After nearly two months with zero precipitation, I woke up to the sound of rain falling. We got 0.17 of an inch of rain. At the office we had rain mixed with snow, and there was a dusting of snow in the foothills.
Daybreak Brought Rain
Tag: photography
Moon & Venus
Dawn
Closer looks
Sunset in the flood control channel
Blue & Gold @ Golden Hour
Venus and the Moon lined up at dawn.
Resa’s Tree
Gigi’s Tree
Teagan’s Trees
Night Rider
Dawn. Venus was still bright.
Reminiscent of nights gone by
Once again, riding in the dark
Eyes shine ahead
Coyotes and cows are split
By a sharp beam of light
Scamper into darkness
Only owls break the silence
As cold air rolls off the mountains
Splashing over the levee
Drenched in frigid air
Consumed by darkness
Sagebrush, cottonwood, and Jupiter rising.
Cottonwoods reach down and grab at you in the dark.
Light from a creature or spirit up ahead.
Dusk with lots of colorful particulate in the air.
A New Time A New Dawn
A new dawn on Mountain Standard Time
A Study In Red†
A moon or a melon?
A change in water level.
The pTerodactyl’s watering hole on October 19th, October 25th, and November 6th.
†Laurie holding a garter snake she rescued from the cats.
Cloud Things
Wearing red? How passé
Devil wants to devour
Resa’s Tree at dusk
A god? An Angel? The Son of Man?
Contrail connects cubist clouds.
A Visitor
A happy kitty that might be a stray.
Late this afternoon, Glenda was at the bay window in the kitchen, meowing and growling. I looked out to see what the problem was. There was a tabby cat between a rose bush and the fence. I went out and talked to the kitty, but it acted like it was going to run away. I went back inside for thirty minutes, went back out, and the kitty was still there in the low evening light. I sat down on a large pot and started talking to it again. It started coming toward me, but stopped to do a bit of grooming. Then it started walking over to me but stopped about ten feet away, turned to the left, walked to a patch of bare dirt, and started rolling around, acting playful. It never got any closer to me. I brought out some food and water, and it ate the food.
when I processed the photos, it looked like the kitty might have a skin condition of some type. It looks like a fancy cat with its swirling patterns. I’ll see if it comes back, and I can win over its trust so I can see what its fur is like and take it to the vet for treatment if needed.
Enough! The show is over.
Mad Dogs @ Bedtime
Loki: “Il Paparazzo sta per morire!”
Spunk: “Boy, I say boy, pay close attention to me ’cause you’re a burrito short of a combination plate.”†
Loki: “You’re bothering me, boy!”
Spunk: “Wait ’till you turn off the light, Paparazzo!”
Meet the new snake. Same as the old snake.††
Nice reflection this afternoon.
Cottonwoods in the bosque turned red at sunset.
Sunset looking north from the top of the levee.
†Foghorg Leghorn quote.
††Juvenile Bullsnake: I moved him from the top of the levee so he wouldn’t get run over by the cyclists who were behind me.
Colorful
Squiggly Contrail
Daddy Owl: “You again? Stupid Paparazzo!”
Daddy Owl
Sandhill Cranes @ Southbeach
Shey’s Cottonwood is in the foreground.
Tange Heart Tree
Sandias @ sunset. The Rio Grande is up a bit.
Día de los Muertos
November 2nd is Día de los Muertos. The Day of The Dead. The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. All Souls’ Day. Or whatever you want or don’t want to call it.
Like Phoenix rising
From the ashes of lost souls?
Or all souls today?
Off Center & Not Even 