Trees for Christine & Nancy

January 20, 2020 Timothy Price33 Comments

This is the last available Cottonwood on our property.

Juniper in the bosque about a half mile north of our property.

Big, old classic Cottonwood about a mile north of our property. It is great in sunsets, but I don’t make it up that far very often in the wintertime.

Young cottonwood on the way to Beaver Point. It has a good shape, and can be photographed from multiple angles to include the Sandias to the east and sunsets to the west.

Classic Cottonwood between the irrigation ditch and clearwater ditch about 300 feet north of our property. Can be photographed from multiple sides and looks great in sunsets.

This Cottonwood is between the irrigation ditch and clearwater ditch east of our property. You can see Teagan’s trees on the southern edge of our property to the left in the background. Good multiple views and sunset photos.

Fruit trees on the property. The first photo is the peach tree with the 5 on 1 plum tree on the right. Then second photo (top right) shows the nectarine behind the peach tree, and 5 on 1 plum tree. The third photo (bottom right) shows the cherry tree in the foreground, one of the apple trees on the right, the nectarine tree behind in the center and the peach tree on the left.

Trees for Teagan

January 18, 2020 Timothy Price84 Comments

0A6A8152 — This photo is of two old gnarly Cottonwoods behind the shed. They are very difficult to photograph individually, so these come as a pair.

Teagan, of Teagan’s Books, and I have been following each other for years, and for some reason, Teagan had not claimed a tree. Here are the remaining cottonwoods on the property and a Blues Spruce she can choose from. If none of these seem fitting, there are a lot more trees in the bosque.

0A6A8150 — Dwarf Blue Spruce on the north side of the house. It was a tiny tree when we planted in in 2001.

0A6A8153 — This is the young Cottonwood look south. It gets obscured in winter by all the other trees around it.

0A6A8158 — You cottonwood and Dot’s Black Bamboo looking west.

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Trees in the Snow

January 16, 2020 Timothy Price61 Comments

Snow has fallen most of the day. After I got home, I went out and photographed the trees on our property that have been claimed.

DSCF5189 — Tiffany’s Tree? I don’t remember if Tiffany claimed this tree or not.

DSCF5193 — Resa’s Tree from a different point of view

DSCF5194 — Susan’s Tree from a different point of view

DSCF5201 — Lyn’s Tree with Resa’s Tree in the back ground

DSCF5202 — Black bamboo bowing low in the snow

Trees for Lyn

December 28, 2019 Timothy Price28 Comments

Lyn Wilderdean would like to join the tree club with Mia, Resa, Robin and Holly, and have her own tree. I have posted four available trees that photograph fairly well for Lyn to choose from.

The first two photos are of a young, volunteer cottonwood that propagated in the irrigation water. Laurie raised it from a sapling after it sprang forth around 2002. It’s rare to get volunteer cottonwoods.

The third photo (taken today) and fourth photo (during summer, in bloom) are of our Chitalpa that Tristan gave to Laurie for Mother’s Day in 2002. It was heavily damaged from a late hard frost in 2005. We thought we might lose it, but it has come back in a unique shape.

The fifth photo is a gnarly old cottonwood on the eastern edge of our property. The six photo is a big old cottonwood on the southern edge of the property.

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Six x Six

November 28, 2019November 28, 2019 Timothy Price46 Comments

DSCF4890-Pano — A wide-angle looking east. The Sandias are blocked by clouds.

They kitties and I got up at 6:30 this morning to find 6 inches (15.24 centimeters) of snow on the ground and no power. Since we have our own well, no power means no water. Fortunately, we have a gas stove and keep bottled water on hand, so I could make coffee. Power was restored around 10:45 am, so it had been off 6 hours or longer. We did have cell service, so I was able to call the power company to make sure they knew we were without power. Then the kitties and I went out at 7:00 am, played in the snow and took photos.

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DSCF4912 — View looking west along the neighbor’s fence.

DSCF4927-Pano — Looking west down our road before anyone had driven on it.

Moonrise and Painted Sky

November 10, 2019 Timothy Price31 Comments

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Resa’s Tree in Morning Light

October 27, 2019 Timothy Price25 Comments

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.

Cottonwood in the bosque that still has a yellow on top.

Fall Colors after Sunset

October 19, 2019 Timothy Price28 Comments

Resa’s tree right at sunset. It’s slowing turning yellow.

Wildflowers @ 11,000 Feet

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 Timothy Price42 Comments

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With it 100º F (37.8º C) at our house, we hopped in the Mazda Miata MX-5, put the top down and headed for the hills — well Sandia Crest at 11,000 feet (3352.8 meters) above sea level. The drive to the top was a blast as the MX-5 hugged the corners well above the posted speed limit. We could see the clouds swirling above us, and hear the birds singing with the top down, as rounded one hairpin turn after another on our way to the top. Once at the top of the Crest, the temperature was 55º F (12.8º C) with drizzling rain and cold wind. Quite a contrast from the sunny, hot valley below. We walked around on the mountain top and noticed there were lots of wild flowers blooming.