Thanks to neighbors Lori and Mike for the photo of their Sara visiting at their place with the young, free-roaming horse.
Thanks to neighbors Lori and Mike for the photo of their Sara visiting at their place with the young, free-roaming horse.
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.
While the curved-bill thrasher sat at the top of the juniper this morning, I thought of the Thoreau line “monarch of all I survey.” At first I was smug. Yeah, but I’ve got coffee, I told myself. Then I rethought my shallow human insights. The thrasher doesn’t need coffee to help him take in the …
Still and silent for the moment, keeping me company on a cool start of the day.
You fly in with a thirst … but a robin got there first. Smaller birds commiserate, wondering about the wait.Spirits seem to sink,but soon all get a drink.
A little water goes a long way in the high desert of New Mexico. We even accommodate Texas antelope squirrels. These were the visitors during one cup of morning coffee.
The storm blew in. Tried to watch baseball with Cowboy in the front row. Looked like a perilous day for lingering lizards. Had to break out my winter hat, but saw the first cranes heading south. Weather couldn’t decide between rain or snow. Bluebirds came around, wearing down jackets. And others arrived to sit out …
Cedar Waxwings — those so softly colored birds — on a dark afternoon and the regular sunset owl.
I was down in the dumps for a while but then realized I was reading only about Trump, Custer and the newspaper business. My spirits are lifting now. I know there is no saving of the newspaper business as I knew it, but I remain hopeful about journalism and journalists. I foresee Trump following in …
dream ranch 