Sunrise
Cotton at sunset
Dragons & Damsels
Tag: trees
Cool & Picante On A Hot Afternoon
The temperature was only 100º F (37.8º C) when I prepared this meal of a salad (made by Laurie), extra sharp cheddar cheese, hot salsa, corn chips and blueberries.
Betsy Bunny
Scattered clouds tonight.
Muted colors on the clouds in the east at sunset.
Tonight was the first night it was clear enough to see the moon from our property.
Mountains on the moon.
Cubicles
You might remember that back in early April we demolished and recycled the cubicles that came with our new office: https://wp.me/p1yQyy-6b4. The above three photos are of our new cubicles in early June a few days before we moved all the staff in.
A view of Resa’s tree through the roses.
Clouds building up in the late afternoon.
Hot & Roses
When I got in my car at the office, the temp read 116º F (46.7º C). I started driving and it dropped to 112º F (44.4º C) and I thought it seemed really warm, at the next red light a few miles down the road, I checked the weather app on the phone, and it showed the temperature in Corrales at 108º F (42.2º C) at 17:22 hours. When I got home at 17:30 hours, the temperature was a cool 102º F ( 38.9º C) on our outside thermometer. Many of the roses were loving the heat. At sunset, the temperature had dropped to 88º F (31.1º C). There was a warm wind blowing cotton off of Resa’s Tree. I finally got a decent shot of Resa’s tree with the cotton on it, but I wasn’t able to get the blowing cotton to show up well in still photos.
Bazooka’s First Shasta Daisy
We have one Shasta Daisy so far this year. You can see a crab spider between the petals. Yellow and white roses tonight.
Cotton bursting on the new growth at the base of Resa’s Tree.
Pre-sunset clouds were promising.
But then by sunset, most have the clouds had dissipated with a few left on the horizon.
White Duck Daze
Some one’s white duck was in the irrigation ditch tonight.
I spotted a Beaver on the other side of the river.
He slithered into the water.
Swam toward me like Jaws.
He made a right turn,
Then a left turn.
Then Splashed me after I was yelling at him to splash for quite some time.
Daddy Owl
Is there a dragon in the clouds?
The Sandias with a soft pink.
Bazooka’s First Day Lily
The first day lily bloomed this afternoon.
Graham Thomas
Tatones on Resa’s Tree. They will open soon sending cotton blowing in the wind.
Cotton blowing in the wind from tatones on other cottonwoods in Corrales.
May Peace be with you.
Wild, pre-sunset clouds looking east.
The color remained close to the horizon as the sun was tucked away for the night.
Colors With Silver
Silver: “There ain’t no stinking Silver in those colors!”
Hmm! Well! It seems like there’s lots of sliver in the storm clouds blocking the sunset, Silver.
Sunrise, Vulture, Sunset
I went out a 4:30 am this morning to let in the irrigation water. The sunrise had a bit of color. A vulture circled over head eyeing me the whole time. I assure him, no matter what he thought I looked like from getting up a 4:30, I was alive and kicking. I got to work late because of the irrigating, and left work late getting work done. Alameda Blvd was at a standstill at the office, so I went south to Paseo Del Norte, which was slow but moved along. It took me 30 minutes to get home instead of 15 minutes. I would have probably been in traffic for an hour or longer on Alameda. The sunset was not very colorful, but I did take it from the four cardinal directions.
Purple Stain
Purple Stain
As with most parodies, Purple Stain started out to be humorous. However, the lyrics took a turn toward the more serious aspects of life. Purple Stain was inspired by Holly at House of Heart in the Fall of 2020 when we were commenting back and forth on images and poetry. I thought for a long time about how to do a video to go with the song. I finally worked it out.
Many of us don’t fit “Normal” as defined by Miriam Webster*:
- Conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern: characterized by that which is considered usual, typical, or routine.
- According with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, procedure, or principle.
- Approximating the statistical average or norm.
- Generally free from physical or mental impairment or dysfunction: exhibiting or marked by healthy or sound functioning.
- Not exhibiting defect or irregularity.
- Within a range considered safe, healthy, or optimal.
For we who have fallen outside almost all of the above definitions of “normal” at one time or another throughout our lifetimes for various reasons that are often outside of our control, we have dealt with “normal” people who do not understand the issues surrounding the problems we have had, problems we have to deal with continually, and the problem of being different and trying to fit into a “normal” world.
Purple Stain
By Timothy Price
Inspired by Holly Rene Hunter
Cleverly we put off until tomorrow
Wearily the things that make us go insane
Fondly running into the waves and splashing
Fondly raising our glasses, waking with a purple stain
Purple stain, Purple stain
Are we insane? So insane
Purple rain, Purple stain
So here we are scrubbing and washing out that purple stain.
Forever longing wanting to be like others
Our sensitivities make us like the strangest friends
Unfortunately we feel our sensibilities are plundered
Again the same our glasses raised as we pretend
Purple stain, Purple stain
Are we insane? So insane
Purple stain, Purple stain
Funny how we see, we see how things are changing purple stain
You and I we need to live as two
Look! Something new
That time we had to greet her
She stared at us like we’re insane
I thought you were going to lose it
As it was all about it was all about our purple stain
Purple stain, Purple stain
Are we insane? So insane
Yeah!
Let’s get us out of here purple oh the pain
Walking hand in hand
We only want, we only want our sanity
We only want our sanity
Storm clouds built up in the early afternoon, with a constant rumble of thunder as the clouds rolled in. I took the above photo at 1:30 pm and the temperature was 81ºF (27.2ºC). Thirty minutes later the clouds pelted us with hail and heavy rain that lasted for thirty minutes or so. The temperature fell to 55ºF (12.7ºC) in a matter of minutes. Needless to say, our poor peonies got beaten up by the hail.
Off Center & Not Even 