The smoke is maybe from the Trout and Buck fires in southwest New Mexico. In this case, it filters the sun’s ray for my iPhone. This view is near the confluence of Orno and lower Las Huertas creeks, both dry, looking across the Rio Grande, past Santa Ana Mesa, to Cabezon and the Rio Puerco country.
This time of year, Cowboy 2 wonders whether we’re going for a moonrise walk or a sunset walk.
I started seeing the rusty tinge develop on juniper trees this week. Pollen releases began right around December 23. It’s been dry since our good early November snows, except for an overnight dusting later in November.
Quick grab with iPhone on first evening of fall. Walk on the mesa in a good piñon year. Cowboy2 with me, of course, concentrating mostly on other critter scents.
Another gusty morning in spring: Reading the New York Times on an IPad and bird watching through the window. Little snow left on the mountain, no superbloom on the hills. Jerry Seinfeld, confronted with the Israel-Hamas war, the Times says, “can no longer be about nothing.” On Monday, neighbors and pueblo leaders will celebrate a …
A little walking rain, aka virga, over the upper middle Rio Grande. The river looks full from releases upstream.
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