My pressure cooker makes life easier when it comes to cooking beans, which of course I had to do today for my 75th birthday. I had a birthday lunch at The Range in Bernalillo earlier in the week, thanks to Lori and Mike, but there is something earthy about making beans at home on your …
Replacement of 16” crude oil pipeline, in place since 1957. This is the southernmost of two pipeline corridors through Placitas.
Cowboy2, like at least one his predecessors, seems to have found a safe place during the thunder and lightning of monsoon storms. If I put my feet on his paws, he even stops trembling. Cooper, although he also used the adobe fireplace, also took cover under the desk. I hope this guy senses that. He’s …
Thunder and lightning on the way, trembling buddy looking away.
Cowboy2, who reportedly was “living outside” before his rescue by the Best Friends folks in Kanab, Utah, and Animal Humane in Albuquerque, hasn’t yet quite got the hang of the elevated dog bed. u

Cowboy2 monitoring coyote comms, 6:37 am.
Apparently I will not be sleeping in this morning. 7:32 a.m.