I walked out to the river at dusk to see if I could get the moonrise. Only gray clouds from the approaching storm.
Demons and dragons closing in on Resa’s tree.
I woke up a 3:30 am, walked outside, and shot the moon as it slipped through the clouds before disappearing behind the trees.
A tree held onto the moon after it slipped through the clouds.
Mars, Jupiter, and Venus at 3:48 am.
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn at 2:30 am.
Night Sky
Sasha
Spunk breaking in my new book.
Marble interrupted the book breaking in process.
Nighthawk. Moo cow. Beaver
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.
4:17 am in the falling rain. There’s a planetary alignment behind those clouds.
I looked to the west and saw Wile E. Coyote laughing at me.
4:45 am. I can see the moon, Mars and Jupiter.
The alignment if there were no mountains, trees or clouds.
Esatern sky at 4:51 am, 5:07 am, and 6:30 am.
A Shasta Daisy Galaxy
A bored Buddy in a meeting this morning.
Water like chocolate in the acequia madre.
Plowed earth lies barren
Fertile ground parched and thirsty
Spilled seeds will not grow
Moon tunnel lights night sky
Portal to the other side
Hallucinations sleeping souls
Keeper of our dreams
Jupiter sits on Sandia Crest
Saturn basks in a golden glow
Stars still hang in space
Midnight rainbow hangs at two
Stars peek through smokey hues
Brushstrokes blotches arcs
Orange, greens, magenta, blues
Jupiter rising into blue
Saturn sees the moon at two
Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are among the stars at 3:30 am.
Jupiter with a couple of moons at 3:30 am
Saturn at 3:30 am
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn at 4:45 am.
Sunset last night
Cloudy conditions this afternoon.
I got home late, so I got the sunset tonight.
The moon was still covered by clouds at dusk.
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn starting to line up as they shine through the thin cloudcover.
Sunrise
Dragonflies
Sasha was checking out the temperature. “Hey, Paparazzo! It’s upside down!”
Rio Samba, Abraham Darby, and Altissimo
Moon in the clouds
Crescent moon at 34.4% full
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn 4:50 am.
Jupiter is making its way around Mars preparing for another alignment.
Do you see any shapes in the clouds in the above photo?
Do you see shapes in this photo?
Out at 4:00 am dancing with the stars and planets and La Llorona and Chupacraba
Since I got home late tonight, I didn’t do any redneck roofing. Instead, I went out to check on the owls. We had not seen any sign of the owls for the past 3 days. I think part of it was the fire department was running their super noisy airboat up and down the river all weekend watching for fires in the bosque. On Thursday, 30 acres of bosque burned south of Montaño Blvd., about 8 miles south of us. All was quiet tonight. The first bird I encountered looked like a juvenile Western Blue Bird. Then Daddy Owl came swooping through the property and landed on Susan’s tree. I thought he was going to get a squirrel squirreling around up ahead of me, but he didn’t go for it. But then our bunny came running out and he showed interest in the bunny. Laurie bravely stood between Daddy Owl and the bunny as we told Daddy Owl to leave our bunny be. We told him he can get all the squirrels and gophers he wants, but we draw the line when it comes to our bunny.
As we were heading to where the owlets hang out, a Cooper’s Hawk buzzed us and landed on a nearby tree for a few seconds. When I got up to the Tangle Heart Tree, Mama owl was just taking off to go shopping. The owlets were there peeping like crazy wanting Mama and Daddy to bring them food. A few minutes later Mama Owl returned and gave Mary whatever she caught. When I looked at what Mary had in her beak in the photo, it looks like a cicada, but I can’t say for sure. Mama, flew back to Wowlmart, as Shey calls it, but it was getting dark, so we didn’t stick around to see if she or Daddy Owl came back with anything interesting.
Mars and Jupiter
Western Bluebird
Daddy Owl on Susan’s tree eyeing our bunny. He gave up after we told him no.
Cooper’s Hawk
Mama Owl flying off to Wowlmart.
Smokey sunset.
Sliver moon
Off Center & Not Even 