecting the sunset. The photo on the right shows a long puddle filled with dirt, and the water splashed to the side, reflecting the dusk.
Spunk grooving on a beanbag.
Spunk meditating on magic dirt clods while grooving on a beanbag.
Jupiter shining through the clouds last night. I have no idea what the alien mushroom is.
Lacy trees under cloudy sky
First view of the pTerodactyl in the tree this morning.
pTerodactyl in deep thought
Sasha wearing Spunk’s ears
Morning moon
Frost-edged cottonwood leaf
Sandhill cranes foraging in a field.
Sandias with snow
Sandias behind dead trees
Can anyone guess what the acronym in the title stands for?
The kitties are nonplussed or perhaps nonpussed about it.
Pink at dawn
Venus shines through the clouds at dawn.
KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque began broadcasting 75 years ago today. Happy Diamond Anniversary KOB TV!
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