We’re watching Milton. I keep remembering climate change in our neck of the woods: aridification. I wouldn’t be surprised if the other guy is thinking about rabbits.
We’re watching Milton. I keep remembering climate change in our neck of the woods: aridification. I wouldn’t be surprised if the other guy is thinking about rabbits.
It started a week ago. And more dust than rain at sunset.
Dear Dad, I’m sure it’s raining on the east side of the Pecos today. That’s good because I’m afraid the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak fire has burned all the way west to Hamilton Mesa or at least to Iron Gate. I guess it’s also burned over where we left your ashes with Pat’s near the Mora …
With temperatures nearing 10O and no rain for 70-some days, I don’t think I regained consciousness most days until near dark. There were daytime outings but other than my usual post-doctor-visit lunch at the Range, the nights are about all I remember. — 30 —
The sun is going down on things I thought I knew. For instance, I might need to start watering the snakes. I was two rooms away this morning when I heard Cowboy do his snake bark outside but I try to be prepared for surprises here on the human-wildlife interface. I keep various snake-removal tools …
The Cerro Pelado fire in the Jemez Mountains, photographed from Placitas, spotting east on April 30. The fire started in what pundits called a big “wind event” on April 22 — Earth Day, by the way. It has burned into the 2011 Las Conchas burn scar but still threatens cabin clusters on several sides and …
The black-and-white broadside of a paint horse on a hillside at least a half-mile away drew me out of bed this morning. The news from the Sangre de Cristos and Jemez was not good after Earth Day wind, fire and dust violence, but we seemed to luck out near the Sandia mountain. The Calf Canyon …
I rose this morning to listen to the rain. It’s so rare. I went to sleep as the weather came in, soothed by the sound of the wind, knowing it brought a storm. I discovered on rising a little snow on the Sandias to the south, a little more on the Jemez to the north. …
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