Orion, Jupiter, Kiss Flying-V, and the Pleiades
Cranky Cranes
Sasha heard that Comic Con was in town this weekend, and being that Alien Wear is all the kitty rage, she’s got her costume and is ready to go.
Jake giving me Jake eyes
Sunset
Alien Wear
Category: Sandhill Cranes
Hanging In The Wind
The clouds looks as frozen as the ground this morning.
The cranes were hanging in the strong winds while landing tonight.
Gwendolyn
Fuzzy moon
Sunset
Two pTers And The Tangle Heart Tree
Dawn
pTerodactyl in the clearwater ditch
pTerodactyl in the Rio Grande
Can you see the pTerodactyl?
Two cranes landing
Tangle Heart Tree
Moon and Jupiter over Resa’s Tree
What Is That Noisy Thing?
Cranes looking up at a low flying cargo jet flying over the river.
Orange Dusk
Tired of Wired
Cranes flew over our Cuckoo’s Nest at dawn
Sunset through the finer wire on the Sally Port
Cats don’t close the door
Gotta keep the birds inside
Had to add fine wire
Smoking hutch
Daddy Longlegs
Cows in the dusty dusk
Sliver Moon with jet and contrail
Steaming hot mushrooms
Spunk worn out after boxing books
Black Lace Trees at sunset
In Coming
Crescent Moon and Venus were in the Tangle Heart Tree tonight.
The above video is of cranes landing on the opposite side of the Rio Grande and then wading into the river at the end of the video. Turn up the volume so you can hear the cranes.
Gwendolyn and Silver
Crescent Moon and Venus in Black Lace Trees.
Alignment of Saturn in the top left (barely visible), Crescent Moon, and Venus in the lower right.
The Last Cool Clouds of 2024
The clouds were cool at sunrise on the last morning of 2024.
Marble has a drinking problem.
The last sunset of 2024. Not a cloud in the sky.
Twenty-four cranes waiting for ’25.
Tell Tale Tail
Sunset
Jack Sparrow taken with my new iPhone 16
Silver, Glenda, Gwendolyn
Sandias @ Sunset
Cranes under a purple sky
Spunk playing with his tail in his performance art piece called Tell Tale Tail.
Cranes flying to the Rio Grande at dusk
Cranes in the Rio Grande at dusk
Gwendolyn
Venus in the Tangle Heart Tree with birds on the skyline at dusk.
Up In Christmas Smoke
Chritmas Cranes
Jake waiting to go to grandma’s for Christmas
Traditional, handmade smokers made by German craftsmen that Tristan sent from Germany.
Angry Beaver Curmudgeon Claus
Dogo Claus
Cute Angry Beaver Claus
Resa’s Tree with whipped cream on top.
Little Green Bags
Since we’ve adopted Jake, I spend a lot of time carrying little green bags of dog poop around with me when we are out on walks. The old song “Little Green Bag” by the Dutch band George Baker Selection came to mind one day, so I wrote parody lyrics about those little green bags of dog poop. I recorded the parody, and Jake and I made the above music video.
Silver: “It’s your own fault for adopting a dog. Pathetic poopy paparazzo!”
Gwendolyn: “Whoa! You really pick up that crap? At least with us kitties, you use a slotted scoop to clean the kitty litter.”
Spunk: “Well, pathetic poopy paparazzo. Your doggedness has done you in!”
While I’m off work for the holidays, Jake misses his ride to and from the office every day. He goes outside and sits by my car, waiting to go to work. When we don’t go to the office, he acts disappointed, so I’ve started taking Jake for a ride in the car every day while I’m on vacation. Today we came across a cluck of cranes.
Off Center & Not Even 