Lavender Crows taking a break in Lavender Trees
Although it will be Monday before the moon does not pass the meridian, the Wolf Moon starts today. A lavender circle catches the echoes from the collective howls of wolves around the world as they become active searching for food, looking for mates, and preparing to breed under the Hunger Moon in February.
Sasha: “Did I hear you say wolves?”
I was thinking we were going to have a sky full of colorful clouds at sunset, but as the sun went down the clouds above the lines of clouds disappeared and most of the color was trapped under and between the lines of clouds.
Crows flying under the moon.
Horse smooch from Mustang Hazel.
Clouds to the northwest.
The painter colored between the lines.
Daddy Owl (left) and Mama Owl came together over me tonight.
The geese were really cranky this evening. They did take a break from cranking to do synchronized preening.
Mama Owl
Late afternoon to sunset.
Daddy Owl looking at Mama Owl who’s giving the Paparazzo the squint like Clint.
Epiphany was on Thursday, but we celebrated this evening with Cocido Madrileño and Spanish chocolate outside with fires to keep us warm.
The morning sky was magnificent.
I started splitting wood for the fires this morning. Craig and Lane continued splitting wood when they came over in the afternoon.
Sunset was beautiful.
Fires kept us warm.
The clouds cleared and the stars showed brightly.
Daddy Owl
Multiple flights
Daddy Owl
Crow highway. Crow highway with cranes. Volcano at dusk.
Crow highway and cranes on the Rio Grande.
Dawn
Hey! Paparazzo! Would you put down that stupid camera and listen to me already?
Look! I’m being cute, but I’m losing patience with you. Enough! Prepare to die Paparazzo!
Dusk
Not a cloud in the sky tonight after several days of cloudy skies. We even got a little rain. The temperature was 28º F (-2.22º C) at sunset. It’s going to be really cold tonight.
We hired Cary with Cary’s Garage here in Corrales to get Tristan’s 1980 Datsun 280ZX back on the road. It’s been sitting under Gabriela’s cottonwood for the past 7 years. The starter had caught on fire in 2014, and we never got around to replacing it.
The footage Laurie took of the loading is quite entertaining.
Cranes flying into the sunset from a few nights back.
I think the bright light in the cloud is either a UFO or the grumpy old man to the left is shining a flashlight through the cloud. The light can’t be from the moon, because the moon rose at 6:45 am this morning (the skies were overcast), and it set at 4:00 pm this afternoon. We have a new moon tomorrow morning.
A clear patch of blue smiled at dawn
But the sun couldn’t show its face
At year’s end lavender cast
A Great Bue Heron reflects
The sun lies down, pulls up covers
Gray
Another year has passed away
Off Center & Not Even 