Early morning stars in the northern sky
On their second day at work, our two new staff members had the exciting task of helping me hang Laurie’s 6×9 foot (183×274 centimeter) painting. There were five staff members involved in the effort. I used L-brackets to secure it on the wall.
I also inherited the 40-inch (101.6 cm) screen on the right from Tristan because she didn’t want to ship it to Germany. I really spread out my spreadsheets on that screen.
Cranes flew over our Cuckoo’s Nest at dawn
Sunset through the finer wire on the Sally Port
Cats don’t close the door
Gotta keep the birds inside
Had to add fine wire
Smoking hutch
Daddy Longlegs
Cows in the dusty dusk
Sliver Moon with jet and contrail
Steaming hot mushrooms
Spunk worn out after boxing books
Black Lace Trees at sunset
Crescent Moon and Venus were in the Tangle Heart Tree tonight.
The above video is of cranes landing on the opposite side of the Rio Grande and then wading into the river at the end of the video. Turn up the volume so you can hear the cranes.
Gwendolyn and Silver
Crescent Moon and Venus in Black Lace Trees.
Alignment of Saturn in the top left (barely visible), Crescent Moon, and Venus in the lower right.
Venus and a Sliver Moon got entangled with the Tangle Heart Tree.
Sliver Moon in the Tangle Heart Tree. Venus watching from above.
Tangle Heart Tree between Venus and the Sliver Moon.
Venus in the Tangle Heart Tree. The Sliver Moon hanging out below.
Marble peeking out to see if Twenty Twenty-five looks safe!
Jeez, you all! Twenty Twenty-five kinda looks the same as 2024!
Belafonte danced in celebration of Twenty-Twenty-five.
Silver: Twenty-twenty-five? I think I feel that way in kitty age!
Glenda: I thought it was Twenty Twenty-five & Six Two Four or something like that?
Jack Sparrow had something to say about Twenty Twenty-five, but he forgot what it was.
Spunk: It’s Twenty Twenty-five, and what do we all get? Another year older and a whole lot of crap!
Marble: Twenty Twenty-five seems sorta safe now that the poor old, pathetic, poopy patrol paparazzo and the other bipeds have eaten their black-eyed peas!
Jake: Twenty Twenty-five? Does that mean more T&A*?
*Treats & Attention.
The clouds were cool at sunrise on the last morning of 2024.
Marble has a drinking problem.
The last sunset of 2024. Not a cloud in the sky.
Twenty-four cranes waiting for ’25.
Clear blue skies today.
Bowie spying on the giant dog invading his house.
Ladder-backed Woodpecker
Sasha
Jake is happy to be visiting a new place.
Sunset
Jack Sparrow taken with my new iPhone 16
Silver, Glenda, Gwendolyn
Sandias @ Sunset
Cranes under a purple sky
Spunk playing with his tail in his performance art piece called Tell Tale Tail.
Cranes flying to the Rio Grande at dusk
Cranes in the Rio Grande at dusk
Gwendolyn
Venus in the Tangle Heart Tree with birds on the skyline at dusk.
Sunrise.
One of the most significant things I’ve done, besides playing with birds, Jake, and the cats, during my Christmas vacation, is that I picked up three large paintings from Tristan’s house and took them to the office. Laurie painted them years ago. I hung two 4X6 foot (122 X 183 cm) paintings in the open work area where there is a drop ceiling. I have hardware that allows me to hang the paintings from the ceiling rails. The two walls large enough for the 6X9 foot (183 X 274 cm) painting do not have drop ceilings. Therefore, once we decide where to hang the larger painting, I will have to use brackets to hang it. I put the large painting on the couch and shelf in the foyer, leaning on the wall we could hang it on, until we decide where we will hang it.
The 6X9-foot (183 X 274 cm) painting. The painting would be hung about a foot above the couch and shelf if we hang it on this wall. The ceiling is over 13 feet (4 meters) high in the foyer.
Sun trying to peek through the clouds behind black lace trees
4X6 foot (122 X 183 cm) painting on the east wall in the open area
Sunset clouds behind black lace trees
4X6 foot (122 X 183 cm) painting on the west wall in the open area
Sunset
Chritmas Cranes
Jake waiting to go to grandma’s for Christmas
Traditional, handmade smokers made by German craftsmen that Tristan sent from Germany.
Angry Beaver Curmudgeon Claus
Dogo Claus
Cute Angry Beaver Claus
Resa’s Tree with whipped cream on top.
Off Center & Not Even 