Scoop shovel saga update: Old Scoopy had gone missing for a couple of days after Sasquatch left by way of the portal. I presume Scoopy was out looking for Sasquatch. I found him standing next to a sad seedling that’s tied to a post and wrapped in chicken wire.
Jake in jail
Twilight
Dawn
Sunrise
Cat Four
Sunset
Keeper of the keys
Stuck again!
Dusk
Spunk got socked in
Loki waiting for Marble to finish with the cheese
Loki
Loki on my lap
Spunk still socked in. Jake still sacked out.
Sunset
Dusk
Well! Five point seven/eights miles to be more precise. While it’s only a mile and a half between mile marks as the river flows, and the treks to the river and back, plus all the winding around on different paths in the bosque added up. This was the longest walk Jake has made with me since he moved in.
One
Beaver point is at the 194.5 mile mark
Surprisingly, I saw a dragonfly. The temperature was around 48º F (~9º C).
Two
Bushwacking on our way to Three
Three. A couple of dragonflies lying eggs in the shallows.
Four
On the way to Five
Five
Six
The Portal to Seven. Seems all portals look the same!
Seven
Jake recharged his pee-shoot in the Rio Grande by a cocklebur bush at the 194-mile marker.
Eight
Søren seemed impressed. Or not!
Spunk: “Why take a stinking 6-mile walk in the bosque when you can lounge in fresh-dried underwear?”
Silver: “Whoa! I can’t beieve you made Jake walk that far!”
Jake was a little slow after his long mile, and got caught in the skeeter net again.
A couple of women were walking five dogs and let two loose to chase the coyotes. Jake was not happy about those dogs chasing his coyote pals.
Coyotes with cranes overhead
Dusk from the spot where photo Two was taken.
Cat sees dog
The slow acceptance
Note to self. “Don’t get so close to dawg!”
Jupiter over Resa’s Wolf Tree. Orion on the right.
A sinuous walk
Winding through three sunder miles
Born to see the light
Sunset
Dusk
Our morning walk started with a beautiful crescent moon peeking through the clouds.
Clouds capped the Sandias.
Lots of cranes huddled together at dawn
The beavers were up early and splashing a warning that there was a dangerous paparazzo with a big yellow dog standing near the edge of the water.
A Bosque Bunny was up early, also.
Sunrise
Kitties: “It’s too early and too cold for you to be pestering us, pesky Paparazzo!”
Don’t you think it’s a little early to be hitting the catnip, Silver?
Spunk: “What are you looking at me for? Jake did it!”
Jake: “I didn’t do it! I swear! I’m telling you the truth. You know Spunk is lying. He’s always trying to get me in trouble.”
It looks like you got caught in the mosquito net again, Jake.
Sunset
The morning clouds left a dusting of snow on the crest.
Daddy Owl @ dusk
Edge of the Aurora last night.
Dawn
Venus
Daddy Owl at Dawn
No mist this morning
Marble @ Sunrise
Bowie & Jake @ Susan’s
Spunk
Sunset
Glenda
Spunk and Gwendolyn
Silver
Sasha
Cranes @ dusk
Shey’s Smexy* Tree
Daddy Owl @ Dusk
*Shehanne Moore writes Smexy Historical Romance novels.
The Seven Sisters (The Pleiades) over Resa’s Golden Wolf Tree
The porcupine I almost stepped on when we took Jake out on a walk after dark last night.
The Pleiades rising over the Sandias
Sand dunes in the night sky
Sunrise
Der Hund von Bosqueville
Belafonte checking out the washing machine
Loki: “I thought you washed Belafonte!”
Sunset
Dusk
Sunrise
Spunk
Glenda and Gwendolyn
Silver
Loki, Glenda, Gwendolyn, Spunk, Sasha
Late afternoon
Silver
Glenda
Jake got caught in the mosquito net again
Sunset
The Big Dipper at 4:50 am this morning
Jake got me up to go out and hang out with Chupacabra and La Llorona in the wee hours of the morning. I got photos of the morning stars.
The Big Dipper, Orion’s Belt and Stars! Whoopee!
Dawn
Wow! Dawn makes me jump for joy!
Those colors are worth a bow
Black Cat Break
All right! A Black Cat Break!
Jake got stuck in the mosquito netting on his way out to watch the sunset.
Poor Jake! We’re jumping for him!
Woo Hoo! Look at those beautiful cranes in flight.
The Mountains are so beautiful! Look at all those towers!
Such pretty golds and oranges at dusk!
Off Center & Not Even 