The Twelfth Day of Bosque Christmas

January 5, 2020 Timothy Price23 Comments

Tomorrow is Epiphany, the 12th day of Christmas. I wrote a version of the Twelve Days of Christmas using the bosque animals that starts with the 12th day of bosque Christmas. Special guest Suzette Presti was gracious enough to do the vocals. Enjoy.

The Twelfth Day of Bosque Christmas
Lyrics by Timothy Price
Vocals: Suzette Presti
Arrangement: Timothy Price
Guitar, bass, percussion: Timothy Price

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me
Twelve coyotes crooning
Eleven flickers flitting
Ten finches feeding
Nine seagulls sailing
Eight badgers burrowing
Seven cats a purring
Six crows a cawing
Five beaver slaps
Four geese honking
Three cranes in flight
Two owls to hoot and
A pterodactyl in the Tangle-Heart Tree.

Two Owls, A Pterodactyl in the Tangle-Heart Tree

January 4, 2020 Timothy Price24 Comments

0A6A8003 — Pterodactyl (Great Blue Heron) perched on the Tangle-Heart Tree.

While I was out in the bosque at sunset, I saw two owls in a cottonwood, and a pterodactyl (Great Blue Heron) in the Tangle-Heart Tree. I also photographed cranes against a colored sky, and two ducks in the dark.

0A6A8005 — Great Horned Owl in a cottonwood.

0A6A8009 — Pterodactyl flying, framed by the end of the Tangle-Heart tree.

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0A6A8016 — Great Horned Owl on a branch above the first owl.

0A6A8037 — Male Mallard. Mr. Duck in the dark.

0A6A8039 — Female Mallard. Mrs. Duck in the dark.

Birds of the Day

January 3, 2020 Timothy Price23 Comments

0A6A7921 — Half moon, Canadian Geese, Sandhill Cranes, Seagull, Great Blue Heron, Crow

Birds that flew overhead when I walked out to the river and back this afternoon.

Virgins

January 2, 2020 Timothy Price24 Comments

Night Clouds

January 1, 2020 Timothy Price18 Comments

DSCF5131 — From left to right: Resa’s tree, Robin’s tree, unclaimed trees and Susan’s tree.

As Suzette was leaving after having black eyed peas for new year’s, she texted me that the clouds looked really cool behind the trees. I ran out and took photos. A third moon was hanging in the western sky.

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DSCF5134 — Orion’s Belt at that top of the photo.

Cien Años…

December 31, 2019January 1, 2020 Timothy Price29 Comments

Lois: Live to be 100… It’s worth it! Work at it!

We celebrated our good friend Lois Brandt’s 100th birthday today. I can’t think of a better way to end the first decade of the 21st Century than celebrating a century of life with good friends. Happy Birthday, Lois!

Blue is Back

December 30, 2019 Timothy Price35 Comments

Blue, our red tail boa, is back from her few months at Tristan’s. The woman who thought she was interested in a boa was surprised by how long they live and how big they get, and lost interest in helping Tristan take care of Blue. After issues like the thermostat that controls the heating system in Blue’s cage failing, we decided to bring her back to our house where it’s much easier for me to take care of her.

Cold & Cranes

December 29, 2019 Timothy Price36 Comments

The temperature never rose above freezing today. I walked out to Beaver Point right before sunset, and a group of cranes were hanging out in the Rio Grande, wading around fluffed up to keep warm. There was a lone Canadian goose hanging with the cranes, and a duck floated by and then took off.

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Trees for Lyn

December 28, 2019 Timothy Price28 Comments

Lyn Wilderdean would like to join the tree club with Mia, Resa, Robin and Holly, and have her own tree. I have posted four available trees that photograph fairly well for Lyn to choose from.

The first two photos are of a young, volunteer cottonwood that propagated in the irrigation water. Laurie raised it from a sapling after it sprang forth around 2002. It’s rare to get volunteer cottonwoods.

The third photo (taken today) and fourth photo (during summer, in bloom) are of our Chitalpa that Tristan gave to Laurie for Mother’s Day in 2002. It was heavily damaged from a late hard frost in 2005. We thought we might lose it, but it has come back in a unique shape.

The fifth photo is a gnarly old cottonwood on the eastern edge of our property. The six photo is a big old cottonwood on the southern edge of the property.

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