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Coyote in the evening


One of five coyotes yipping and carrying on on the opposite bank of the river at dusk.



Cranes in the afterglow at dusk

Jake’s and my first early morning walk of 2026 was in the rain.



Spunk: “For people who want to know how to make a kitty concoction to start the new year, first, the pesky paparazzo has to do photos of me looking adorable in the stock pot.

“Then we soak black-eyed peas overnight before cooking them the next morning.”



“We cook the meat, vegetables and spices separately, and mix them into the black-eyed peas. Lastly, we add greens to the kitty concoction, stir them in until they wilt into the mix, and, Voilà!, the black-eyed peas are ready to eat on New Year’s Day for good luck.”
Happy New Year! Or Not!

Loki
Tycho Kitty

Three percent shy of a full moon on New Year’s


Under the scrub brush
Bashful bosque bunny hides
Peek! Boo! I see you!



While I was looking for some old photos for Tristan, I came across three of the weird sign photos I took when I was studying Geography and Photography at the university.



Me driving a tractor before I learned to walk
When I tell people I learned to drive before I learned to walk, they think I’m bat guano crazy and full of kitty kaka.

Cranes in the mist at dawn



Dawn from Beaver Point, 4th of July Point, and South Beach

Sunrise from the edge of the Barrens
Map of the morning walk to show the points of dawn and sunrise photos of the Rio Grande and Sandias. The evening walk was the same, but we only went down to South Beach and back.


Volcano and golden cottowoods at sunrise
Glenda

Spunk

Afternoon



Beaver Point, 4th of July Point, and South Beach at sunset

Cranes at South Beach at sunset

Volcano and golden cottonwoods at dusk

Beaver Moon rising



Beaver Moon rising as seen from Beaver Point

The Super Beaver Moon is 100% full tonight and does not pass the meridian.