Spunk Art I encountered at 4:30 in the morning.
Mama Dove is on a new clutch of eggs. I believe this is her fourth.
A Eurasian Collared-Dove noticed the paparazzo while getting a drink, and flew right after this shot.
Wind ripples the Rio Grande at sunset.
Man’s face in the cloud, looking down on the scene below him.
Sunrise
Given the fact that my car has been reading the pavement temperatures upward of 120º F (48.9º C) the last few days, and Jake has been showing discomfort with the hot sidewalks and roads, Oriana suggested I get him some shoes.
Jake was not happy with his new shoes when I first put them on him.
But after a walk on the hot sidewalk, rocks and pavement at lunchtime, he decided they were alright after all.
Jake was happy after our mile walk around the block.
Jake waiting to go into the vet’s office. It turns out he has allergies. The vet tech said they had 20 cases of pets with allergies today.
Sandias from the Vet’s parking lot.
Night sky
Jake and I went on a walk at sunrise
I was photographing this Downy Woodpecker as he worked his way around the power pole, making all kinds of noise. He flew as soon as he saw me.
From our walk at Sunset
The Sandias and the City of Albuquerque covered by smoke from the Trout Fire in the southwesten part of the state near Silver City this morning.
It was a hot one. The high today was supposed to be 102º F (38.9º C), but on the street it was 117º F (47.2º C) according to my car’s thermometer that records the outside temperature.
I found new Spunk Art when I got home this afternoon.
Jake and I went out for a walk at golden hour. The afternoon breezes had cleared out the smoke that covered the Sandias this morning.
Cotton blowing in the breeze at golden hour.
Sunset
The second evening I’ve seen this female mallard without her male companion.
The wind started blowing as Jake and I came back from our walk. The cotton was streaming from Resa’s tree.
Sunrise
A friend dropped by, and we played guitar for a while. Silver plugged in after my friend left.
Paddleboarders on the Rio Grande
Una señora pato
Blue Grosbeak on blue
So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?†
†”Wishing You Were Here” by Pink Floyd.
Thunderheads that gave us a short downpour this afternoon.
Moon reflecting in the irrigation ditch.
Sunset
Three Amigos. Tres castrores en el río.
Dwan
We have received 0.44 inches of rain over the past three days. That’s as much rain as we received in the past three months.
A cheeky cheese standoff
Sandias through the rain this afternoon.
Obligatory cat photo.
A) Puck*
B) Peony
C) Pepo**
*A moon named after a character in Shakespeare that is orbiting Uranus.
**A synonym for watermelon. Fruits in the shape of watermelons.
Off Center & Not Even 