Green chile chicken stew for dinner. Using the Range Cafe recipe for the first time, although I’ve often enjoyed it in nearby Bernalillo. Cowboy 2.0 has gone to bed before the polls close but probably will join me on the couch later when he realizes I’m still up. Among other things, I’m wishing my brother …
Aurora Borealis from home, Oct. 10, 2023. iPhone on night mode, which I think is longer exposure. This is not what I could see with my own eyes. I could detect some color with my eyes but it was much fainter, almost indiscernible. Cowboy 2 stretching in the light of the TV, suggesting that it’s …
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’s 7:30 a.m. I am three weeks past my 75th birthday, a week past Covid and happy to be feeling well, even if forced to rise earlier than planned. The day before my birthday, I got an oncology report with the words “no evidence of … ” The first-time Covid symptoms that started the day …
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.
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