After dealing with hot water heater issues at Tristan’s house on Sunday, Solstice morning, we climbed the escarpment and photographed some of the lesser known petroglyphs in the Petroglyph National Monument.
Happy Solstice from the Ancients
Category: Photography
Candle Light
Feliz Navidad from José Saguaro
This festive little cactus dances while he sings “Feliz Navidad” at the slightest hint of vibration.
Pushing Limits
Pushing the limits of exposure at 20º F / -6.67 °C, ƒ/2.8, 1/4000, ISO 400 on this frosty December morning.
PinkPurpleYellow before the Storm
“Did you see the pink sunrise the other morning?” I was asked during a conversation about rain, snow and Sandhill Cranes.
Adobe Christmas
An Adobe retablo — very New Mexican.
Spunk Watches Italian Music Videos
Spunk has started watching Italian music videos. His current favorites are Anna Tatangelo’s “Sensi” (Feelings) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB6QA7snWqk, and Litfiba’s “Squalo” (Shark) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbcYNU71JOo.
In “Squalo” there are a couple of women painted up as skeletons who dance in the darkness for a few seconds at various times throughout the video. Spunk would start pawing at the skeleton figures every time they came on screen. I wonder how he sees the figures that makes him want to touch them.
I put on another Italian music video, but Spunk lost interest soon after it began, jumped down and started playing with his toys on the floor. When I replayed “Sensi”, he bounded across the room, slid up to the computer and intently watched the video again — he seemed to be enamored by Anna.
The lyrics to “Sensi” in Italian and English are available at http://lyricstranslate.com/en/sensi-feelings.html. I did not find an English translation for “Squalo”.
Snow on Sandias
We got a little over 1/4 inch of rain last night, while the Sandias got snow. I went out into the freezing wind around 11:30 AM to get photos of the snow covered, cloud capped Sandias from different locations in Corrales. However, the last panorama was taken at sunset from Rio Rancho.
Civil Disobedience
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign… Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?”
Sunrise / Sunset on Sandias
We had a thin cloud cover most of the day Friday that produced muted light that colored everything with a grayish tint. The cranes had already flown off by the time I got to the riverbank at sunrise, but they flew back to the river at sunset.
Off Center & Not Even 