Started the day with some purple rain
Which turned the river red
A dark, rainy day required extra light and a bird
Loki napped during a mid-morning rain shower
Dark, cloudy and rainy all day
I’m not giving you two pennies for your thoughts about il paparazzo, loki and Silver
Mirroring
Belafonte giving il paprazzo the beak
Jake was happy to lick whipped cream off the beater
Silver captivated by The Tale Of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman.
Sunset
Dawn
The first Sandhill Cranes flew overhead this morning
Launch before breakfast
Sunrise
Brain balloon
Beaver balloon
Birthday balloon
Porky Pig
Jack-o’-latern
Jake was bored with the balloons
Little Miss Mousy
Inn of the Mountain Gods balloon
Princess Nelly
Flying Pig
I’ll be doggone
“One for the money. Two for the show. Three to get ready. Now float, float, float!”
Miss Cheetah
The Vampire and the Pirate
Miss Goldfish swimming in the deep blue sky
Mr. Cool Mouse
Clouds to the east. Blue sky to the west
Little Indian
Parrot balloon perching on tree branches
Wolf balloon
Gwendolyn and Loki
Sunset
Sunrise
What the Silver, Loki and Spunk thought of the balloons.
Late afternoon
Under the light of a Harvest Supermoon, while waiting for the fireworks.
A few of the fireworks
Almost sunrise
A mini mass ascention. The Balloon Fiesta begins on Saturday.
🎶Humanities is coming down. 🎶Coming down. 🎶Coming down.
🎶Humanities is coming down!
🎶My U Bunny!
Sasha and Marble
Silver Mary Elephant: ” Caaaats! CaaAats! CAaAaAts!
Night Sky
Dawn
Spunk Art
Loki, Silver, Gwendolyn, and Glenda
Sunset
Sunrise
Loki
Spunk Art
Loki: “Hooray! It’s laundry day!”
Anticipation
Gwendolyn
Ball of Confusion
Sasha tucked in with a towel, trying to stay warm.
Gwendolyn and Glenda
More rain
Sunset looking west
Sunset looking east
Dawn
2 U Bunnies take a stand
Loki and Jake
Sunset
Resa’s Wolf Tree at sunrise
Saw a Seahorse in negative space
Jake’s midday sit
Morning Glories
Peace Plant
Gwendolyn and Loki
Ducks shimmering in the late afternoon light
Rio Grande still running low
Puff The magic Dragon flew by at sunset
Coyote cloud stalked Resa’s Wolf Tree at sunset
Meet A.I. Indriðsdóttir, a new vocalist from Iceland who has been working with El Cheo on several new songs. I used a poem from a post back in October 2021 titled “Saved From Hell’s Fire Rhyme” to create the song.
A.I. Indriðsdóttir is as beautiful as her voice
Gwendolyn: “What do you mean, ‘No grilled mice tonight?’ You two are sickos saving mice from a good grilling and not feeding them to us cats!”
Paparozzo: “Sorry, Gwendolyn. I saved those mice from the grill four years ago, and Silver gave me a good grilling and rough kitty tongue lashing over it back then.”
Marble: “You could have at least shish-kebabbed them!”
Loki: “Talk to the paws and the claws, Paparazzo!”
Jake: “Whoa! What a beautiful woman. I’m smitten! When do I get to meet her?”
Paparazzo: “Sorry, Jake, she lives in Iceland, thousands of miles away.”
Saved From in Hell Fire
El Cheo, A.I. Indriðsdóttir
[Verse 1]
Little Miss Mousie faced the flames of hell
Under cover of an accommodating grill
The third burner it didn’t light
Covered in insulation she stole in the night
Mouselettes were lucky they were not well done
As I gathered them up one by one
[Chorus]
Saved from Hell fire
They faced heated light
Saved from Hell fire
They were in a plight
Saved from Hell fire
No grilled mice tonight
Saved from Hell fire
The mice are alright
[Verse 2]
I moved them to a waiting pan
With pink insulation I had at hand
I put them in a safe place well hidden
While I grilled the thighs of a Costco chicken
Cleaned the grill shut off the gas
With the mouselettes tucked deep in the grass
[Chorus]
Saved from Hell fire
They faced heated light
Saved from Hell fire
They were in a plight
Saved from Hell fire
No grilled mice tonight
Saved from Hell fire
The mice are alright
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I put things in order, went in for the night
I fed the cats and turned out the lights
When morning came I wasn’t thrilled
To find that Little Miss Mousie was back in the grill
[Outro]
By the time I need to grill again
The mouselettes will be all grown up
Big, and strong, and off on their own
To tease the cats on chance they get caught
Their redemtion from hell fire
An old fool’s kindess all for nought
[Guitar Solo]
[Fin]
I put things in order, went in for the night
I fed the cats and turned out the lights
When morning came I wasn’t thrilled
To find that Little Miss Mousie was back in the grill
Back in the grill
Glenda
Silver and one of the black cats.
Synchronized sleepers
Sasha
Loki
Off Center & Not Even 