Dawn
Our walk at dawn, a sniff and pee for Jake, took much longer than normal this morning because of colors, critters, and a different route home that introduced Jake to an overwhelming variety of new smells and tumbleweeds to pee on.
Daddy Owl
Geese
A coyote following us
We had to stop and play with our Three Amigos
Intense oranges at dawn
A rather gray sunset
Pre-dawn
Out again at Dawn
Our coyote friends joined in
Conmigo y Jake
Flicker
Sunrise
Loki
Spunk
Jake watching the clouds
Sunset
Resa’s Wolf Tree and Venus at dawn.
When Jake and I went out for a walk at dawn, the first critters we encountered when we walked out onto the ditch bank were a couple of coyotes.
Harvest Supermoon on its way to setting.
Sandias and geese in the mist again.
Balloons on the rise
Clouds splashing over the sandias eventually brought rain. We have 2/10 of an inch so far.
We got a rainbow at sunset
Sandias were still socked in
The clouds split for a moment at sunset
Red in the sky at morning…
Coyotes on the river at dawn
The rain never came
Coyote using the Coyoteverse to shapeshift into a CoYoda.
This time of year, during the alignment of Sirius and the sun, coyote portals open up for them to move round and shapeshift through the Coyoteverse.
Tres amigos coyote waiting at Coyotes Gate.
Spunk: “Hey Paparazzo! Don’t forget about Spunks Gate and the Spunkyverse. Since today was a no sun Sunday in the Spunkyverse, it was Sirius.” Il Paparazzo: “It was rough, especially when you were having a screaming match with your doppelgänger!”
Bumbling around about the Flowers Gate in the Beeverse.
Sunrise
We met the three coyotes on the levee again this morning.
Loki: “Psst! Marble! You really don’t want to eat that cheese. Il paparazzo had his filthy paws on it, you know!”
Gwendolyn
NCC-1701 disguised as a cloud
Purple mountains and water at sunset tonight.
We had hard rain on and off this afternoon.
When Jake and I went on our early morning walk, we encountered a pack of three coyotes. We were walking on the lower bank, and the coyotes ran up on top of the levee and watched as we walked by.
As you may know, Jake loves to lift his leg on tumbleweeds. Currently, the tumbleweeds are green and soft; however, Jake discovered cockleburs on the lower bank. While the cockleburs are also still green, they are nice and scratchy.
Jake looking cool in the car
A short reprieve from the rain.
The clouds were gathering again when I left for the store to get cheese for the cats. It started raining hard again. I sat in the car and did Duolingo until the rain let up enough to where I wouldn’t get soaked walking into the store.
My rain gauge recorded 4/10 of an inch of rain this afternoon, bringing us up to nearly an inch of rain for the month of June.
Pre-Dawn
Just when I thought it was safe to go on a walk without the distractions of clouds, coyotes, moon and cranes, they all happen.
Dawn
Clouds gone wild
This is not Wile E. Coyote. We ran into each other on the bridge over the Clearwater Ditch. I think this coyote is a female. Maybe Wile E. Coyote’s girlfriend. She is afraid of me, and says “Leave me be Sam I am! I don’t want your Paparazzo spam!”
This is Wile E. Coyote. He was standing on the levee watching me cross the bridge.
Wile E. Coyote followed me into the bosque.
Wile E. Coyote is a male. In this series he walks toward a pile of coyote crap, stops, lifts his leg to pee on it, then continues on his way.
With all the thin clouds hanging around, the Sandias turned a brilliant red tonight.
Cranes flew under the moon
Can you find the pTerodactyl?
Wile E. in a purple daze at dusk.
Sliver moon riding a contrail.
pTerodactyl enjoying the sunset.
Sliver moon in a purple daze at dusk.
Dawn. Venus was still bright.
Reminiscent of nights gone by
Once again, riding in the dark
Eyes shine ahead
Coyotes and cows are split
By a sharp beam of light
Scamper into darkness
Only owls break the silence
As cold air rolls off the mountains
Splashing over the levee
Drenched in frigid air
Consumed by darkness
Sagebrush, cottonwood, and Jupiter rising.
Cottonwoods reach down and grab at you in the dark.
Light from a creature or spirit up ahead.
Dusk with lots of colorful particulate in the air.
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