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
Pre-dawn clouds brought 0.15 inches of rain
In days of old, farmers worked into the night by the light of a Harvest Moon to bring in their autumn crops.
Autumn Moon rising over the Rio Grande and Sandias.
Intermission: obligatory cat photo
Draining
Sunset
Dusk
Cloud critters on parade in the light of a Harvest Moon.
Where algae made art
Water changed to clear and cold
Ducks are in the drink
Harvest Moon at Dawn
Ducks in darkness
Harvest Moon peeking through a cottonwood.
Venus is in the lower left. Jupiter is in the middle right.
Harvest Moon over Sandias
Sunset on the Rio Grande
Harvest Moon at 99.8% full rising through the clouds last night.
The Harvest Moon and Mars at 6:00 am this morning.
White Oaks, New Mexico doesn’t need no stinking cathedral or post-bank-style building for worship services. A TUFF SHED® with a steeple does just fine.
A colorful cacti in the churchyard, and a second TUFF SHED® used for fellowship hall.
The Harvest Moon rising last night with Saturn peeking through the clouds on the right. Saturn in the center photo. The Harvest Moon shining through the clouds.
There was lightning to the north last night. Saturn and its moons in plaid. The Harvest moon finally rose above the clouds.
Harvest Moonrise wide-view
Harvest Moonrise shot by the Bazooka
Harvest Moon through the trees and clouds
While walking out to the ditch to turn in the irrigation water at 2:00 am under the Harvest Moon, I saw a critter scurrying my way. Skunks don’t see very well, so it got pretty close to me before it stopped and we had a brief stand off — long enough for me to sweet talk it into letting me get a couple of photos. The skunk wasn’t sure what to think about a giant troll talking to it in the middle of the night — it stomped its front feet and stepped from side to side trying to decide whether to scurry past me, spray me or retreat. It finally decided on a compromise and ran into the tall grass on its right. Fortunately, it turned out to be an uneventful encounter, but I had a difficult time getting a clear shot of the nervous little skunk as the shutter speed was only 1/5 of a second at ƒ/1.4. On the other hand, it was easy to get a clear shot of the spider that had built its web on the irrigation gate. It held perfectly still.
Off Center & Not Even 