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Weather watch

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February 26, 2023

(Click to open photos) Morning arrived bright and clear. We had breakfast and prepared for the day. Things started to change. Glad I washed the windows Friday night.

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Nap time

December 15, 2022

Mountain reading

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October 9, 2022

Without radar, mountain reading is a challenging pastime. Here is October 9. But upon inspection of photos, maybe all I’m looking at is continuation of monsoonal flow from the south that first showed up in my neck of the woods on June 17.

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Morning after Earth Day

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April 23, 2022

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 …

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Time of day

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December 5, 2021

Well scare turned out to be just a bad pump. Some hope for snow in the forecast later this week. Most of the rest of the news not good but we took a day off.

Categories: birds, Cowboy, Placitas, weather•Tags: birds, dogs, horses•

Rio Puerco, summer night

JR

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August 27, 2021

Looking west down the Las Huertas Creek drainage, across the Rio Grande to Santa Ana Pueblo and the Rio Puerco beyond. The Rio Puerco itself would run roughly north-south in this view. The East Fork of the Jemez River enters the Rio Grande from the west side, slightly downstream from the entrance of Las Huertas …

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