Dawn
Sunrise. The river was up from the rain.
Taboo
The last Dragonfly
Jake giving me a lazy greeting when I got home.
Taboo again
Sun peeking through angry stormclouds
The river running a few feet higher at sunset
A cluck of cranes on the other side of the river because there were no islands to stand on.
Sunset
Silver in a contemplational computation of sunrise
Jake waiting to go on a walk and contemplate the sunset.
Sunset
A touch of red
Cranes flew over
Can you find the owlet in the twilight?
I only know this is an owlet because it was eeping instead of hooting.
Green slime reflecting lavendar twilight
Dawn Patrol
I did not see the dawn patrol balloons this morning. Only the planes.
Diamond balloon
Jake basking in Sasquatch Shadows
“¡Hola guapa! You’re looking good in green!”
“I am the walrus, goo-goo g’joob, g’goo goo g’joob…”
Sasquatch Shadows petting Jake
Jake biting Sasquatch Shadows
Tycho in the fireplace
Gwendolyn
Weird
Loki
Gwendolyn again
Dusk
Moon and stars at twilight
Sil. Students’ cat I care for when they are out of town.
El Vato posing for “Gato Quarterly”
Jake rolling in the deep
Doppel
Spunk
Silver
Sunset
Clear sky at twilight
Dawn was off to a shaky start.
Gwendolyn
Sunset
Jake enjoying the sunset colors
Lit twilight darkness
Full moon succumbs to thick clouds
Dawning lights the way
Moonlight on the Sandias at twilight
Surprise in my path
Toadstool pushed up through the mulch
Fungus amoung us
Doppel
Jake
Wade through darkness gloom
Owls call, hoots fall with the rain
Soaked by storm’s soft tears
Someone left the Jake out in the rain again
When Jake and I got home from our walk in the rain last night, the rain gauge showed 1.75 inches for the month. When I left for my walk at 5:25 this morning, the rain gauge showed 1.84 inches. When I got home at 7:00 it showed 2.0 inches. The rain gauge currently shows 2.71 inches of rain for September. It’s been several years since we received that much rain in one month. It’s supposed to rain Thursday and Friday, also. It seems Super El Niño may have finally arrived.
Turkey Vulture in the rain
Doppel
Dusk
Rio Grande at dusk
Stars at twilight
Rio Grande still flowing from bank to bank
The north flood control arroyo I have to cross to photograph the green slime had floodwater flow bank to bank from the last heavy rain.
It looks like the dam I stood on to photograph the green slime washed out. It was too muddy to walk in the arroyo this morning to get a close look.
Sandias at dawn from the south bank of the flood control arroyo
Cat wash
Loki got socked in
What evil thoughts have you, Spunk?
Doppel, Jake and Loki napping
Rio Grande at 5:30 a.m. this morning running about 4 feet higher than the night before.
We got a major thunderstorm at midnight last night that dumped almost 3/4 of an inch of rain. When I got up, the rain gauge showed double the amount of rain from when I went to bed. We now have 1.43 inches of rain for the month. I did another five-mile walk in the rain again this morning.
Clouds on the Sandias at dawn
The Rio Grande at 7:00 a.m. this morning up another 2 or more feet from 5:30 a.m.
The place where I stepped down to take the 5:30 a.m. photo was under water at 7:00 a.m.
Jake met me at the gate and got a short ride to my parking spot when I got home this afternoon.
Taboo Rose
Spunk with Doppel in the background
Doppel
Sunset
The river had gone down about 4 feet by dusk. The place I step down to take photos was no longer underwater, but too muddy to step on, unless you’re a dog.
Water was still flow the full width of the river at dusk.
The Rio Grande had more water in it at 5:30 a.m. this morning
I walked my five miles in the rain again this morning. The rain gauge showed 0.61 inches of rain when I left, and 0.70 inches when I got back. It stopped raining as I finished my walk, and the rain gauge still shows 0.70 tonight. I thought the rain coming in from the west would make it to us, but it stopped short of delivering any rain tonight. We got some decent light shots while watching and waiting to see if the storm would rain on us.
Silly Silver
Spunk
Doppel walking by Jake
I see dogs in the clouds
Sunset
The moon showed through for a brief moment
Water was flowing the full width of the river tonight.
Storm moving in from the west
Laurie’s first lightning shot
Although we didn’t get rain from the storm, I got some lightning photos out of it.
