Dusty

The forecast was for rain between 2:00 am and 5:00 am, clearing after sunrise with winds in the afternoon. They got the clearing after sunrise and winds right. We didn’t get a drop of rain that I could tell. On my way home at 4:15 pm, the dust made clouds that obscured the sun.

Of Tractors & Pterodactyls

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A tractor was out plowing a field and making lots of dust in the cool of the evening. The wind blew the dust over the clearwater ditch and into the bosque. Mr pT, a pterodactyl formerly known as a Great blue Heron, was wading in the clearwater ditch, took flight, and flew through the dust into the bosque.

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The Week: May 25th — 31st

Click here —> Photo of the Day, Etc to see the week of May 25th — 31st at a glance.

May 25th: Critter closeups — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/macro-monday

May 26th: Dr Huey on Parade — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/the-2nd-annual-corrales-rose-society-dr-huey-tour

May 27th: All pink — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/pink-pink-pink

May 28th: Another one bites… — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/another-one-biting-in-the-dust

May 29th: Construction progress — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/iron-grid

May 30th: Two mile high club — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/thirty-three-years

May 31st: Obligatory annoying cat photos — http://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/5/cat-and-the-hat

Morning Dust

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This is the week we have water in the irrigation ditch, so I went out at 2:30 am and let the water in. I barely got everything watered before it got taken upstream at 8:30 am. When I went out to check on the water at sunrise, the cottonwoods were casting shadows on the dust hanging over the ditch bank, and the backlighting on the dried Brown Eyed Susans and Harry Lauder Walking Stick was quite nice.

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