This is a really cute baby Coachwhip Snake (Masticophis flagellum) that Marble brought inside and presented to us on Saturday. The morning temperatures have been freezing down to the mid teens in the mornings, but the high was around 70º F on Saturday afternoon; therefore, I guess this little guy was out trying to find another meal before hibernating, or Marble was scratching around in the mulch and found the snake. Lizards and snakes like to burrow into the mulch when it’s cold outside. The mulch is warm campared to the outside temperatures because of the composting action. You can see a photo of steam rising from one of our mulch piles on a cold morning at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2015/9/bright-night-cool-steamy-morning. You can also see photos of a pair of adult Coachwhip Snakes in their mating ritual at https://photos.tandlphotos.com/blog/2017/5/snakes-in-love. And lastly, you can see Spunk’s reaction to a Coachwhip Snake at https://wp.me/s1yQyy-snake.
If you ever wondered about what’s inside the moon.Cranes flying into the sunset.Moon framed by the Tangle-Heart Tree as a pterodactyl flies by.wider view of the moon in the Tangle-Heart Tree.Super-wide-angle view.
My latest song is about the ever present use of acronyms in our never ending search of ways to communicate with as little speaking, typing, mousing, tapping, clicking and swiping as possible. The meanings of the acronyms are in the video and at the bottom of the post.
Acronymphomania Lyrics and Music by Timothy Price
I’m without the gift of tongues Speak in letters One by one
Nouns and verbs Cloistered like nuns Instead of words Acronymphomania
AAMOF WYSIWYG TOPCA in TAR JBOD ISAR Communication’s FUBAR
Archnymphomaniacs HAVE NO VERBS USE NO phrases
Archnymphomaniacs Puzzled looks Empty gazes
Monosyllabic KISS KWIM BLOB IOW Like a SLOB
AYSOS MIA? OMI BAD BUN SOTD BIA ISO TIA Achronymphomania
FWIW IMHO LOOK OUT FOR THE WORS Communication’s Syllabic VERSE
Archnymphomaniacs HAVE NO VERBS USE NO phrases
Archnymphomaniacs Puzzled looks Empty gazes
AAMOF WYSIWYG TOPCA in TAR JBOD ISAR Communication’s FUBAR
Since many of the meanings of the acronyms go by very quickly in the video, below are the lyrics with the meanings of each acronym:
Acronymphomania Lyrics and Music by Timothy Price
I’m without the gift of tongues Speak in letters One by one
Nouns and verbs Cloistered like nuns Instead of words Acronymphomania
AAMOF WYSIWYG (As A Matter Of Fact What You See Is What You Get) TOPCA (Till Our Paths Cross Again) in TAR (The Amazing Race) JBOD ISAR (Just a bunch of disks Information Storage And Retrieval) Communication’s FUBAR
Archnymphomaniacs HAVE NO VERBS (Haptic Audio Visual Environments Natural Orbital Ventricular Endocardial Right Bifocal Stimulation) USE NO (User Support Environment Neurotic Obsession) phrases
Archnymphomaniacs Puzzled looks Empty gazes
Monosyllabic KISS KWIM BLOB (Keep It Simple Stupid. Know What I Mean? Binary Large Object!) IOW (in other words) Like a SLOB (Super Lazy Organic Blogger)
AYSOS MIA? (Are You Stupid Or Something? Missing In Action!) OMI BAD BUN (Oocyte Maturation Inhibitor Bipolar Affective Disorder Bike User Network) SOTD BIA ISO TIA (Speak Of The Devil Ball Image Analyzer In Support Of That Is All) Achronymphomania
FWIW IMHO (For What It’s Worth In My Humble Opinion) LOOK OUT FOR THE WORS (Lazy Object-Oriented Kernel Outline Flippin’ Over Rated Technology and Home Economics Weighted Operative Risk Scale) Communication’s Syllabic VERSE (Verbal Expressions Rejecting Society’s Expectations)
Archnymphomaniacs HAVE NO VERBS (Haptic Audio Visual Environments Natural Orbital Ventricular Endocardial Right Bifocal Stimulation) USE NO (User Support Environment Neurotic Obsession) phrases
Archnymphomaniacs Puzzled looks Empty gazes
AAMOF WYSIWYG (As A Matter Of Fact What You See Is What You Get) TOPCA (Till Our Paths Cross Again) in TAR (The Amazing Race) JBOD ISAR (Just a bunch of disks Information Storage And Retrieval) Communication’s FUBAR
The Sandhill Cranes are flying over in larger flocks each flock of fluing V’s. The often circle over the area to gain altitude or regroup before continuing south.
Short video of the look and sound of the Flying V as the cranes fly south.
As a special treat for Halloween, Lane and Tristan perform “Classical Gas For Two Chairs” which involved exorcising the spirits that possess our counter stools. Lane is First Chair and Tristan is second chair. I added a percussion track and an “on-hold”, “elevator”, Muzak-like track for counterpoint. Happy Halloween!
I was thinking that Resa’s tree might turn all yellow before turning brown; however, we had a har frost last night that turned the lower leaves brown. Many of the trees in the bosque that were yellow last night turned brown today.
Resa’s Tree looking northeast.
Resa’s tree backlit looking east.
Sandias reflecting
Cottonwood in the bosque that still has a yellow on top.
Off Center & Not Even 