Six x Six

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019 Timothy Price46 Comments

DSCF4890-Pano — A wide-angle looking east. The Sandias are blocked by clouds.

They kitties and I got up at 6:30 this morning to find 6 inches (15.24 centimeters) of snow on the ground and no power. Since we have our own well, no power means no water. Fortunately, we have a gas stove and keep bottled water on hand, so I could make coffee. Power was restored around 10:45 am, so it had been off 6 hours or longer. We did have cell service, so I was able to call the power company to make sure they knew we were without power. Then the kitties and I went out at 7:00 am, played in the snow and took photos.

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DSCF4912 — View looking west along the neighbor’s fence.

DSCF4927-Pano — Looking west down our road before anyone had driven on it.

Incoming

November 26, 2019 Timothy Price23 Comments

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Sunset on the Sandias and Sandhill Cranes coming in for landing. Most of the group of cranes decided not to land and flew further south, or made another round before landing.

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Desertscapes

November 25, 2019 Timothy Price15 Comments

These are a series of desertscapes on our way home from Gila Bend, AZ. There is smoke hanging in the hills from controlled burns.

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0A6A6785 — The smoke and the early morning sun make the hills look like paper cutouts.

Eye Sea

ImageNovember 18, 2019November 18, 2019 Timothy Price12 Comments

Door 66

November 17, 2019November 17, 2019 Timothy Price17 Comments

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Globe to San Diego

November 13, 2019 Timothy Price24 Comments

DSCF4336 — Giant tires, probably from mining trucks, used to stabilize the embamkment at the hotel in Globe, AZ.

We had a clear, warm day for our drive from Globe, AZ to San Diego, CA. Arizona has nice rest stops at interesting locations. California has most of their rest stops in the median between the traffic lanes on Interstate 8. They were not at very interesting locations. Therefore, I didn’t really get any good photos from rest stops in California, so the photos change from Arizona to San Diego Bay.

DSCF4341 — Mining display across from a rest stop.

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DSCF4348 — Saguaro cactus and lots of blue sky.

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DSCF4389 — A rugged range in the middle of nowhere.

DSCF4454 — Downtown San Diego from the top of San Diego Bay.

Salt River Canyon, Arizona

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Timothy Price36 Comments

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We are headed to San Diego for the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference. We drove through the Salt River Canyon at sunset on the way to Globe, AZ.

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Moonrise and Painted Sky

November 10, 2019 Timothy Price31 Comments

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Fall Colors after Sunset

October 19, 2019 Timothy Price28 Comments

Resa’s tree right at sunset. It’s slowing turning yellow.

Balloons, Boats & Buzzards

October 6, 2019 Timothy Price29 Comments

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We had a clear morning, not a cloud in sight, for the second day of the 48th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Balloons launched in a mass ascension, but there was no wind to speak of, so the balloons hung over the balloon field for a couple of hours.

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This pink flamingo boat is what I believe to be the first special shape boat to be on the Rio Grande during the balloon fiesta. Kayakers, canoeists, and paddle boarders paddled, floated and shoved their way through the shallows of the Rio Grande as they watched the balloons.

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My neighbor texted me that there were buzzards (Turkey Vultures) in the dead cottonwood a couple of properties south of us. There were still four hanging out in the tree sunning themselves and watching the balloons when I got there. Three flew off soon after I arrived, while the one remaining buzzard shook the dust out of its feathers and settled in to watch what was going on below.