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December 31, 2018 - Due to ongoing problems with uploading files and image processing on this site, I am moving all blog activities back to...
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A Walk in the Snow
December 28, 2018 - Laurie
We got between two and three inches of snow Thursday night, with light snow flurries most of the day today. We...
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We Wish You a Merry Catmas
December 24, 2018 - Sasha pondering the paparazzo before getting involved in a swat at ornaments and tear up tinsel play session.
In the...
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Cranes, Train & A Full Moon on Winter Solstice
December 21, 2018 - Sunset on solstice at Beaver Point.
Crane Point at dusk a half mile north of Beaver Point.
A mile north of Bea...
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I Had A Dream
December 20, 2018 - Old chicken shed built around 1948. My dad and I lifted the roof on the north side in the 1970's so we could walk in the...
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Shrink Wrapped
December 17, 2018 - Spunk's though for the day: "Is shrink wrap as good as a tinfoil hat?"
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Fire & Phantasm
December 07, 2018 - Corrales had a bonfire at the end of their Twinkle Light Parade on December 1st.
Walking home along Corrales...
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First Snow on the 2nd
December 02, 2018 - A nice smile from the red VW Bug.
We got our first snow of the season early this morning. About an inch and a half of...
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Calf Butts Ass
November 27, 2018 - The Calves are back.
Who's that sticking his nose in our photo?
It's a little wise ass.
Get out of our ph...
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Monochrome & Monobath
November 24, 2018 - Back in prehistoric times, I fondly remember when Kodak, Fujifilm, Ilford, etc. would announce a new film, I would discu...
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Thanksgiving Landscapes
November 23, 2018 - Dawn on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day was one of those rare days in the Albuquerque area when we had cloud cover and...
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Cranes Under Full Moon
November 21, 2018 - The "full" Full Moon doesn't happen until tomorrow, but the moon is 98.6% full tonight, which is close enough for cranes...
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November Moon — Sliver to Half
November 17, 2018 - November moon eight evenings from the 9th through the 16th.
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sPods
November 16, 2018 - Seedpods (sPods) from the trumpet vines hang down over the path to the front door. The path is rather long, and the sPod...
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Once Upon A Wormhole
November 12, 2018 - If you are familiar with relativity and/or paranormal phenomena, then you might know something about wormholes. Among th...
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Silly Silver
November 10, 2018 - Silver is a silly kitty. He really gets the most out of hammocking. He also makes the best out of lying on the shelf wai...
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Stormy
October 31, 2018 - We had stormy weather that started last night, and we are supposed to have freezing temperatures tonight. We've had ligh...
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Murals
October 25, 2018 - Murals along the Canal in the 19th Arrondissement, Paris, France.
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Bosque in Daylight
October 21, 2018 - We went out for a walk in the bosque this afternoon. Today you can see the colors in daylight.
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Cloudy Night Cranes
October 19, 2018 - ƒ/6.3, 1/30, ISO 6400
Low clouds blew through the sky at a fast pace last night, hugging the Sandias as they rolled o...
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Get Your Cranes In A Row
October 17, 2018 - The cranes started flying over our house last week, but with the Balloon Fiesta, bad weather and getting home late, toda...
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Living a Dream
October 16, 2018 - On Saturday, OC&NE correspondent Diana Duran got to fly in a balloon. Who is Diana? Diana is an intern architect, and ar...
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Saturday at the Balloon Park was Kind of like the Forth of July
October 14, 2018 - Today was the last day of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, and it got rained out; however, Saturday morning...
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A Great Pumpkin Fest
October 13, 2018 - While there happens to be an extra million people in Albuquerque for the Balloon Fiesta, Wagner's Farms is having their...
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Christ Rises Again
October 12, 2018 - The morning began with the earth shaking. Then...
Christ rose from the crowd.
While most of the re...
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Balloons in TechColor & TunnelVision
October 11, 2018 - Wednesday morning I borrowed an 8mm-15mm fisheye to super-wide-angle zoom lens from the Canon Tent. The weather was iffy...
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MAID in the SHADE by Rosy the Riveter
October 07, 2018 - Maid in the Shade B-25J Bomber that was on display at the Double Eagle Airport on Albuquerque's Westside.
MAID in the...
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Vincent
October 07, 2018 - The wind was to strong for the balloons to fly today, so they just all inflated on the field. That allowed me to get the...
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Reflections from the 1st Day of the 47th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
October 06, 2018 - The Rio Grande is very low, and reflective.
The 47 th Annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta kicked off toda...
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Full On Rise
September 25, 2018 - 98% full moon rising Sunday evening. It was too dark to get detail in the moon and detail in the landscape.
Full moon...
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A Talk With Mr. pT
September 24, 2018 - Pesky Paparazzo: "Hey Mr. pT? What's going on?"
Mr. pT: "I'm standing on one foot. What does it look like I'm doing?"...
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Looking
September 23, 2018 - What do you see, Silver?
Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
AAAaaah! It's Sasha!
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Bosque Butterflies
September 22, 2018 - Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice)
I went for a walk in the bosque around noon. There were lots and lots of Clouded S...
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Tangled Heart Tree
September 21, 2018 - Little Owl perched on a tangled heart tree, watching the stars, chirping at jet lights as they clawed the sky.
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Osprey
September 20, 2018 - Western Osprey (Pandion Falco [Rock Me Amadeus] haliaetus)
I was not the only one out surveying the damage done to th...
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They Done Done in the Dam
September 19, 2018 - The beaver dam when it was first built in November 2017.
The Conservancy couldn't take it any longer, and after 11 mo...
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How to Photograph Your Dragon
September 17, 2018 - Najar looks sweet, innocent and playful but it's just a ruse to draw you in closer before she attacks.
Najar is one o...
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Four Planets and a Moon
September 16, 2018 - I've been trying to get a panorama of Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Venus in an arc across the night sky for several nights...
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Thread-Waisted Wasp
September 13, 2018 - A Thread-Waisted Wasp was foraging on the garlic chives in the late afternoon. These wasps are considered to be extremel...
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Backlit
September 10, 2018 - In case anyone has been wondering about the owls, Little Owl says hi! We see owls almost ever night, and I often photogr...
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Bleach Blonde
September 07, 2018 - What's your problem Paparazzo? Haven't you seen a bleach blonde porcupine before?
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The Commute
September 05, 2018 - I usually go home by a different route, but with Labor Day officially closing the summer holidays, the public schools an...
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Lok & Lol
September 04, 2018 - Lok
Loki (lok) and Lola (Lol) are kind of like a Rock & Roll pair of kitties. When I'm in bed, if one is on my legs,...
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Bottom Dwellers & Redneck Ways
September 03, 2018 - Raccoon prints in the mud.
Or new refrigerator that we purchased 16 years ago on June 2, 2002 passed away sometime af...
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Storming on a Friday Night
September 01, 2018 - With my raincoat in one hand and my camera in the other, I walked out under cloudy skies and caught the stormy action th...
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The Landing
August 31, 2018 - Duck landing on the Rio Grande at sunset.
Reminded me of a few airplanes I've been on.
Snowy Egret skimming the wa...
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Road Repairs with a Roadrunner
August 27, 2018 - I was repairing my lonely road.
When a roadrunner came walking by alone.
"Whatcha doing?" he asked.
Filling up...
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Day in the Garden
August 25, 2018 - Spunk
Here's a series of photos from the garden today. The sunset and moonrise were taken from the levee last night....
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Slaughterhouse to Arts and Science
August 24, 2018 - Mairie Du XIX Town Hall
Continuing our tour of the 19th Arrondissement in northeast Paris, on the 19th of July 2018,...
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A Whole Lotta Grooming Going On
August 23, 2018 - Swim
Get ready. Get set...
Groom
Lick
Gnaw
Hug
Groom
Wash
Preen
Clean
Finished
!Hasta l...
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More Smoke From Another Distant Fire
August 20, 2018 - Smokey skies from distant fires turned the sun into a large spot above the trees near the horizon last night.
The pin...
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The 19th on The 19th
August 19, 2018 - One of many locks on the canals in northeast Paris.
On July 19, 2018, we met Anne, who I know from blogging, at Répub...
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Birds, Bees, Flowers, Butterflies, Cats
August 18, 2018 - Spunk
Loki
Spunk eyes
Sasha
Marble...
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Along the Way
August 17, 2018 - Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Catholic Church
Along the way to the New Sorbonne, 5th arrondissement, Paris, France.
Alta...
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Bagworm Ballet
August 16, 2018 - Bagworms are a real problem. We made a major assault on them last year by picking them off of everything we could reach,...
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Ode de Toilette
August 14, 2018 - The above style toilette is fairly common on the streets in Paris. But when you are out on the street they are not alway...
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Bitten by a Tse-tse Fly
August 13, 2018 - I was lying on the deck, and...
Thinking about things to come, and...
I was minding my own business mind you. And.
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Peachy Keen
August 12, 2018 - I didn't have time to prune the fruit trees back in February. As it turned out, 2018 is the first year in the past 12 ye...
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Inside the Castle
August 11, 2018 - A lot of photos of the interior with views from the interior of Vincennes Castle on the eastern edge of Paris, France....
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Selfie
August 10, 2018 - The Natural History Museum in Paris had a special exhibit with a skeleton of Tyrannosaurus Rex that they were making a b...
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Sunset 'n Cats
August 09, 2018 - Spunk: "Oh brother! Not another series of the stupid sunset photos! Don't you have, you know, like cute cat photos?"...
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Them Bones
August 08, 2018 - Lots of bones in the Natural History Museum in Paris.
Love this guy.
Views from th...
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Whoo's There?
August 07, 2018 - "Who who whoo goes there?"
"Hey New Owl it's me!" "Whoo are you? I don't believe I know you."
"Oh New Owl. Don't y...
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A Different Sunset
August 05, 2018 - The first time in almost a week that we were able to go out for a walk at sunset without thunderstorms threatening to dr...
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Inside The Holy Chapel
August 03, 2018 - The write up on The Holy Chapel in the brochure about the Vincennes Castle reads "Founded by Charles V in 1379, the chap...
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Wild Wild Skies
August 01, 2018 - When I started my walk yesterday afternoon, before I ran into the Mr. pT on the ditch bank, there were thunderheads over...
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Pterodactyl Tuesday
July 31, 2018 - I went for a walk in the bosque around 4:30 pm to avoid the evening thunderstorms that have been dumping heavy rain and...
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Captive
July 28, 2018 - Apparitions once thoughts
Whipped by winds
Cling to rain drops
Caught by web
One by one
Millions of dreams
Held ca...
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Les Oiseaux
July 27, 2018 - gull
These are most of the various birds I photographed in Paris.
Carrion Crow
Pigeons
Black Hea...
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No Longer In Seine
July 26, 2018 - After going through Notre Dame's towers, we walked to the Eiffel Tower along the Seine. On the way we came across severa...
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Labyrinth
July 25, 2018 - The labyrinth garden you encounter when you walk into the courtyard foreshadows what you will experience in the building...
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Contraband from Notre Dame
July 24, 2018 - The rather explosive words on the votive candle from Notre Dame roughly translate to "Here I am Lord before you."
We...
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Gone With The Gargoyles
July 22, 2018 - The famous gargoyle
We are leaving to the airport in a few hours, so we my be gone with the gargoyles when you see th...
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Fashion Wheels
July 21, 2018 - A family waiting at a crosswalk on their wheels. They rolled across the street with the pedestrians and turned into the...
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A Long Walk Into The Past
July 20, 2018 - The Holy Chapel
We walked fives miles east to Château of Vincennes, which is outside of Paris proper. With all the ph...
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Gargoyle in a Bubble
July 18, 2018 - After the conference let out yesterday afternoon, we stopped by a boulangerie patisserie and got a bocadillo, quiche and...
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The Twelve
July 17, 2018 - Apostles on the SW corner.
There is an effort going on the clean up and restore the exterior of Norte Dame. The twelv...
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World Cup Madness
July 16, 2018 - Watching the game at one of many bars.
If, by chance, you don't know the outcome of the World Cup Soccer final, Franc...
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Fly, Fly Away
July 13, 2018 - We are flying off to Paris tomorrow. I most likely will not post a blog tomorrow, and it depends on what's going on Sund...
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View From The Parking Lot
July 12, 2018 - Monsoon season is underway. I had to stop by the pharmacy on the way home. The afternoon thunderheads were building up o...
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Cat Trap
July 11, 2018 - We are off to Paris, France on Saturday, and the cats are going to be shut in with the catio being their only connection...
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Najar @ 6400
July 09, 2018 - Close ups of Najar illuminated by the lights over the counter — 200mm, ƒ/5.6, 1/80, ISO 6400.
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A Portrait of the Hummer as a Young Bird
July 07, 2018 - Once upon a time, and a very good time it was, there was a hummer sitting on a branch outside the window and this hummer...
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Towhee Talking
July 05, 2018 - "Ciao Paparazzo!"
This young spotted towhee had a lot say when we walked past him the other night.
"Blah blah BL...
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4th of July
July 04, 2018 - Annual Corrales 4th of July Parade.
Hooray!
Unicorns
Unicycles
We've been like waiting for...
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Night Hawks
July 03, 2018 - Night Hawks are fast and erratic flyers, much like bats and hummingbirds, as they catch insects on the wing at sunset....
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Five B's
July 02, 2018 - Beetle, Butterfly, Boa, Bovine, and Birds are the Five B's
Snake eyes
I waited for Blue to stick out her t...
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Blue Grosbeak at 3200
June 30, 2018 - Images of Blue Grosbeaks after sunset. The raw files are cropped, but not processed, leaving the grain. The photos are s...
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Waiting for the Moon
June 28, 2018 - Subtle pinks and purples covered the Sandias while I waited on the beach for the full moon to rise.
Moonrise
A...
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We're Cool
June 27, 2018 - Besides occasional smoke banks rolling in and a few thunderheads building up for a short time in the late afternoon, we...
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Beauty & The Barf
June 23, 2018 - Spunk in grass by the Beta Rose. Photo by Laurie.
"¡Hola pesky Paparazzo! ¿Qué pasa?"
"Excusez-moi, je dois al...
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The Blue Wasp
June 20, 2018 - Blue Wasp: "Here's a promising hole."
If you are old enough, you might remember "The Green Hornet" TV series from the...
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Super Sliver Moon
June 19, 2018 - Super sliver moon balanced above the power line.
I got these photos last week, but owls, cats and insects got in the...
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The Irresistible Cuteness of Owls
June 18, 2018 - Sister Owl and New 3rd Owlet who we had not seen before.
We walked north to where the New Owl Family hangs out at 7:3...
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Beaver in Jetties on Bank
June 14, 2018 - Smokey air under stormy skies
You can see an animated GIF of the beaver on the bank at https://photoofthedayetc.wordp...
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R-9 After 9:09 Lost in Open Space
June 11, 2018 - Lost in Open Space
8:18:32 PM: We began our usual evening walk by checking out the sunset colors on the Sandias....
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Owliance Famille
June 10, 2018 - Little Owl earlier in the week giving me mad dogs.
Fat Owl snoozing on a branch in a cottonwood across the ditch fr...
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Spunk Goes A-Viking
June 07, 2018 - Vikings eh! They are tough ones, you say?
We'll just see how tough those Icelandic Vikings are....
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New Owl
June 06, 2018 - After checking on Big Owl, Little Owl, and Fat Owl, who were all in different spots, in different trees from the tree th...
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Kranky Kitty
June 05, 2018 - Silver was quite the cranky kitty on Sunday having to wait under the canopy for it to stop raining before he could go ba...
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The Beaver that Fell to Earth
June 04, 2018 - Pink light fading sun
Ducklings scamper jettis safe
Beaver falls to earth
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Fashion Snake
June 03, 2018 - Western Hognose going into warp speed.
We found this new born Western Hognose snake crawling along the trail in the b...
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Owls & Cats
June 02, 2018 - Fat owl and Little Owl. Big Owl has moved to the tree next door.
Najar
Little Owl: "Wake me up when he go goes...
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ABC Macro View
June 01, 2018 - Chuckles
A = Assassin bug. B = Bee. C = Chuckles. Macro View = Up close and personal view. ABC Macro View = Assassin...
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Photographic Maneuvers In The Dark
May 31, 2018 - Under the light of a peachy moon, my camera helps shed a little light on activities in the dark
Blurry bats flit ba...
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Owl Update
May 29, 2018 - A Sense of Scale
Big Owl (on the left behind leaves), Fat Owl and Mama Owl together in the late afternoon.
Five...
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Go Go Catzilla
May 28, 2018 - Coyote 102.5 FM plays their entire song library from A to Z over Memorial Day weekend. They happened to be on the Gs whe...
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Black-Crowned Night Heron
May 27, 2018 - We have a new heron on the block. This one flew up out of the clearwater ditch, crossed over into the bosque and landed...
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Smoky Sun Cloudy Moon
May 26, 2018 - Sun cutting through a smoky sky
Smoke from a fire in the Gila National Forest southwest of Albuquerque blew north tod...
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SNAKE!
May 24, 2018 - S Sn Sna Snak SNAKE!
I heard rustling around in the bathroom, went to investigate and Najar was Jumping straight up i...
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The Little Owl Who Couldn't
May 23, 2018 - Little Owl: "I'm going to break out of this hole!" Fat Owl: "Okey Dokey."
Big Owl: "Go for it."
Little Owl: "H...
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We Got a Little Rain Today
May 21, 2018 - After months of zero precipitation, we got a little rain today. An afternoon thunderstorm pelted us with large drops of...
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Fifth Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr Huey Tour
May 19, 2018 - We had our 5th Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr Huey Tour today. With so many of our other roses blooming early and almos...
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Let Us Entertain You
May 18, 2018 - Ooh! Do you see what mama has?
The owlets and their mama have become the nightly entertainment this week.
Mama o...
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Inside Looking Out
May 17, 2018 - Entrance
“Ice cold water is runnin' through my veins.
They try and drag me back to work again.
Pain and blisters on...
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Two Doors Down...
May 16, 2018 - Two owlets looking at us gawking at them.
Two doors down the owls have owlets that are cute and having a party poking...
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TBA
May 15, 2018 - Three Bat Abstractions are the result of bats buzzing me last night after sunset.
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Macros 4 Mother's Day
May 13, 2018 - Solar system balloon
Loki, Lola and I were still in bed at sunrise. Loki was sprawled out from my thighs to my stomac...
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Open 4 Mother's Day
May 12, 2018 - Spunk and Lola think it's about time I got my butt into gear, cleaned and opened the deck.
I got new flowers to plant...
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A Tail and Two Temperatures
May 11, 2018 - Lola
There are really four temperatures represented, but I'm comparing two each of the temperatures — 1) indoor/outdo...
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New Fountain
May 10, 2018 - I was following the demolition of the old fountain and construction of this new fountain last year (http://photos.tandlp...
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Rough Love
May 09, 2018 - Love. Rough around the edges.
Tuscan Sun
America
Pink Iceberg
Betty Boop
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Osprey Overhead
May 07, 2018 - The osprey were silhouettes against the cloudy sky.
We were on the beach when Laurie said "what bird is that?" A very...
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Big Balled Wizard
May 06, 2018 - The AWB are at it again with another parody video. This one is lamenting Sliver’s big beautiful balls, which he lost whe...
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Beaver Spotting
May 05, 2018 - Munching on and along the bank on the other side of the river.
Beaver like to come out and play after sunset, when th...
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Hawk Spotting
May 04, 2018 - Cooper's Hawk roosting at the top of a cottonwood.
Bothered by the paparazzo pointing a big lens at it, the hawk ta...
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Goose Spotting
May 03, 2018 - A pair of geese had four goslings on the beach this afternoon.
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Train Spotting
May 02, 2018 - There is "Train Spotting" where you spot a train, photograph it, and mark down the number on the locomotive. In Britain...
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No April Showers, Still Have May Flowers
May 01, 2018 - Double Delight
We got zero measurable precipitation in April; however, today, May 1st, we have a lot more roses and f...
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Phalacrocorax brasilianus
April 30, 2018 - Neotropic Cormorant - Phalacrocorax brasilianus on a log in the middle of the Rio Grande in Corrales, NM.
The Phalacr...
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Batty
April 29, 2018 - Collage of silhouettes of bat flying under the almost full moon.
The bats were out last night flying around while we...
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Hoodooing
April 28, 2018 - Red-eared Sliders hoodooing while a Mallard quickly swims by.
Some of the Red-eared Slider turtles that live in the d...
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First Blooms and Fuzzy Moon
April 27, 2018 - Lady Banks
Lady banks started blooming late last week. This week, while we were attending the annual spring medieval...
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Springs Preserve
April 22, 2018 - On our way out of Las Vegas last Sunday morning, we stopped by the Springs Preserve nature center to see the botanical g...
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UNLV
April 21, 2018 - There are several curious aspects to the University of Nevada Las Vegas, UNLV, we noticed the first time we walked onto...
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Elvis & Priscilla
April 20, 2018 - Priscilla on the left, Elvis on the right.
Meet the Embassy Suites Swans, Elvis and Priscilla. They are beautiful whi...
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Sweet Suite
April 19, 2018 - View of interior courtyard from outside our room on the 6th floor.
The suggested hotel for people attending the MAP/R...
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Dam Bridge
April 18, 2018 - Looking toward the Arizona side of the Colorado River canyon.
The Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge spans...
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Tunnel Vision
April 17, 2018 - Hoover Dam Lodge standing among the volcanic rock.
We stayed at the Hoover Dam Lodge, which is 17 stories with a casi...
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Road to Hoover Dam
April 16, 2018 - We drove to Boulder City, NV from Corrales on Wednesday, November 11 on our way to Las Vegas for the joint MAP/RMMRA con...
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Ray-O-Sunset
April 08, 2018 - After having little or no color at sunset last week, Saturday's sunset was quite nice.
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Spunk's Turn
April 07, 2018 - Spunk is the last of the kitties to have a post this week. He got in Laurie's bag this morning when she was on her way t...
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Marble in the Mix
April 06, 2018 - Continuing with the solo kitty series, Marble wanted to get in on the mix.
"Wow! That is a really big noisy bir...
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Najar Happens
April 05, 2018 - Najar, who is usually camera shy, was not going to be outdone by Lola, Silver, Loki and Sasha, especially when it comes...
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Where in the World is Sasha Sandiego?
April 04, 2018 - While on the subject of vintage computer games from the 1990's, Sasha wanted to be like Carmen Sandiego and posed in mys...
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Leisure Cat Loki Hammocking Like A Lounge Lizard
April 03, 2018 - When Loki heard about the old computer game Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, he did his best to do...
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Extreme Lounging
April 02, 2018 - Silver, determined not to be outdone by Lola's lollygag-style lounging, showed off the nuances, subtleties and his maste...
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Lounging with Lola
April 01, 2018 - We spent Easter Sunday doing various chores, feeding the snake, and working on papers and presentations. Between the var...
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Two Pterodactyls at Twilight
March 31, 2018 - Two pterodactyls in treetops on opposite sides of the clearwater ditch.
We were out walking on the levee long after s...
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Keeping With Tradition
March 29, 2018 - Water in my irrigation ditch after I cleaned out the cottonwood leaves so the water flowed freely. I cleaned out the dit...
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For A Few Dollars More
March 27, 2018 - "What's wrong with this camera?" I asked as I listened to the shutter click off at different speed settings. "It's broke...
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Today's Flowers
March 25, 2018 - White in yellow crocus.
Since a sunset happened yesterday, preempting flowers, here are today's flowers.
Color c...
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Sunsets Happen
March 24, 2018 - Thirty minutes before sunset, the sky was completely overcast with thick, dark clouds. I started preparing photos I had...
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Icy and 77
March 22, 2018 - It was 77º F (25º C) when I took this icy photo.
Sunset from last night.
The color change daffy was orange tod...
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Tell Tail Tale
March 20, 2018 - Many meows and three and a half years later, Spunk's tail is still one of his favorite toys. He uses his tail to tell us...
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Peachy Keen
March 19, 2018 - Peaching.
Three of the frilly yellow daffies opened and turned to a frilly peachy color.
Daffy not open is still...
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Seven Minutes on the Seventeenth
March 18, 2018 - On the beach at 7:13:19 pm, 03/17/2018. A sliver of dusty pink on the Sandias as the sun started slipping behind the hor...
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Of Pancake & Macros
March 17, 2018 - Tiny daffodil in the catio.
As macro season continues to rev up, tiny daffodils are blooming in the catio. I made a C...
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Holy Macro
March 16, 2018 - Blue bee working a blossom
It was a nice day for a another macro tour in the white plum blossoms.
One benefit of...
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Chasing Butterflies
March 14, 2018 - Spunk sees something dark fluttering around in the distance.
After cleaning the grasses I chopped, and digging the go...
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Burned Out
March 12, 2018 - One of Lowe's trucks had an electrical fire and got burned out.
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Macro Madness
March 11, 2018 - Early blooming tulips are coming up and our five-on-one plum tree bloomed yesterday. We had sunshine and 72º F (22.2º C)...
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Hammocking Fun 101
March 10, 2018 - Silver demonstrating how to have fun while hammocking.
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Macro Dry
March 07, 2018 - Working in the yard inspired me to get out my macro lens and photograph some of the dry "winter interest" before cutting...
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Crow-Magnon
March 05, 2018 - crow wave picture
From the Off Center & Not Even Ministry of Made-up & Silly Physics, a crow-magnon is a quasi-crow-p...
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Gata Bonita
March 03, 2018 - Another activity at the car show was face painting. The newly transformed kitty's father asked me to photograph her. So...
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Didn't Get The Memo
March 01, 2018 - A lot of changes seem to happen close together. After the Park-It Place decided to raise monthly parking fees by 44% for...
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Remembering Rozencrantz
February 28, 2018 - We buried Rosencrantz next to Guildenstern under the light of the moon last night. I bought Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...
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Cat O' Blinds Tale
February 25, 2018 - While I was waiting for my new, used Macbook Pro to come in, I cleaned up a lot of dead foliage out of the wisteria and...
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KIMO Moon Green Red Go 11 Stop 11
February 10, 2018 - KIMO Moon Green
KIMO Moon Red
Go
11
11 Stop 11
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Blue Shed
February 09, 2018 - Blue shed her skin, so now she is shiny, iridescent and beautiful.
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You've Got Gull
February 06, 2018 - Eagle-like
"No! It's NOT flamingo! It's called 'Flamenco'!"
Ostriching
¡Hasta la vista Baby!
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Mya's Love
February 05, 2018 - Vintage Indian Motorbike
Vintage and custom bicycles at the car show.
Mya's "Love" lowrider bike
Raggedy An...
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Crow Show
February 04, 2018 - Crows had gathered in the trees above the path to the beach. They perched, flew, landed, cawed, laughed at us, and carri...
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WAR 600
February 03, 2018 - I have never seen Breaking Bad, but this 1962 Chevrolet Impala is an impressive tribute to the show.
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Giving a Hoot
February 02, 2018 - A pair of Great Horned Owls are on a branch way back in the center of the photo. It was quite a bit darker than the phot...
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A Bloody Touch of Blue
January 31, 2018 - I shot the first moon at the top of the photo at 3:58 am, and I shot the last moon disappearing behind the tree at 6:47...
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Whaazz Up?
January 30, 2018 - Sasha taking control of my computer with Najar at the right and Lola on screen.
You can see a cute gif involving this s...
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Dueling Hammocks
January 29, 2018 - Spunk is the first one to check out the new hammock
The kitties got tired of fighting over the single hammock and beg...
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Perspective on the Sandias
January 28, 2018 - Sandias from North Beach at the north end of Corrales.
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Tim Dandy to the Rescue
January 27, 2018 - Sasha has been putting on a feline damsel in distress act by getting stuck on the roof of the house, and acting sad and...
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Doing Time
January 26, 2018 - Poor Lola had to go to the vet today, which meant doing time in the kitty slammer (carrier) for the eternal ride to the...
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Seagulls In Our Midst
January 25, 2018 - On my way home from doing research on land grants in Sandoval County, I stopped by north beach where Corrales and Rio Ra...
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View from the Top
January 23, 2018 - Looking to the northwest
Views from the rooftop of the Old First National Bank Building at 3rd Street and Central (Ol...
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Trashy Crow
January 17, 2018 - This crow was pulling trash out of the trash bin around the corner from Pets Mart and throwing it all over the sidewalk.
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Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
January 16, 2018 - Rosencrantz and Spunk
If you are familiar with Pedro Almodóvar's movie of the same name, you will know there is no...
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Dawn @ 17, Dusk @ 40
January 15, 2018 - Dawn @ 17º F x 17mm
Dawn @ 17º F x 33mm
Dusk @ 40º F x 40mm
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Synchronized Sleeping
January 12, 2018 - Silver and Lola getting in a little synchronized sleeping
Drone view
Lola's awakened by the presents of a pesk...
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On the 97th Day...
January 10, 2018 - A puddle from rain after 96 consecutive days without precipitation.
Buzzed by a crane
The landing
Snow on...
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Corn
January 09, 2018 - Popcorn of phone at 20:55.
One my way home last night I was flipping between radio stations to avoid commercials, whe...
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Drought Stricken Triathlon
January 08, 2018 - With no precipitation for over 90 consecutive days in the middle Rio Grande Valley, "Run, Bike, Swim" turned into "Run w...
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Jugging, Cuteness, Kitty Control Energy Dissipator
January 05, 2018 - Sasha jugging
Spunk putting on the cute
Trying out the kitty Control Energy Dissipator
Laurie got this ph...
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Seagull & Crow
January 01, 2018 - A seagull was flying around the parking lot at the grocery store. It finally landed on a light pole. A crow soon joined...
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Adiós 2017
December 31, 2017 - The last pink of 2017
The last sunset of 2017
The last photo of a beaver swimming of 2017
The last glow o...
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The Year in Review — I Kissed a Calf (I didn’t like it)
December 30, 2017 - There were some good times and high points in an otherwise difficult year. Envy and intolerance bring out evil in what y...
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Sliding
December 29, 2017 - With all of Laurie's family in town, Liz and Leah pulled out slides, a projector and a slide sorter, and we all gathered...
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The Day After...
December 26, 2017 - Rosencrantz: "Is that it?"
Loki: "Do you see anymore stuff in there?" Spunk: "It's awfully dark in here!"
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Christmas on the Rio
December 25, 2017 - Late afternoon Christmas day 2017 on the Rio Grande at the south end of Corrales, NM, USA.
Had...
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We Wish You A Kitty Christmas
December 24, 2017 - Spunk
All the kitties, Laurie and I wish everyone a kitty Christmas.
Najar
Sasha
Rosencrantz
Caug...
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Sunlight Kisses
December 22, 2017 - Sunlight kisses mountains goodnight
Day is done
Clear sky cold
Dressed in blue
Tries on pink under gray
Night likes...
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Stranded
December 20, 2017 - Spunk: "Listen carefully PAPARAZZO. Put down that stupid camera and get me off this stupid roof!"
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Pterodactyl & Sliver Moon
December 19, 2017 - Hunting pterodactyl under sliver moon
Leafless branches claw at cloudless sky
Dusk turns dark shivering cold
Primordi...
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Full House
December 18, 2017 - The lights on in the empty baseball stadium south of the pit had a nice shine to them.
Tristan graduated with a Bache...
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Fencing
December 17, 2017 - Not to be foiled by walking narrow planks, Loki was determined to show off his fencing skills.
Abou...
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A New Trail
December 15, 2017 - A new trail! Where does it lead?
The Rio Grande, of course. View looking to the northeast.
View looking south.
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Winged Encounter
December 13, 2017 - I was standing in a clearing in the bosque photographing a Red-tailed Hawk circling over head, when a flock of cranes fl...
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Frosted Prints
December 12, 2017 - As temperatures drop into the single digits on the Fahrenheit scale, kitty prints are frosted. Although, it has been so...
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Conversation with Santa
December 08, 2017 - Santa: "Hmmm! I'll have to think about that." Bruce: "I'm having my doubts."
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Red & Green, Package From Beijing
December 06, 2017 - The body clips I ordered for Laurie's Mazdaspeed 3 from China, and the new "Chile Capital of the World" license plate I...
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The Sound of Cranes
December 04, 2017 - Behind ripples, branches grab
Super moon in liquid clouds
Breaks the hold, trees and pother
Sets the night alight
Da...
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Assorted Cats
December 03, 2017 - Sasha (bottom), Silver (middle), Lola (top) making like a packaged deal.
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Super Soft
December 02, 2017 - The almost super moon rose over the Sandias behind thin clouds that gave it a soft, fuzzy look. The last of the cranes s...
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Enchanted House in the Hills
November 29, 2017 - I photographed a property in Santa Fe, NM that the owner calls "The Enchanted House in the Hills!" It's a very beautiful...
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All Studied Out
November 28, 2017 - Spunk is all worn out from his long hours of studying and mastering catography (yellow), catology (purple), catanomics (...
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A Gathering of Angels
November 27, 2017 - Like a gathering of Angels
Circling high into the heavens
Making joyful noises
They call out to everyone
“We are on...
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Bovine in Black & Bull
November 26, 2017 - We went out at the same time and the calves where waiting for us. The black calves started acting up and big daddy Bull...
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Happy November Birthdays From Tesla
November 21, 2017 - Putting it up or taking it down?
Tesla wishes everyone born in the month of November a Happy Birthday!
How'd tha...
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Dam
November 20, 2017 - Busy beavers' latest dam on the clearwater ditch under the bridge we us to access the bosque. We'll see how long it last...
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Fly By
November 19, 2017 - A Red Tailed Hawk flew over me while I was in the yard, made one circle over head and headed south.
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Glowing in Stereo
November 17, 2017 - Two balloons doing a private glow on the soccer field in Corrales, NM.
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Sandias in the Mist
November 16, 2017 - Fujifilm X-E1, 27mm ƒ/2.8 pancake lens
I took a detour on my way to work this morning to get a few shots of the Sandi...
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Endorsed by the Birds
November 14, 2017 - This sign is posted on the east side of the bridge we cross the get to the bosque.
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Into the Void
November 13, 2017 - Pterodactyls circle overhead as horsemen ride into the void at dusk.
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Horseless Carriage
November 10, 2017 - Carriage chained up on the porch of the house next door to where we stayed in Tucson.
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Stairway To...
November 09, 2017 - The science building on the AU campus has an arch at the front with what appears to be a history of science.
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LOL Cats
November 07, 2017 - Spunk: "Pull-eeze let me in so I can save you from those weirdos!"
Loki: "What 'weirdos' are you talking about? Lik...
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Another One Bites the Dust
November 06, 2017 - I received another thin envelope from a medical group in the mail this afternoon. This is the fifth letter I've received...
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Cat Napping
November 04, 2017 - Marble and Loki sharing the hammock to get in some cat napping.
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Bite 'Em ON The Old Shin Bone
November 03, 2017 - Anyone who has followed this blog for any time has seen various photos of the beavers and beaver dams in the clearwater...
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Lark VIII, The Desert Ark
November 02, 2017 - When you arrive at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, you are greeted by The Desert Ark, a 1960 Studebaker Lark VIII Wago...
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Bear Canyon Critters
November 01, 2017 - When I hiked 13 miles in Bear Canyon while we were in Tucson on October 21st, it was hot with temps in the 90's. Therefo...
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Spunk Was Here
October 31, 2017 - Spunk left creepy paw prints for Halloween.
Interesting Halloween sunset
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Gray Hawk
October 30, 2017 - Gray Hawk, also know as the Mexican goshawk.
¡Adios muchachos,...
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Sandhills and Pink
October 29, 2017 - The Sandhill Cranes are back — flying up and down the Rio Grande at sunset every night on the way to their roosting spot...
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Barney
October 27, 2017 - When Barney the Barn Owl flew out of the aviary, all the crowd went "Aaahhh! How cute!" He is certainly adorable. He fle...
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Bluebird of Happiness
October 26, 2017 - This Western Blue Jay loved being in front of the camera. After another photographer and I were finished photographing h...
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Fish, Lizards, Spider, Snakes
October 25, 2017 - Big silver
What's a desert museum to do if it doesn't have tropical fish on display? Not only does the Arizona-Sonora...
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Harris Hawks
October 24, 2017 - The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has a raptor free flight exhibit, which we happened to be just in time for. The stars o...
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Cougar, Coyotes and Boars...
October 23, 2017 - One nice thing about the roads in the scenic area west of Tucson is they have pullouts every 1/4 mile or so where you ca...
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Bear Canyon Trail
October 22, 2017 - Saguaro, prickly pear cactus, and landscape along the Bear Canyon Trail, Tucson, AZ
The destination in the distance...
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As the Crow Flies
October 21, 2017 - A crow flying in Bear Canyon northeast of Tucson, AZ.
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"Abandoning That Which Once Defined" — Austin Martin, 2011
October 20, 2017 - Plaque near the giant hobo knapsack sculpture.
There is an interesting sculpture of a giant knapsack on a stick, ster...
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Way to Tucson
October 19, 2017 - We drove to Tucson today. These are a few photos along the way.
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Miscellanies
October 17, 2017 - Whooping it up at a birthday party.
Lola in her "Catzilla" persona bristling at Spunk while giving him mad dogs and...
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Trapped
October 16, 2017 - Once it danced and floated free
Tumbling on the wind
Grabbed by wire twisted links
Loosely bound iron grip
Held fast...
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Lick It. Lick It Good!
October 14, 2017 - Spunk grooming in the morning sunshine.
All clean and beautiful
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Oh, Fudge
October 13, 2017 - A macro of fudge frosting on Friday the 13th.
An aerial view.
Oh, cupcake.
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Let em Glow
October 12, 2017 - Glowdeo as seen from the escarpment on the borderline of Corrales and Rio Rancho.
You can see an automated gif of the...
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Muddy
October 11, 2017 - Prints from me and pterodactyls walking around in the mud on the sandbar in the middle of the Rio Grande.
Balloons,...
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Ghosts of Balloonists Past
October 08, 2017 - Sid Cutter, Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, Larry Newman, Ron Clark, Carol Rymer Davis, Richard Abruzzo, Steve Fossett, Dav...
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First Frost
October 07, 2017 - Spunk and I went out at sunrise to see if the balloons were coming our way. We didn't see balloons this morning, but we...
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Pre-Flight Friday
October 06, 2017 - The 2017 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta officially starts tomorrow, October 7, 2017. However, Friday's pre-fli...
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Wet Plates Dry Place
October 04, 2017 - The collodion process was invented in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer and Gustave Le Gray independently and pretty much s...
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Perros del los Muertos
October 02, 2017 - Corrales held its annual Harvest Festival over the weekend and the festivities began with the pet parade. This year's th...
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Soft White
October 01, 2017 - After cycles of cloudy, lightning, thunder, rain, clear through the day and night, we woke to a soft white filtering the...
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Social Hour @ 12K Feet
September 29, 2017 - One of these things is not like the others.
Once we finally got to Cumberland Pass in Laurie's Mazdaspeed3 just befor...
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The Rain this Time Gave Point Nine
September 28, 2017 - Downpour downtown
The rain began with a downpour in downtown Albuquerque starting around 4:30 PM yesterday afternoon.
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Classic Rock
September 27, 2017 - On the way to Cumberland Pass, CO. Napoleon Mountain on the right and Fitzpatrick Peak on the left.
Mt. Democrat, F...
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Orbit of Anaxyrus and Stenopelmatus
September 26, 2017 - In the microcosm of universes painted in circles of light and dark, Anaxyrus woodhousii and Stenopelmatus fuscus made th...
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The Molybdenum Mambo
September 25, 2017 - The Climax Mine on the Fremont Pass, 11,318 ft (3,450 m), is quite an operation with an interesting history. As the sign...
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Night Spider
September 24, 2017 - Orb spider rebuilding her web on the bridge over the clearwater ditch. The web is gnarly because it gets blown apart by...
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How to Move a Buffalo
September 23, 2017 - Ralphie, CU Boulder's mascot
The year two-thousand seventeen marks the 50th Anniversary of having Ralphie the buffalo...
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Pitkin
September 22, 2017 - Sunrise in the mist over Pitkin
Originally named Quartzville, Pitkin, Colorado was founded in 1879 and renamed to hon...
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Tailgating One Oh! One
September 21, 2017 - This is one of the first large tailgating operations I came across. They asked if I wanted to try some of the food, and...
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Warped Law
September 20, 2017 - The CLASP V conference was held in the Wolf Law Building at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Many of the walls in da...
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Home by Milky Way
September 19, 2017 - High speed drivers
Sun falls low
Catch that light
Stop, click, go
High plains drifters
Night swallows day
Follow s...
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The Rockies
September 17, 2017 - The common room at the Pitkin Hotel in Pitkin, CO where I processed photos and put this blog together tonight.
We lef...
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Across the Tracks
September 16, 2017 - I had quite a adventure in Boulder, CO today, but we got home so late, I only had time to look at a few of the photos....
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The Dark Horse
September 15, 2017 - We are in Boulder, CO at CLASP V, an Interdisciplinary Conference on Culture, Language, and Social Practice, where Lauri...
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VT
September 14, 2017 - 360º panorama of The Beach on the Rio Grande that I used to create a virtual tour.
One of the photo ventures that I h...
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Sick
September 12, 2017 - Yes Sasha. The world is sick*, depressing.
*Note: Sasha is not sick. She is making a comment on the state of the worl...
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Smile
September 10, 2017 - Interesting treatment of concreting an irrigation ditch around a cottonwood tree.
The irrigation ditch, bosque and Ri...
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Eye Shine
September 09, 2017 - Walking under
moonless sky
Flashlight pokes
Through clouds on high
Face to Face
Black cows on black
Eyes...
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Royal Fork
September 07, 2017 - This is one of the tacky old landmarks that persist in Albuquerque. The Royal Fork Buffet Restaurant was at the corner o...
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Smoking Up The Skies
September 05, 2017 - Sunset on Sunday, September 3rd. The smoke is adding color but there was not a thick haze.
We are now getting a lot o...
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Spunk Fought the Mouse and the Mouse Won
September 04, 2017 - Spunk and I were making our rounds on the property together about mid-morning. We were by the wood fence on the south si...
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The Persistence of Green Chile Gloves
September 03, 2017 - After posting the blog and working on the third sack of chiles, while the AWBs continued to party on the deck, my iPhone...
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The Persistence of Green Chile
September 02, 2017 - Back, left to right, front: green chile martini, green chile beer, green chile milk, green chile red wine, green chile m...
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The Few and the Flatulent
August 31, 2017 - I ran out to the river, then down to the beach to see if I could get the pink on the Sandias from the setting sun. There...
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Birds Birds Birds
August 30, 2017 - Seven Flycatchers in Mia's tree
I walked out to the river in the late afternoon before sundown and a nice variety of...
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Smiling
August 28, 2017 - Laurie got a photo of Spunk having sweet, happy dreams.
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Of Cows & Coyotes
August 27, 2017 - Three coyotes on the ditch bank watching the paparazzo approach.
One steps down, the others look around. Two coyote...
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Sin Água y Solo
August 26, 2017 - Standing prickly on barren ground
Sin água y solo
Beads and bangles mark a roadside passing
Sin água y solo
Dusty pr...
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Sliver Moon Bloody Sky
August 25, 2017 - The sliver moon was facing down a bloody sky this evening. Earlier, a muskrat was swimming in a northerly direction, pro...
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Rose is Red Spider is Blue
August 24, 2017 - Veteran's Honor
Orb Spider
High Society pulled to the ground by a porcupine
Tuscan Sun
Lovestruck...
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Bottle of Wine Socks are Divine
August 22, 2017 - Wine and socks I won in a raffle
I went to a Network After Work meet and great after work this evening. Since it was...
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World Without End Amen
August 21, 2017 - Alpha
As the world ended, yet again, I thought about the last line in the "Gloria Patri" — "World without end. Amen"...
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Here We Go Again
August 20, 2017 - The world is coming to an end again because there will be a total solar eclipse tomorrow. Albuquerque is not in the path...
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Low Down Downtown
August 19, 2017 - Riding low
Trash in tow
Walking Tall
Lecture hall
Smoke break
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Gone to the Gold
August 18, 2017 - In the deep recesses of my simple mind, vague memories of a commercial for hair color said “Only your hair dresser knows...
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Lost Our Bearings
August 17, 2017 - We have all lost our bearings — the bearings went out in our swamp cooler on Monday, and the bearings in Tristan’s Maste...
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No JOy
August 15, 2017 - We went down to check out the goings on at Civic Plaza and there was no more JOy.
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Drained by the Swamp
August 14, 2017 - The swamp cooler gave out this afternoon, so I set out to rebuild it. Two motors, new spider bearings, three trips to Lo...
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Working Inside The Box
August 12, 2017 - Loki spills over but manages to fit.
It doesn't seem to matter what size the box is, cats have a way of working insid...
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Cattle Ramp Quandary
August 10, 2017 - Main gate on the irrigation ditch
It's just always been there. Never gave much thought about who it belonged to. Simp...
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Daisy With A Mohawk
August 08, 2017 - If you are the type who believes yellow daisies are pansies, well think again. These babies are feisty florals, sporting...
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Rigor Dormitus
August 07, 2017 - Loki got a severe case of rigor dormitus while catnapping.
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Hair
August 05, 2017 - Laurie has gone for a new look on her hair. This is an ombré style that will be a rose gold ombré when they are finished...
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Nails One Oh? One
August 04, 2017 - Lola guarding a new bottle of Rose Gold nail polish
Here's an easy guide to doing your own nails:
1) Clean off the c...
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Jugging
August 03, 2017 - We have a fountain, bowls of water, plus we often leave a bathroom faucet dripping so the cats can get a variety of wate...
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Taken by the Night
August 02, 2017 - A soft stripe of pink kissed the top of the Sandias at eight-fifteen.
A cloud floats lighted behind a tree laid bar...
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And The Rain Came Tumbling Down
August 01, 2017 - Downpour @ Four
River in the alley
Blue skies and sunshine @ Four-Thirty
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Sandias in the Mist
July 31, 2017 - At ten till eight the Sandias were covered by heavy rain as we stood in light rain on the west side of the river.
F...
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Selfies with Sophia
July 30, 2017 - Sophia, who is Tristan's Congo African Grey, came out to play this afternoon when we dropped some stuff by Tristan's hou...
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Hammocking in Stereo
July 29, 2017 - Silver and Loki were hammocking in stereo, when Marble got up on the shelf and distracted Loki. He couldn't resist playi...
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Paparazzo & Chicks
July 28, 2017 - July 8th. Loppers ready to cut down a tree limb.
I had the loppers ready to slice through a large branch when my subc...
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Walk Under A Sliver Moon
July 25, 2017 - The Sandias, bosque and Rio Grande at dusk.
Twilight afterglow
Sliver moon peeking out from behind black cloud...
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Walking the Dog
July 24, 2017 - Walking the dog at the corner of 3rd Street and Central (Old Route 66), Downtown Albuquerque.
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Rain & Shine
July 21, 2017 - Standing in the sun
Soaked by the rain
Rainbows double up
Arc over trees
Framing mountains
Sun falls down
Rain dri...
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Light Queen
July 20, 2017 - Queen
Black Swallowtail
Queen
Pearl Crescent
Queen
Painted Lady
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Repeat Offender
July 19, 2017 - Some of you might recall that about a year and a half (1.5, 1 1/2)* ago, I was banned for life from the parking garage a...
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In The Slammer
July 16, 2017 - Lane's kitty, Tesla, is in the slammer. Tesla has been on the blog before playing with balloons, and on his cat tree in...
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Not So Good Vibrations
July 13, 2017 - A tongue tested 9 volt battery.
One of the lingering side effects of chemotherapy is nerve damage, and bouts with ner...
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Blue to Gray
July 12, 2017 - Blue sky with clouds building up in the east at 6:30 pm
Dark sky to the west at 8:00 pm
Sun breaks through and...
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The Persistence Of Donut
July 11, 2017 - The first time I posted a photo of this donut was March 22, 2017. See it at Big Red Road Kill.
Bruce called this "T...
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A Tell Tail Beaver
July 09, 2017 - Beaver slipping into the foliage on the sandbar in the middle of the river.
A walked out to the river shortly before...
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A Helping Hawk
July 08, 2017 - Copper's Hawk: "Hey there! Whatcha doing?" Me: "I'm looking for my glasses that got knocked off my face cutting down elm...
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Newborns
July 07, 2017 - Three newborn Western Tiger Swallowtail butterflies (Papilio rutulus) paid us a visit to feed on one of our butterfly bu...
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Rorschach Crows
July 06, 2017 - Unsettled inkblots taken flight
Overhead high desert sky
Rorschach crows fly on by
Caws call spirits
Oedipus and Fre...
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Hot Dogs, Mad Dogs, Get Your Goat
July 04, 2017 - Hot dog
Mad dogs
Get your goat
Where's my Bud, Bud?
Hot dogs
Walking around a slow dead end...
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Floral Fireworks
July 03, 2017 - Evel Boll Weevil the Assassin Bug invites you to a floral fireworks extravaganza. Enjoy the show....
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Let Them Do Stairs
July 01, 2017 - Spunk checking out the stairs before his first ascent.
Even though hammocking is the perfect lounging behavior for ca...
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Hammocking
June 30, 2017 - The kitties heard that Hammocking was all the rage, and asked me if I could get them a hammock. I searched the property...
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Hardhats & Half Moon
June 29, 2017 - Nice fashion statement on the hardhat in the foreground.
"It's stuck!"
Walking the lines.
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Missed Steps
June 28, 2017 - I forgot my Fitbit
Oh this mourn
Steps wasted
Throughout the day
Heavy steps
Up down stairs
Accumulate floors
Unr...
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Nighthawk Sliver Moon
June 26, 2017 - Nighthawk fluttered here and there as it flew around a sliver moon
Overhead, buzzed by a bat as the phone sounded nine...
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Spunk in the Wild
June 25, 2017 - Spunk chewing on grass in the black bamboo.
Hanging out on the deck rail.
Getting ready to drink water fro...
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Saturday Night's All Right for Writing
June 24, 2017 - Another parody music video production by The Average White Boys that is very appropriate for a Saturday night. The words...
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The Scoop
June 22, 2017 - The latest scoop on happenings in Downtown Albuquerque.
It was another scorcher in the parking lot with temperature...
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Selfie, Snow, Sunset on Solstice
June 21, 2017 - Of all things, today was national selfie day. Being the cranky contrarian that I am, I did not do a selfie today. But La...
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Shakespeare on the Plaza
June 20, 2017 - Bruce and I went out around lunchtime to checkout the progress on the various construction projects downtown. As it were...
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White Did You Say?
June 18, 2017 - First white lilies
Checkered Beetle on a Shasta Daisy
Beetle goes into biplane position, ready for take off....
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It Was A Hot One
June 17, 2017 - The post sunset glow of smoke from a fire in the Jemez northwest of Albuquerque.
The thermometer mounted six feet off...
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Scenes from a Tamale Western
June 16, 2017 - New Mexico has been referred to as "Tamalewood" for all the movies and hit TV show filmed here. These women on their gal...
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The Magical Military Mystery Machine Gun Tour
June 14, 2017 - Never trust a man in a straw hat driving a 1926 Chevrolet
The dream seemed real enough at first, the guy in the straw...
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Wait a Second
June 12, 2017 - A one second exposure
Crawfish or Crawdad, whichever you want to call it
Bullfrog
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Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
June 11, 2017 - Four horses hangin' in a field
Three disappeared
The horse that was left turned and fell to the ground in an i...
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The Cat That Ate My New Shoes
June 10, 2017 - I gave lyrics inspired by my new shoes and Spunk to the Average White Boys to see what they could do with them. They tea...
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Gardening In My Good Shoes
June 09, 2017 - Digging up a walnut tree in my good shoes
I've worn out all my shoes and boots (the newest pair are over four years o...
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Green Back
June 08, 2017 - Mia, who has Copper Cranes blog, and I were discussing the green backs on the hummingbird, and I mentioned that their fe...
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Hovering
June 07, 2017 - Hummingbird and cotton hovering over the clearwater ditch
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Intense glow after the sun had set
Af...
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Baby Flyer
June 06, 2017 - I saw this juvenile Great Horned Owl moving around before he saw me, so I was able to get pretty close to him before he...
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The Drama Queen
June 05, 2017 - At first she didn't seem to mind the camera — S and circle pose
While out on my walk on the river, I came across a li...
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New Cat on the Block
June 04, 2017 - Mystery kitty looking in the kitchen window sticking his tongue out at me.
I think he might belong to the neighbor's...
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In the Garden
June 03, 2017 - Altissimo
Painted Lady
Elle
Honey bee
Chestnut rose
Towhee
Chuckles
Towhee
Altis...
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Rectangular Square Perspective
May 31, 2017 - All squared up perspective in a rectangle
Convention Center
Square in the middle in the alley
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Under the Bridge Through the Wire...
May 30, 2017 - Under the bridge
Through the wire
Off to the Rail Yards we go
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Stormy Monday
May 29, 2017 - Memorial Day
I walked out to the Rio Grande a 14:25. The weather was partly cloudy and about 80º F.
Clouds wer...
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Beaver on the Bank
May 28, 2017 - I'm not sure the beaver could see us, but he seemed to hear us talking.
I was talking to a couple who live two proper...
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Living on the Edge
May 27, 2017 - Rosencrantz
kitties like living and sleeping on the edge of things. The only kitty I did not get a photo of on the ed...
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Home Is Where The...
May 26, 2017 - When I saw the graffiti on the lower edge of the fence a couple of things came to mind. Earlier in the month I was switc...
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Pink On The Water Fire In The Sky
May 25, 2017 - Fire after sunset
Starting to burn
Closer view of pink water and fiery sky
The river's down. I can stand...
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Cattle Egret
May 24, 2017 - I believe these are Cattle Egrets that were flying high hover head.
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Fatboy Express
May 23, 2017 - Four locomotives pulling one passenger car
Gloves holding up a shovel
Sandias through the looking glass lightl...
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Hooters
May 22, 2017 - While on our evening walk along the river, I spied this pair of Great Horned Owls sitting high in a cottonwood.
The...
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Bullfrogs & Billy Momo
May 21, 2017 - Bullfrog peeking out at me through the moss and algae.
Billy Momo Released a new video today, Following Me Follow...
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Celebrations of Life
May 20, 2017 - There are various things we do to celebrate people's lives — weddings, when our children are born, and funerals, for exa...
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Garden View
May 19, 2017 - Part of our parking lot. These Salvia spread from three plants.
Here are various views of our garden just before the...
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Albuquerque On The Move!
May 18, 2017 - On Gold between First and Second Streets
View of the historic marker on the building at the corner of First Street...
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Into the Void
May 17, 2017 - Into the void
Altered reality
Coyote at a discontinuity
Handicapped giant black spider
On point...
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Old Houses
May 16, 2017 - At the Rail Yards.
Corner house on Second Street close to the Rail Yards.
On Second Street a few doors down fr...
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Sunrise Splash-n-Dash
May 14, 2017 - I was out at the river at sunrise.
After I walked back from the river, I was hooking up the drip system, when I saw...
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Flight of the Flicker
May 13, 2017 - A Flicker takes flight in the bosque.
Perched in the top of a dead elm tree.
Takes flight.
Wings spread f...
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Snakes in Love
May 12, 2017 - Western Coachwhip, Masticophis flagellum, mating ritual on the ditch bank.
Laurie and I went for a walk on the ditch...
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Another Boring Beaver
May 11, 2017 - From a distance it could have been a muskrat.
But as I ran up on it as quietly as possible, I could see it was a be...
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High Water Like Chocolate
May 10, 2017 - Rio Grande running high this afternoon, May 10, 2017.
There has been a lot of thunderstorm activity over the past few...
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Hawks
May 07, 2017 - Hawk in the distance flying over the bosque.
This very large bird looks like an Osprey, but it doesn't seem to have...
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Moonlit Hide & Seek
May 06, 2017 - Well after sunset, in the darkness lit up by a three quarter moon, a beaver dove under a thicket along the opposite bank...
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19:05:43 — 19:41:50
May 05, 2017 - Muskrat. 19:05:43
Wood Ducks. 19:12:19
Clear ditch. 19:14:01.
Tamarisk. 19:25:18.
Backlit elm. 19:27...
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Duckies, Sunsets, Shooting the Moon
May 03, 2017 - Laurie photographed a mama duck with her ducklings paddling around in the Duck Pond at UNM.
Clouds after sunset las...
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Aroma Therapy
May 02, 2017 - Sasha thinks there's nothing like snorting and rolling around on the floor with a stinky pair of socks to help her unwin...
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And The Fountain Comes Tumbling Down
May 01, 2017 - View looking north
Demolition of the fountain on Civic Plaza in Downtown Albuquerque started this afternoon. I took p...
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La Gata con la cara de Mala Leche
April 30, 2017 - Lola giving Spunk mala leche
Lola is really a sweet kitty to people, but when it comes to most other cats, watch out.
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Saturday on the Ditch Bank
April 29, 2017 - Looking south at a volcano in the distance.
Wild poppy
A swallow of some type
Towers in the clouds on the...
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Iron Knot
April 28, 2017 - Rain fell hard against the threatening darkness, making craters in the water as we walked to the river. An iron knot som...
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A Walk Up Old Route 66
April 26, 2017 - Looking east from the corner of Union Square and Central (Old Route 66) just east of the railroad tracks.
I walked up...
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Bullfrog, Butterfly, Arachnid
April 24, 2017 - Big Bullfrog sunbathing
Tiny little butterfly
Spider waits for prey
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Rio Grande Beaver
April 23, 2017 - A big wet critter across the raging waters of the Rio Grande on the now flooded sandbar.
We went out for a walk on th...
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Record Store Day
April 22, 2017 - Time to dust off the turntable
I celebrated Record Store Day by going to Charley's 33's & CD's on the corner of Menau...
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Fish, Flowers, Falling into Darkness
April 21, 2017 - Fishes frolicked in the shallows
Splashing spirals colors rippled
Fluid gems against currents swim
Flowers danced in...
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1969 Mustang 351
April 20, 2017 - I know for sure that this car is a Ford Mustang. I pretty sure its model year is 1969, and the hood scoop indicates it h...
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Window Cats
April 19, 2017 - Doves on the fence just outside the window teasing Spunk
Sasha outside looking in
The dove's view of Spunk...
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I Taw a Putty Tat
April 17, 2017 - The neighbor's cat reminds me of Sylvester.
I got my shots today, which included: Hepetitis B Vaccine, Pneumococcal P...
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The Battle
April 16, 2017 - Prepared for battle, backs to the sun
The phalanx stood before me
Hundreds of tall, thin wooden warriors
Against shar...
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Bunny, Butterflies, Surprise
April 15, 2017 - Easter Bunny out at sunrise
Started to hop off when I got too close
And quickly got into full bunny run
S...
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Lizard Love
April 14, 2017 - Hmmm! Looks like a little hanky-panky going on down there!
The shady side of Susan's east wall turned out to be a h...
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Running on Empty
April 13, 2017 - When Bruce and I were in the parking area under Civic Plaza photographing the supports, Bruce suggested we go through th...
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Slippery Slider
April 12, 2017 - Slippery slider sunning itself.
While I was out walking on the bank of the clearwater ditch, I spied at a distance wh...
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Mayor Berry, Tear Down This Fountain
April 11, 2017 - The fountain is behind the "Hard Hats Required..." sign.
How do you go about preparing to tear out a leaky old founta...
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Diné, 1999 — 2017
April 10, 2017 - We lost Diné this morning to old age. We got her in the summer of 1999 after we got back from living in Spain for three...
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RepenT
April 09, 2017 - Since the old guy is standing on the median with cars passing by, is he using Repe N T as a "transitive" verb in an atte...
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Floral Fire & Ice
April 08, 2017 - Tulips on fire
Icy white tulip
Lady Banks came into full bloom today
Austrian Copper starting to bloom to...
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The Buzzards and the Hummingbird Moth
April 07, 2017 - Buzzards flew above my head today
Flew so high they kissed the moon
A hummingbird moth buzzed round my feet today
Cur...
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Søren & Spunk
April 06, 2017 - Søren decided to come and and be social. Originally he wanted to sit on my shoulder, but the shirt I was wearing was too...
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Frost Bites
April 05, 2017 - We had some of the best wisteria in years.
But a biting frost last night took care of the wisteria.
White tuli...
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Suavecito & Spunk do Sennheiser
April 04, 2017 - Suavecito got a new pair of Sennheiser headphones and thought they were pretty cool. Turned out they are the exact same...
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Guilty
April 01, 2017 - “To paint or to photograph —
That is the question:
Whether ’tis more to my advantage
to color
Photographic accidents...
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Big Sky Calling
March 31, 2017 - Sun crashes to the ground
Throw colors far and wide
Yellow into red consumed by graying blue
Fleeting moments embers...
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The Doctor's Dog
March 28, 2017 - My primary care doctor is retiring. I stopped by his office to pick up my medical records. I didn't see my doctor, but I...
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cats Cats CATS
March 27, 2017 - Najar: "Can't a lady get a little beauty sleep around here? Stupid paparazzo!"
Marble has no problem getting her be...
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Silence of the Frogs
March 26, 2017 - I stood on the bank
Called for the frogs
Frogs? Hey frogs are you there today?
The sun is shining, rays are warm
Can...
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Red Green
March 25, 2017 - The Rio Grande is running high and fast from spring runoff. The muddy water has a lot of red in it from the red soils fo...
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Kitty with a Curly Tail
March 24, 2017 - Loki the black kitty formerly known as Midnight
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First Water
March 23, 2017 - 30 degree free fall
Warm skies turn cold
Blue to gray, gray to white
Hailstorm blinds
Muddy water
Speed slowed a re...
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Big Red Road Kill
March 22, 2017 - Murder in the alley
A bloody mess
Dead donut impaled
C# concertina
Stollen wheels
Sad loss for homeless
Infinite a...
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Worms Then & Now
March 18, 2017 - Left to right: Laurie, Ann, Jim, Liz, Leah, Lane circa 1985.
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Thirty years ago when I was photographing weddings for...
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Lightscapes
March 16, 2017 - Civic Plaza. Downtown Albuquerque, NM.
Convention Center. Downtown Albuquerque, NM.
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Too Bad
March 15, 2017 - O n cold gray walk
H ot tamales spilled
C old winter sun
R ays slowly soften
A ride to hitch
P oor unsuspecting s...
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π Down, Billy Momo Up
March 14, 2017 - Sunset for Π day
The sun has set on Π Day. Some people brought in pie, because many people pronounce Π as "pie"; but...
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Muskrat Speed
March 13, 2017 - I saw a muskrat at warp speed today
Disturbed the light
Made it fray
Split water streaked by light
Illuminating spar...
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Street Cypher
March 12, 2017 - At the corner of 4th Street and Central (Old Route 66) in Downtown Albuquerque
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Ach Nein! Nine Gnari*
March 11, 2017 - The black kitty formerly known as Midnight†
We enter the age of Aquarius
Clawing at the cuffs of Heaven
Fluorine fe...
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Dirt, Deals, Surreal
March 10, 2017 - Seal the deal
Scene behind the screen or painted?
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Jake's Space
March 09, 2017 - Looks like Jake has a new truck sitting "Off Road" in the space reserved for Jake.
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He Lit Up Our Lives
March 08, 2017 - In the summer of 2011, I was getting spam mail from Kevin, the secretary and Kevin's boss at RKL about a big architectur...
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Cold Cat Morning
March 07, 2017 - When I got up this morning at 06:20, the temperature in the bedroom was 52º F (11.1º C), and the outside temperature was...
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The Beach
March 05, 2017 - Our own "private beach" — just a hop, skip and a jump away.
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Another Saturday in a Life
March 04, 2017 - A letter from my grandfather to his mother, France1918.
Aujourd'hui j'ai vu l'aube dis donc
un anneau de feu empliss...
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Hot Wheels
March 03, 2017 - On our way out to lunch this afternoon, a Sheriff's Deputy was putting money in the parking meter before he went into th...
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Foaming at the Chase
March 01, 2017 - Chase behind the ladder with framing for a new chase to cover the new sewer pipe near the ceiling.
The Dictionary o...
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Flight of the Blue
February 28, 2017 - A great blue heron flew up out of the ditch in front of me and landed in a cottonwood tree along the levee a few hundred...
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Stuck in the Middle with Gray
February 27, 2017 - Dawn Sunday morning looked much like the first photo from our property, but we couldn't see the mountains because of low...
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Joy
February 23, 2017 - Bruski and I went out and made joy over Shia LaBeouf shutting down his camera. The JOY art project on Civic Plaza is muc...
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It's Half the Poem it Used to Be
February 22, 2017 - You can see the complete poem by Hakim Bellamy of Albuquerque at Cycles & Sights on Route 66 fourth photo down.
Stu...
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Wait
February 21, 2017 - Sometimes
Wait
You
Wait
Just have to
Wait
sit and
Wait
For
Wait
A light
Wait
To come on
Wait
For
Wait
An...
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LaBeouf & the Back Side of Route 66
February 20, 2017 - Shia LaBeouf installed a live feed video on the west side of the El Rey Theater at Central Ave (Old Route 66) and 7th St...
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A Saturday in a Life
February 18, 2017 - I saw the dawn today oh boy
A ring of fire filled morning sky
Yellows push reds purples into gray
Sunlight fought
Cl...
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Off Center & Not Even
February 16, 2017 - A really good example of being "off center and not even".
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Shelby Cobra on Route 66
February 15, 2017 - I photographed this car parked on Central Ave (Old Route 66) in Downtown Albuquerque from across the street. I didn't bo...
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Valentine's Day Downtown
February 14, 2017 - ESP
First Plaza
A three point play
Love in the twilight
Sunset
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History Corner
February 13, 2017 - This bronze plaque on the old Sears Building on the corner of 5th Street and Central Ave (Old Route 66) in Downtown Albu...
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Surreal Sunrise
February 12, 2017 - I was awakened by colors brewing in the eastern sky. I extracted myself from the furry purrs snuggled in from head to to...
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Cycles & Sights on Route 66
February 11, 2017 - Chopper and beer
Renovation
@#%&!#© paparazzo!
Whoa! Street poetry.
Get your kicks, Asian food, mass...
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Snow Moon Eclipse
February 10, 2017 - Waiting for the moon to rise, we watched the Sandias as crows flew by.
Crows fly off into the sunset over cranes se...
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As The Cranes Dwindle
February 07, 2017 - We see and hear fewer and fewer cranes these days as they are starting to make their way northward to Canada where they...
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Find the Bunny
February 06, 2017 - There's a bunny in plain view in each of these photos. Can you find the bunny?
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R 1200 R
February 04, 2017 - Tristan's friend asked her to take a motorcycle course with him a couple of weeks ago. Tristan took to motorcycles like...
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Taking It Higher
February 03, 2017 - As the sewer saga continues, the pipes connecting from the east were full of dirt, so they were most likely old floor dr...
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Perfect PET
February 02, 2017 - Spunk with the coasters Susan Graham created. I had Spunk's coasters looking over me the whole time I was in the hospita...
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Cat Scan
February 01, 2017 - I had a PET scan this morning for a three month check after the stem cell transplant. A CAT scan was originally schedule...
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Cat Lovers On Board
January 31, 2017 - I do believe the people who drive this car like cats.
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Cone Head Style
January 30, 2017 - The dried echinaceas, with the help of the finches and other critters, come up with some pretty creative cone head style...
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Amoeba & Sliver Moon
January 29, 2017 - Amoeba suspended
Floats in space
simple life form
Plasma bound
Moon tugs
At the earth
Pulls against the spin
One...
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¿Qué Pedo Guey?
January 27, 2017 - "¡Fuchi capesta! My eyes are burning!"* And thus the sewer saga continues. Less than a week after digging up the sewer l...
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It's Alive!
January 25, 2017 - A box of old 3.5" floppy diskettes. We have boxes and boxes of floppies.
After painting the office, and between sewer...
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CSI
January 24, 2017 - People who have been flying off the handle over Trump are sissies compared to Lobo Louie, who flew into a rage after he...
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Pantera In The Wild
January 23, 2017 - I really liked the Pantera when I first saw one in the early 1970's. This one, that I photographed in a drive by leaving...
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Color, B&W, Sunset
January 21, 2017 - Rain fell all night, turning from wet to icy to light hail that left a thin covering of white on the ground in the early...
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How To Slice Irish Soda Bread
January 19, 2017 - "Here, Laurie, take this knife,"
"How is this, Spunk?" "Move it over just a little."
"Let get some of these cr...
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Cut The Crap / Average White Boys
January 16, 2017 - It was not an easy job, but the plumber finally cut a section a section of the sewer pipe out.
The clog was not...
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Last Call, Saul
January 15, 2017 - Valliant Printing Company, a couple of blocks from our office on Gold in Downtown Albuquerque, and, from what I've heard...
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Cutting up on Friday the 13th
January 13, 2017 - What do you do when you have to cut a hole in the floor to dig up the sewer line in the back of the office on Friday the...
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You're welcome for the nightmare
January 12, 2017 - I found a large brood of daddy longlegs under a computer desk I took apart to give away. After photographing the little...
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Looking Through Plastic Lightly
January 10, 2017 - Laurie brought home a new plastic box for organizing, but before anything could be organized, Spunk had to to do his who...
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Silly Cranes
January 09, 2017 - I don't know if these two cranes were drunk from eating fermented apples in the orchard or there are just a couple of jo...
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Cattitude
January 08, 2017 - "Go ahead. Make my day!"
Spunk, Rosencrantz and "L'Italiano Medio" by Articolo 31.
"Got Cattitude?"...
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First Snow
January 06, 2017 - Rosencrantz making a triangle in the snow.
Los Reyes Magos and La Befana brought us snow for Epiphany.
A dusting...
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Five F's
January 03, 2017 - STTT — Spunk testing the twine
Spunk does the five F's — F inally F inished F ixing F rail F alling apart winnowing...
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The Things We Do For Luck
January 01, 2017 - Spunk checking out the original sewing on the winnowing basket
I notice a lot of people do photo challenges on their...
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New Year
December 31, 2016 - The year of our Lord two-thousand sixteen was a strange year with many celebrity deaths, increased violence all over the...
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Spunk Stew
December 30, 2016 - Spunk stew is very easy. Just set out a large stock pot and wait for Spunk to jump in.
He WILL jump in (guarantee...
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What I Did On My Christmas Break
December 29, 2016 - Reception area before
One of the advantages to closing the office between Christmas and New Years is I can do things...
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"America Needs You Harry Truman"
December 28, 2016 - I can't imagine a bumper sticker surviving 70 years in the New Mexico sun and being at all legible, but the faded and cr...
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Winter Black & White
December 26, 2016 - X marks the spot
Cold winter light
Trees, mountains, towers
Reflections
Black and white
Thin clouds hang
Pull on t...
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Cat—Opoly
December 26, 2016 - We got Cat—Opoly for Christmas. Playing the game with six players was long and drawn out, going on past midnight.
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Christmas Season Cats — Meowy Christmas
December 24, 2016 - Sasha's Christmas Card
Twas the night before Christmas...
Spunk's Christmas card
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Christmas Season Cats — Cooking With Kitties
December 23, 2016 - Sasha: "Ahhh! It smells like Heaven."
Spunk: "Whoa! Look! I think I see Santa."
Sasha: "Did you see Santa?" Na...
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Christmas Season Cats — Spunk Helps Decorate
December 22, 2016 - We hadn't put up any Christmas decorations this year, so Spunk made himself useful and decorated our gnarly bonsai. I go...
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Camera Shelf Cats
December 14, 2016 - Spunk with Spunk, Spunk, Spunk and Spunk
Najar trying to stare down the camera
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Sunsets & Super Moons
December 13, 2016 - Patti called last night on her way home to tell me the Sandias were pink and the moon was rising between the mountains a...
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Fire Rainbow
December 12, 2016 - There was a really nice fire rainbow on my way to work this morning. These colorful clouds probably fall into the catego...
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Lola Loves Limp Celery
December 11, 2016 - It's hard to disturb Rosencrantz when he's having a good catnap.
Never ask a twisted photographer like me if he thi...
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Gnarly Trail To Nowhere
December 10, 2016 - I stepped onto a gnarly path to nowhere — like being swallowed by the valley of death, its briars and brambles cut and s...
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Cat Check
December 09, 2016 - Spunk reading about the Mazda 787B rotary engine race car that won at Le Mans in 1991. Spunk learned that Mazda remains...
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Fate & Love In The Digital Age
December 07, 2016 - Photo by D1
Who could blame them. Neither one had any control over their situations. Adopting simple names of D1 an...
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Flash Fiction
December 06, 2016 - Jake was high as a kite when he walked into the convenience store. After looking around nervously to assure himself ther...
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One, Two, Three Red-Tailed Hawks
December 05, 2016 - This hawk circled off by itself most of the time they where circling
Three red-tailed hawks circled high above the fi...
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Kitties, Coyotes and Cranes Oh My
December 03, 2016 - A black kitty in the shade of an apple tree
Black kitty with cranes in the background
A coyote ran by me on th...
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Heat Hog
December 02, 2016 - With outside temperatures dropping into the low teens this week, the morning temps in our bedroom have been down around...
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I'm On A Bike
December 01, 2016 - I'm on a bike*
Hey look at me cause I'm sitting on a bike
I'm on a bike
Take a real good look at the hairball-chuckin...
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Mural on Second Street
November 30, 2016 - With a portable heater blasting in the shadow a few feet away from the cold sun shining on Second Street, women worked p...
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Shelved
November 27, 2016 - Spunk looking "Beastly"
We got a new hand me down bookcase today, and Spunk and Najar were quick to check it out. T...
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Thanksgiving
November 25, 2016 - We started Thanksgiving day by letting the kitties sleep in.
We snuck the anchovies in with the other ingredients f...
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Cows & Cranes
November 24, 2016 - Last weekend was the Festival of the Cranes at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, about a 100 miles south of Al...
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What? No Coffee?
November 23, 2016 - "What's up paparazzo? I thought you were making coffee?"
Coffee is almost ready
"Wait a minute. I don't see an...
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The Girls Next Door
November 22, 2016 - Around the carrousel horse
The display on my buzzing cell phone showed Patrician Design calling — "This is Patti. Are...
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Finches
November 21, 2016 - Watched finches
Through the fence
They frolicked in the vines
Cracked pods
In drizzling rain
A prized seed
Fly...
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The Last Rose
November 20, 2016 - The last rose in an unprotected area of the garden to keep its beautiful form after the first really cold mornings last...
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Barking Spider Haiku
November 19, 2016 - Oh my what delight
Barking spiders in the night
holding sheets down tight
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Stem Cells Don't Multitask
November 17, 2016 - In the nearly three weeks that I have been out of the hospital, my white counts and red counts have been like rollercoas...
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Super Moon Parking Lot
November 14, 2016 - I hadn't planned on photographing the super moon today. From our house the sky would be too dark to get any detail aroun...
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The Seed
November 13, 2016 - A seed floats
Aimlessly on fall’s cool breeze
Above tall grasses
Of basketweave walls
Searching
Searching for bare...
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Almost Full
November 12, 2016 - The super moon will be full on Monday; however, the sky will be dark when it rises on Monday. The moon will rise after s...
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Prehistory as it was
November 11, 2016 - A long time ago after the great iBang created cyberspace and time, prehistoric devices that once filled rooms evolved in...
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The Match Haiku
November 08, 2016 - Brontosaurus fight
Fighting pink yellow mask blue
Who will win the match
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Go Storm
November 07, 2016 - No poem today. Only a storm behind the traffic lights. However, I do want to point out that I added two dropdown menus t...
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Squirrel
November 06, 2016 - A squirrel came to my window today
I asked him what he had to say
A silent look of slight dismay
Frozen he stood like...
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Amid The Fall
November 05, 2016 - They scavenge the foliage
Laid waste by old Jack Frost
Surviving frozen mornings
They search
Freeze dried blossoms,...
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A Leaf
November 03, 2016 - A leaf fell in my path today.
It floated, spun and tumbled to earth.
Where it settled on the black asphalt under foot.
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The Diner
November 02, 2016 - Chairs
Turned over on tables
Cola signs
Tell us what is good and real
Dreams
Broken and fulfilled
Push
Their colo...
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The Undertaker and the Cranes
October 31, 2016 - “What’s that?” Sandy asked Hilly as they walked in the frozen wasteland that had set upon the river at sunrise on all ha...
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I'M FREE
October 30, 2016 - After different people were having trouble counting days to schedule a Pentamadine treatment I have to have 15 days the...
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Hospital Day Twenty — White Counts Gone Wild
October 29, 2016 - Rosencrantz
I went back to 2010 to find photos of Rosencrantz playing in the snow, and Guildenstern and Diné pussyfoo...
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Hospital Day Nineteen — Mounted Patrol
October 28, 2016 - The balloons that inflate and launch in the wee hours before sunrise at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta are...
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Hospital Day Eighteen — Rising
October 27, 2016 - All the important counts were whole numbers this morning, rising as much as 10 times from yesterday; but my counts are s...
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Hospital Day Seventeen — We Have Takeoff
October 26, 2016 - "Cranes in the Mist" one of Susan's favorite photos that I've done. Happy Birthday, Susan!
On this date 58 years ag...
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Hospital Day Sixteen — Ducks Staring at the Moon
October 25, 2016 - When I found this photo searching around my archives, I somehow identified with the ducks. All counts still zero and I h...
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Hospital Day Fifteen — Not so Spunky
October 24, 2016 - Spunk taking advantage of a west facing window
All counts are still zero for my immune system, and my red blood cells...
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Hospital Day Fourteen — Reflecting
October 23, 2016 - Sasha in the glove basket reflecting against the big screen.
My counts are still at zero, and my red blood cells have...
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Hospital Day Thirteen — Mississippi Kite
October 22, 2016 - We have a few Mississippi Kites that spend the the summer months in the Rio Grande Valley. They like to perch high on a...
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Hospital Day Twelve — Strange
October 21, 2016 - Another found image I had forgotten about.
This was a rather strange Friday with some drugs out of stock, so I had...
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Hospital Day Eleven — Zero
October 20, 2016 - My counts hit zero today, which was to be expected. I'm hanging in, a little tired, but still walking in circles. I'm a...
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Hospital Day Ten — Laser Lights
October 19, 2016 - There is nothing intended to be symbolic about today's photos — they are from the pre-dawn laser light show at the Ballo...
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Hospital Day Nine — Day One
October 18, 2016 - Today starts day one for counting days to recovery. The stem cell re-infusion was day zero they told me. I have had no p...
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Hospital Day Eight — Out of the Ashes
October 17, 2016 - The stem cell re-infusion went well with no adverse side effects so far. The actual re-infusion took about an hour, but...
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Hospital Day Seven — Rest
October 16, 2016 - Day seven has been a day off from treatment more than a day of rest, as I have over 16,000 steps so far today. Lots of w...
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Hospital Day Six — The Point Of No Return
October 15, 2016 - Mechanical building is prominent
I moved to the positive air-flow room (Positive ISO Only) in the afternoon after I c...
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Hospital Day Five — A Few Balloons
October 14, 2016 - Since I still have lots of photos from the Balloon Fiesta, I decided I put of a few that seem to go with my situation —...
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Hospital Day Four — Call Me The Wiz
October 13, 2016 - Spunk is a fitting image for today since he is a Master Wiz himself. One of the peculiar things they have me do while I'...
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Hospital Day Three — Sunrise & Sunset
October 12, 2016 - Sunrise looking south out of the window of my hospital room
This marks the halfway point through my intensive chemo r...
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Hospital Day Two — Hanging In There
October 11, 2016 - Chemo ran long today with a little over three hours of Cytarabine and what was supposed to be fours hours of Etoposide e...
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Hospital Day One
October 10, 2016 - I was admitted to the hospital this morning to start the 6 days of intensive chemo in preparation for my stem cell trans...
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Catnap
October 09, 2016 - Lola, Rosencrantz and Spunk.
I had three cats napping and grooming on my legs while I was stretched out on the couc...
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Artificial Intelligence
October 06, 2016 - I started to throw out a cup of coffee a repairman left in one of the offices he was working in, but when I took the lid...
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T.Dashfield en El Camino de los Caminos
October 04, 2016 - It's a bird! It's a plane! No it's...
Blogging buddy, photographer, and all around cool person Teri Dashfield of Imag...
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2016 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta From The Field
October 01, 2016 - The crowd was already thick by 5:30 am as I made my way over to the media tent.
Crowd waiting for the glow to start...
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Black Moon: Another End Of The World Has Come And Gone
September 30, 2016 - The Black Moon rising between the clouds, marking yet another "end of the world". Of course, we can't see the dark side...
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Old Film and a Macro Lens
September 28, 2016 - "Develop before 10/2004" is printed on the box of Kodak Max 400 film I used to create these images. There is probably a...
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Black Cats & Photo Mags
September 27, 2016 - I found four photo mags at Barnes & Nobles that looked worthy — a French magazine called Photo, Black+White Photography...
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We don't sell no stinking photo magazines
September 26, 2016 - While I was waiting to see the doctor last week, someone had left a Popular Photography magazine in the mix of the usual...
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Vistas & Volcanos in B&W
September 25, 2016 - Views of the Sandias and the volcanos from Petroglyph National Monument.
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A Nice Pair Of Hooters
September 24, 2016 - This pair of Great Horned owls have been serenading us every night for the past several weeks. I was out just before sun...
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Truck, Truck, Everywhere a Truck
September 19, 2016 - As I squinted beneath the eyes of the sun at the shimmering rooftops forming lines into the distance before me, there we...
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Small World
September 17, 2016 - I got out my macro lens and took a walk through the garden with it....
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Cubs Fan
September 15, 2016 - While John was in our office in the late afternoon, he asked what the fan assembly sitting on our desk was. I told him i...
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A Few More Butterflies
September 14, 2016 - Monarch
Pearl Crescent
Buckeye
Buckeye
Buckeye
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Route 66 After Dark — 1st Street to Coors Boulevard
September 12, 2016 - This series of photos finishes out the stretch of Central Ave. from 1st Street and Central in Downtown Albuquerque to Co...
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Route 66 After Dark — Satellite Coffee to the Route 66 Diner
September 11, 2016 - Six years ago, I dropped Laurie off at her book group on a Sunday evening, drove over to Nob Hill on Central Ave (Old Ro...
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Basil
September 10, 2016 - Basil is one of Laurie's parent's cats. I got a few good shots of him before he decided the camera was too intimidating...
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J'aime Le Chat au Chapeau
September 09, 2016 - I could have been in a weird dream. As we followed the nurse into the prep-area of Interventional Radiology, we passed t...
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Like Blowing in the Wind
September 08, 2016 - I'm feeling a bit rattled and out of sorts — I will probably be deported tomorrow. I thought I was going to have a month...
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Buzzed by Buzzards
September 06, 2016 - As I photographed the turkey vultures circling over the bosque and Rio Grande, they flew a little closer to me, which ga...
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Forest of Sunflowers
September 04, 2016 - We've allowed the sunflowers to grow into a forest and kept the pathways through the garden cleared. Now that the blooms...
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Garden Miscellany
September 03, 2016 - Dream Come True
Dahlia
Altisimo
Cooper's Hawk
Cosmos
Cooper's Hawk taking flight
Altisimo...
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Plugged-in, Unplugged
August 31, 2016 - Laurie got a decent photo of me plugged into the stem cell harvester with the VASCATH they stuck in my neck only 15 minu...
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Harvest
August 29, 2016 - When I asked the nurse at the Cancer Center what I would be doing when I met with the transplant coordinator at Presbyte...
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Route 66
August 28, 2016 - Old Route 66 (Central Ave) looking west from 4th Street in Downtown Albuquerque on Sunday afternoon, August 28, 2016....
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Spider in the Wind
August 26, 2016 - I was trying to get the spider on its web in the dark, but the wind kept blowing the web around. The spider finally got...
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Broken Rainbow
August 22, 2016 - Although rainbows look pretty much the same, there is something irresistible about rainbows — the simple arc, the primar...
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Banged-up Buzzards
August 21, 2016 - A couple of buzzards circling over the bosque seemed pretty banged up and slightly feather bare.
Looks rough even a...
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Roses & Rose
August 19, 2016 - Mini Pearl
Rosencrantz
Rio Samba
Radiant Perfume
Princess de Monaco
Bella Roma...
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Critters & Roses
August 18, 2016 - From my walk in the garden this afternoon.
Rainbow Sorbet
Veteran's Honor
Leaf Hopper on Vete...
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Out to Lunch
August 17, 2016 - I started my third round of chemo today, so I'm feeling like I'm out to lunch. I'm actually entering photos in some loca...
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Roadrunner
August 14, 2016 - A roadrunner ran across the parking lot in front of me and gave me a silly look as I photographed him running by....
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Whacky
August 13, 2016 - Brocken 30 year old weed whacker. The metal eyelet that held the blade onto the frame broke making it unrepairable....
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Funeral for a Friend
August 09, 2016 - With great sadness I have to report that we lost Guildenstern today. Guildenstern was 16 years old. He had an episode of...
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Kissy Kats
August 08, 2016 - Sasha and Spunk like to rough and tumble all over the house on fight nights. Then they take a break and get all kitty ki...
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Burned Out
August 06, 2016 - We drove the loop up through the Jemez, by Valle Grande, around Los Alamos and Santa Fe, and back to Corrales, which was...
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Cite Des Baux De Provence, France
August 05, 2016 - Baux is built on a rock
Restaurant inside the narrow building...
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Arles, France
August 04, 2016 - While I was looking through my photo archives, I realized there are a lot of photos from when we were in France in 2013...
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Fight Night
August 03, 2016 - One of the many aspects of kitty entertainment at our house is fight night with Sasha and Spunk.
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Clouded Sulphur
August 01, 2016 - I was watching a pair of Clouded Sulphur butterflies (Colias philodice) whirling, rolling and fluttering around together...
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A Praying Mantis In The Hand...
July 31, 2016 - A Praying Mantis climbed up on me while I was sitting on the deck in the afternoon. She was very friendly, and posed for...
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Spunk, Hummingbird, Crow
July 30, 2016 - A hummingbird teased Spunk early in the morning while a crow cawed and pecked about in a cottonwood. You can see an anim...
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Monarch Mimic
July 28, 2016 - I spotted this butterfly out in the meadow playing with a monarch butterfly. I noticed it has a similar structure in the...
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More Critters
July 27, 2016 - Three times four calling birds
Incoming
Skinny Praying Mantis
Two times four calling birds
Peek-a-bo...
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Spider & Snake
July 26, 2016 - This spider had spun its web across the path just outside our front door.
Laurie came across this garter snake on t...
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Monarch in the Wind
July 25, 2016 - This Monarch Butterfly was very determined to feed on our white and pink butterfly bushes growing on the edge of our dec...
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Black on Yellow
July 23, 2016 - A rusty black butterfly was feeding on our yellow butterfly bush, and a dragonfly with tiger stripes was hanging out und...
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It's a Hot One
July 22, 2016 - 109º F (42.8º C) @ 5:59 pm
My car registered 109º F (42.8º C) outside in the late afternoon. When I got home, the kit...
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First Zipper
July 21, 2016 - Our first zipper spider of the season is small and thin.
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Toad-n-crantz
July 16, 2016 - Rosencrantz checking out the newly mulched path
In the morning I chopped and pulled weeds in the path the runs throug...
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Common Nighthawk
July 13, 2016 - Common Nighthawks are fast, and change direction constantly as they fly after insects, making it very difficult to get c...
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All the Buzz
July 12, 2016 - Bees wrestling
The bees are all a buzz about our first sunflower to bloom.
Blue dragonfly illuminated by my flas...
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PET Scans
July 11, 2016 - Injecting radioactive sugar into my system
I had a follow up PET scan on Friday, July 8th to see where I stand after...
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The Latest Sit / Stand Desktop
July 10, 2016 - My latest sit / stand desk has been much more of a challenge than the enlarger based desktops I've built recently, becau...
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Ratatouille
July 09, 2016 - Laurie made ratatouille and potato wedges this afternoon while I worked on a sit / stand desk.
Ingredients weighed, c...
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High Desert Forests
July 08, 2016 - Pearl Crescent butterfly in a forest of wild flowers
Wild flowers with bee
Hummingbird feeding at the top...
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Fireworks
July 04, 2016 - Albuquerque's 2016 4th of July Fireworks Show as seen from Corrales on the west bank of the Rio Grande.
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2016 Corrales 4th of July Parade
July 04, 2016 - The Sandoval County Princess, Sweetheart and their lovely friend welcome you to the 2016 Corrales 4th of July Parade...
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Wet Paint
July 03, 2016 - I put a little "WET PAINT" sign on the board I painted out in the catio the first thing this morning to see if it would...
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Dark Shadows
July 02, 2016 - Hummingbird in the dark shadows of the trumpet vine. Another busy day. I am getting a post in between what will be late...
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Staying Alive: Wales Wins
July 01, 2016 - Spunk and Sasha practicing their kitty soccer moves
If you haven't seen the music video Ready to Monday: The Band Of...
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A Busy Day
June 30, 2016 - Spunk: "Didn't you get me anything?"
After all the care from Laurie and the kitties, all your well wishes and positiv...
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Checkered Beetle and Bees
June 27, 2016 - Checkered Beetle on wildflowers
Bee on a carrot bloom
Bee on cosmos
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Art Cats
June 26, 2016 - Spunk making dramatic lines in his "sculptural cat" project
Sasha working on her "Conceptual Box" project
Naja...
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Barbecue, Butterflies, Cars, and a Colorful Dusk
June 25, 2016 - Tiger Swallowtail
I lit the grill at 7:30 am, rubbed the meat with seasoning and had it on the grill by 8:00 am. I we...
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After the Storm
June 23, 2016 - We had a nice thunderstorm in the afternoon while I laid on the couch with Spunk and Rosencrantz during my Neulasta® inj...
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Photographic Maneuvers in the Dark
June 22, 2016 - Horse riding by in very low light
I finished my second round of intensive chemo today which only took three days inst...
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From Blue to Bald
June 21, 2016 - Hey Spunk! What do you think?
I have now joined the rank of my favorite local celebrity "The Hoff", co-anchor on the...
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Strawberry Honey Moon
June 20, 2016 - Strawberry Moon rising over the Sandias and reflecting on the Rio Grande
A Strawberry Moon is full moon on Solstice,...
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One Hundred Five and Snow
June 18, 2016 - It was 105º when I left for the Cancer Center to get a Neupogen® shot
Summer snow under an almost full moon
It...
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HDR
June 17, 2016 - H erzogii — Floral forest of Cosmos herzogii
I 've been H olding D a R eins all week long while working, cat herding,...
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White
June 16, 2016 - Ladybugs on white, white lilies and hummingbird gymnastics.
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Smoke n' Gnats
June 15, 2016 - Gnats and smoke in the low sun
There is a large fire burning in the Manzanos south and east of Albuquerque. The smoke...
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The Decisive Moment
June 14, 2016 - Parc de sceaux bride by Marina Peters-Newell, Ph.D. ©2016
Anyone who studied photography and art during the last thir...
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Under A Half Moon
June 13, 2016 - Watching the sunset
Frolicking in the pollen
Whispering in a lamb's ear
Carrying babies on her abdomen
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Stop! Listen to the Bird!
June 12, 2016 - "Stop!"
After a rather short night with lots of trips to the bathroom, I finally woke up, dragged myself out of bed,...
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Tiger Lilies
June 11, 2016 - I was supposed to crash today, but it didn't happen; therefore, we worked on food prep, the yard, watering, cat herding...
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I'm Blue
June 10, 2016 - Tristan and Jamie have been pestering me for months to let them dye my hair blue. Since my hair will surely fall out fro...
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Dragonflies — Happiness, Change and New Beginnings
June 09, 2016 - Dragonflies are so much fun and so happy all the time, that it makes me happy to see them. No wonder they are a symbol o...
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Feeling Kinda Spunky Now
June 08, 2016 - One of the short-term benefits of treatment is they add steroids as part of the regimen, so they give me a little more e...
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A Stallion Stands In Need Of Company
June 07, 2016 - One of the horses on the 2016 Corrales Garden Tour struck some nice poses for me
I can really relate to the first sev...
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Chicken Haze All Through My Brain
June 06, 2016 - Three of the properties on the 2016 Corrales Garden Tour had chickens, so what better way to mix a discussion of cancer...
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Babies
June 05, 2016 - A turkey hen had her newly hatched poults taking cover under the trees and bushes in our orchard and garden.
The po...
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ƒ-Stop It Already
June 03, 2016 - Black Hollyhock — our first almost truly black flower
I'm a sucker for photo quizzes, but I always seem to get a big...
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The Mix
June 02, 2016 - Marmalade Skies
Kitty cat eyes
Strawberry fields forever
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Quatro Gotas
June 01, 2016 - Besides all the thunder, lighting, wind, threatening clouds and rainbows, we got four drops of rain at our house....
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Life in the Salvia
May 30, 2016 - The butterflies and honey bees love our salvia.
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Veteran's Honor and America
May 30, 2016 - Veteran's Honor with perfect form in appreciation of the service to our country our veterans have provided.
Veteran's...
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In the Garden
May 29, 2016 - Laurie and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary in the garden. All those years together is reflected in our garden...
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Cat Tails
May 28, 2016 - Lola, Sasha and Spunk
I got the kitties some new toys to play with including a kitty tunnel. Spunk got his first fora...
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Bad Cells & Stem Cells
May 27, 2016 - In February I went to the doctor about some tell tale symptoms I’d been having for a couple of months. I’d had these sam...
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Cat Four Friday
May 26, 2016 - Laurie, Lola, Guildenstern, Spunk and Diné
Spunk having happy dreams
Rosencrantz looking sleek and feisty...
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Mother Never Rests
May 25, 2016 - Mama Fly Catcher decided I wasn't much of a bother, and continued feeder her bottomless pits.
Double Delight...
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Tiny Spider Above My Head
May 24, 2016 - Every time I go out into the catio I walk into this tiny spider's web. I step out the door, get tangled in her web, look...
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Orton Hatches an Effect
May 22, 2016 - I put together three different photos to make this photo.
Teri Dashfield brought up the "Orton Effect" on her blog to...
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Cute Young Chicks
May 20, 2016 - stretching and watching
These chicks were in a tree waiting for mama bird to feed them. Mama bird had given each of t...
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Four Roses and a Landscape
May 19, 2016 - Graham Thomas
Pink Iceberg
Handel
About Face
Iris, Dr Huey, bamboo, cottonwoods, and the moon
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Feels Like I Have One Foot In The Twilight Zone
May 18, 2016 - I've been feeling like I have one foot in the Twilight Zone† for most of 2016 between the primary elections, politics an...
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Spunk Magic
May 17, 2016 - Abracadabra, whiskers and paw. Go now tail and stick to Lola!
How'd he do that?
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A Persistence of Dr. Huey
May 16, 2016 - Not too unlike Salvador Dali's floppy clock faces, Dr. Huey flows over, around and under walls, fences, landscape featur...
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Third Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr Huey Tour
May 14, 2016 - Our giant Dr Huey back lit by the early morning sunshine
We are doing our 3rd Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr. Huey T...
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13 Fotos For Friday The 13th
May 12, 2016 - Iris and Dr Huey
Lady Banks
Hopper on a Huey
Cherry Parfait
Tuscan Sun
Crab Spider
Stars &...
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Transit of Mercury
May 09, 2016 - 6:42 AM MDT. The sun poked through the clouds momentarily, but the clouds were too thick to see Mercury.
The sky was...
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Preparations to Photograph the End of the World
May 08, 2016 - The first test exposure with the lens wide open gave an interesting result. The sunspot is reflected in the octagon....
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Mad-Dogs
May 06, 2016 - Najar giving Sasha mad-dogs
Slap fight
Double dog dare mad-dogs
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Reflections on Route 66
May 04, 2016 - The Kimo Theater, old Sears Building and the tallest building in New Mexico, formerly known as the Bank of America Tower...
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Western Tanager
May 03, 2016 - I got these photos through the blinds in the bay windows in the kitchen. I'm not sure if he could see me, but he sensed...
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Keep Your Paws Off My Speaker
May 02, 2016 - Lola enjoying Techno music on her Bluetooth speaker
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Imperial Building Interiors
May 01, 2016 - Star chandelier in the entrance to the apartments
Residents begin moving into the Imperial building today. I got acce...
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Love Bugs & Iris
April 27, 2016 - Ladybugs having fun in the early morning sun
This iris has the blues
sunny side up
backlit
A...
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Stop and Smell the Flowers
April 26, 2016 - We got a variety of flowers that Laurie planted in a flower bowl on the deck. She put a couple of branches that broke of...
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Full Moon @ Medieval Lectures
April 24, 2016 - The full moon was like the sun shining through the clouds when we were walking to the car after the last lecture in this...
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Huginn ok Muninn
April 22, 2016 - Tristan's Tattoo (Tattoo artist Truett Deezy. Facebook.com/truett.deezy)
Hugin and Munin
Fly every day
Over all th...
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The Project
April 17, 2016 - You can read about the project at https://photoofthedayetc.wordpress.com/2016/04/17/the-project/
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On the Cover of Albuquerque Business First
April 15, 2016 - It's not the cover of the Rolling Stone, but having one of my photos published on the cover of Albuquerque Business Firs...
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First Bloom, Turkey & The Moon
April 14, 2016 - Lady Banks is our first rose to bloom in 2016, beating out Austrian Copper
Tom Turkey roosting under a half moon ne...
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Turkey Dawn
April 12, 2016 - I was awakened at 6:00 am by the sound of gobbling outside the window, and Spunk running in from the catio, bounding acr...
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The Black Cats
April 11, 2016 - Lola, Rosencrantz and Najar
Rosencrantz
Najar
Lola
Guildenstern
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Wealhþeow
April 09, 2016 - Laurie named her Black Widow Wealhþeow after the Queen of the Danes in Beowulf.
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Thorny Thursday
April 06, 2016 - Cary Grant is a thorny rosebush that produces beautiful roses. Grant had a difficult childhood, and while he had a hands...
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Car Wash
April 03, 2016 - I dropped by a local car wash today on my way home from getting materials for two more sit / stand desktops I'm working...
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Do You See What I See?
April 02, 2016 - Many years ago, when I was racing bicycles, in a race through Jemez Springs to Los Alamos, NM, one of my teammates, Joe...
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The Fly
March 30, 2016 - I chased this giant fly all over the yard trying to get a decent closeup photo of it. It would not let me get close enou...
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Dial AL6 996
March 29, 2016 - Home Hardware would have been on the eastern edge of Albuquerque at 4607 Menual N.E. in the late 1940's. Home Hardware i...
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Dusty Moonrise
March 27, 2016 - The wind blew hard all day the night before the full moon came up, and dust filled the air creating a soft veil over the...
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Perspectives on a Pile of Cats
March 25, 2016 - From Spunk's Perspective
While I was laying around on the couch this afternoon, I got a pile of cats on me. They had...
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Give Us Sunshine
March 22, 2016 - In these times of trouble, when the dark clouds of terror descent on the civilized world, we need a little sunshine to s...
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Three Little Daffies Don Peach
March 20, 2016 - These are the same " Three Little Daffies " that were yellow when I posted them on March 16th. The daffodils are named "...
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Free Style
March 20, 2016 - At the end of the Kicker Arena Cross Competition there was a Free Style demonstration by two riders. Some of the signs t...
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Kicker Arena Cross
March 19, 2016 - I went to the Kicker Arena Cross indoor motocross racing at the Santa Ana Star Center last night....
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Comic Relief
March 18, 2016 - Lola letting her tongue warm up after licking ice cream.
Diné giving us "Mad Dogs" after we put her in the bag to w...
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Spray
March 11, 2016 - When I started watering with the warmer weather, I discovered all the little cracks in the hoses and connections from fr...
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Old Stomping Ground
March 08, 2016 - While I was at UNM the other day, I stopped in the Art Building to see what was happening. The photo department was open...
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Happy Together
March 07, 2016 - Music video: THE TURTLES - Happy Together (1967)
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Gray & White
March 04, 2016 - Sasha's intense stare.
Spunk think about tearing through the wire.
Spunk looks before he leaps.
Spank mak...
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White Rabbit
March 03, 2016 - Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall…
And call Alice, when she was just small…
Go ask Alice, I think she'll know…...
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Last Cranes First Bloom
February 28, 2016 - Sandhill Cranes hanging out in the field next door
There are a handful of Sandhill Cranes hanging around in the neigh...
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Crows
February 27, 2016 - I turn to my old friend the Bestiary (Book of Beasts) MS Bodley 764 from the 13th Century for a discussion on crows. Wha...
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Pruned
February 22, 2016 - Stark and bare against the cottonwoods.
I took advantage of the the beautiful weather over the weekend to prune the f...
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Hello Yellow
February 21, 2016 - How's this for the "cool cat" look?
This yellow kitty has been coming around to visit for almost a year now. I did a...
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Stanley on the Bailey No. 4
February 20, 2016 - Shavings from planing down the door to the Catio.
Stanley is old (1940's), rough around the edges, and a bit rusty, b...
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Views From Days Gone By
February 17, 2016 - Dawn from the parking lot where the Imperial Building now stands taken Tuesday morning February 14, 2012.
Moonrise...
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STOP in the Name of Cat
February 15, 2016 - Lola
Lola
Najar
Najar
Sasha
Spunk
Spunk: "This is what I think of your stinking ST...
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V-Day Dinner
February 14, 2016 - I baked Laurie a dark chocolate heart cake for V-Day
The cake came out black from the dark chocolate so the candy h...
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Kissy Nails and Kitty Cats
February 14, 2016 - Happy Valentine's Day! I gave Laurie various nail polishes and stickers for Christmas. She saved what I call the "kissy...
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Under a Sliver Moon
February 10, 2016 - The sliver moon setting through a very light cloud cover.
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Lick the Bowl Sunday
February 07, 2016 - Few people were at Costo during the Super Bowl, so the shopping cart storage was filled to capacity.
I started to go...
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One for the Birds
February 06, 2016 - While Søren and Beaker are as much a part of our family as the kitties, they don't get as much blog time. Beaker, our 24...
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Boomer the Flying Bull
February 05, 2016 - Boomer the Flying Bull didn't touch down until he got Cody Jesus from Window Rock, AZ off his back. You can see an anima...
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Adventures with my Wankel
February 04, 2016 - Tools gathered for the job - floor jack, light, socket set, coffee cup with a classic Renault R5 on it, thermos, torque...
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Tote Bags & Laundry Baskets
February 03, 2016 - It's not only boxes, Spunk, Najar and Sasha love tot bags and laundry baskets as well.
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Foghorn in the Car
February 02, 2016 - More photos from the Super Nationals Car Show....
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Everyone Bites the Dust
January 31, 2016 - Dirt on the floor of the Santa Ana Star Center for the CBR.
I'm always surprised when people tell me they want to get...
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Crazy Cars, Hot Wheels & Henry Winkler
January 31, 2016 - The 25th annual Super Nationals car show is January 29-31, 2016 at the Lujan Complex @ Expo NM in Albuquerque. There are...
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Jack it up! Jack it up! Now they've shut the alley down
January 29, 2016 - When I went out to check on the progress on the new wall for Patrician Design yesterday morning, the rebar was pulled ou...
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Cats & Fashion Friday — Rosencrantz Sez
January 28, 2016 - Rosencrantz sez the black, leopard-like spots, flowers and roses are fine, but he's not sure about all that pink.
A...
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New Box
January 27, 2016 - No sooner than I got the new kettle out of the box than Sasha got in the box.
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Beyond Infinity
January 26, 2016 - Venus and Medusa at Prime
One thing I really liked about old, manual focus lenses is that when you set the lenses on...
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It's a New Dawn, It's a New Day, It's a New Dam
January 24, 2016 - The Conservancy staff tore out the beaver dam I photographed last week, and here "it's a new dawn, it's a new day" and t...
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And the Wall Comes Tumbling Down
January 22, 2016 - Just over 2 years after the two buildings on the end of our block burned, https://photoofthedayetc.wordpress.com/2013/12...
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Castor canadensis
January 20, 2016 - Looking at the beaver dam from under the bridge.
The Bestiary, or Book of Beasts, written between 1220 and 1250, desc...
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CompuSpunk
January 19, 2016 - Spunk waiting for me to sit down at the computer so he can get on lap. You can see an animated gif of CompuSpunk on my W...
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Hoodie on a Heater Vent
January 18, 2016 - Laurie's warm-up hoodie on the heater vent waiting for the heater to come on and warm it up.
Christmas nails and be...
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A Fence for Julie
January 17, 2016 - A fence for Julie.
Julie, who has Frog Pond Farm in New Zealand, loves wood fences. While I was out photographing the...
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Sunflower with a Mohawk
January 16, 2016 - While we were out on the river bank waiting for the Sandias to turn pink, which didn't happen, I noticed a sunflower wit...
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A Year of Climbing Dangerously
January 14, 2016 - Stick caricatures of Jay, me and Bruce with our various records, and daily tic-marks recording each day's climb.
A ye...
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The End's in Sight — A Year After A Ground Breaking Experience
January 12, 2016 - The corner of 3rd Street and Silver.
A year ago today I stood among the small crowd who had gathered to witness a gro...
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Spunk Paints His Nails
January 09, 2016 - Spunk thinking about painting his nails.
Spunk heard Laurie talking about how gel nails make her nails really strong...
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Spunk Discovers Fire
January 08, 2016 - Curiosity burned the paw as spunk got interested in the candle in the centerpiece Laurie had put together, and decided h...
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Snow Daze
January 07, 2016 - Laurie did this photo of the undisturbed snow in the labyrinth I cut in the black bamboo last summer before she took her...
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Rainy Days and Reyes
January 06, 2016 - A view of the west side of downtown from the 16th floor of the bank building
It rained most of the day on Día de los...
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Día de los Reyes Magos
January 05, 2016 - Tapas: olives, Spanish tortilla, chorizo, bread
On January 6th each year we celebrate Día de los Reyes Magos (Epiphan...
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Paparazzo en Bici
January 04, 2016 - Believe it or not, back in my racing days, this Z jersey actually fit me. Can anyone name the American who was riding fo...
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On Catnip
January 02, 2016 - I went outside and found some fresh, green catnip under the dried catnip, brought it inside and divided it up among the...
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We Sprung for a Springy Faucet
January 01, 2016 - Laurie's photo of Sasha and Spunk unpacking the new faucet.
Laurie and Sasha with the new faucet.
Laurie, Lola...
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More Spunk in the New Year
December 31, 2015 - HAPPY NEW YEAR! New year, new name, the same old place
Spunk looking out for the New Year.
Spunk helping sort th...
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The end that starts a new beginning T – 1 Day
December 30, 2015 - Cranes playing in the orchard
As 2015 closes, so does Photo of the Day, Etc. as it’s been done for the past 2000 cons...
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The Day the Film Died T – 2 Days
December 29, 2015 - Our property in Corrales not long after my parents moved here around December 1958. This style of slide mount in this ph...
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The Devil's in the Plumbing T – 3 Days
December 28, 2015 - The start of looking for the source of water coming up under the floor in one of our offices
Some say that "the Devil...
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Crows in the Snow T – 4 Days
December 27, 2015 - Crows in the trees during the snow storm.
Sandhill Cranes Getting ready to land in the Rio Grande with snow covered...
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That Sinking Feeling T – 5 Days
December 26, 2015 - Spunk helped me illustrate the problem with our old kitchen sink — a large stock pot did not fit well, and when we had a...
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Christmas Day The Day After T – 6 Days
December 25, 2015 - Sasha found Christmas!
Tristan snapped this photo of Laurie's reaction to opening yet another piece of plumbing....
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The Day Before Christmas T – 8 Days
December 23, 2015 - Twas the morning before Christmas and geese flew through the mist rising off the Rio Grande at sunrise. The Sandias had...
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Catwalk T – 9 Days
December 22, 2015 - The Catwalk National Scenic Trail is located in the Gila National Forest in Western New Mexico, north of Silver City. In...
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Holiday Preparations T – 10 Days
December 21, 2015 - Laurie assembled leftover greens, birds and pinecones into a beautiful centerpiece
In the thirty-three and a half yea...
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Spunk does 4X5 T – 11 Days
December 20, 2015 - Spunk checking out the 4X5 view camera.
After seeing yesterday's post where I had used a 4X5 view camera to create a...
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The Window in My Dreams T – 12 Days
December 19, 2015 - Laurie commented that this series of photos is a proto-blog because I created this photo essay in 1981 long before the I...
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Then and Now T – 13 Days
December 18, 2015 - The alley behind the block of buildings our office is in taken in 1980, 5 years before I started working downtown.
In...
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White Mesa T – 14 Days
December 17, 2015 - Looking north up a valley with the Jemez Mountains in the background.
White Mesa is about 45 miles north and west of...
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Silver City, City of Rocks T – 15 Days
December 16, 2015 - Downtown Silver City, New Mexico
The historic Palace Hotel is a fun place to stay
The lobby
Anoth...
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San Lorenzo Canyon T – 16 Days
December 15, 2015 - San Lorenzo Canyon Recreation Area is about 60 miles south of Albuquerque, and 20 Miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. Wh...
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El Malpais T – 17 Days
December 14, 2015 - El Malpais lava fields with Mount Taylor at 11,305 ft (3,446 m) in the background.
Mount Taylor is the source of the...
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White Sands T – 18 Days
December 13, 2015 - White Sands is another one of New Mexico's natural wonders that is well worth making an effort to visit....
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Sunrise, Sunset, In Between T – 19 Days
December 12, 2015 - A dragon's fire lit up the morning sky at sunrise
Spunk sleeping in
He just couldn't get his eyes to open afte...
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Volcanoes & Taos T – 20 Days
December 11, 2015 - Giant thunderhead west of the volcanos on Albuquerque's West Mesa
One of three extinct volcanoes on Alb...
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Snakes, Kitties, Lizards, Flowers & Hoodoos T – 22 Days
December 09, 2015 - Me with Red and Blue
Nick
Guildenstern & Tristan
Nick and Rosencrantz
Stretch
Guildenstern...
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Kilgore & Tyler T – 23 Days
December 08, 2015 - Kilgore, Texas — Oil! Oil! Oil!
Mercado's Restaurant in Tyler, Te...
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Big Bend and Roses T – 24 Days
December 07, 2015 - The photos on 24th day before 2016 are of Big Bend, Texas and award winning rose arrangements by me, Laurie and Tristan.
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The Preacher's Daughter T – 25 Days
December 06, 2015 - Five years ago, I beat the odds, so it's fitting that for the first of my Advent-style countdown to the end of the year,...
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Cha, Cha, Changes T – 26 Days
December 05, 2015 - A photo I took on July 10, 2010
What eventually turned into Photo of the Day, Etc. began on CaringBridge on July 10,...
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Brown Coat
December 04, 2015 - Spraying plaster over the scratch coat and smoothing it out to make the brown coat.
I explained the scratch and brown...
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A Horse With No Name
December 01, 2015 - "Oh horse hockey! Who's this stupid, pesky paparazzo?"
"What? I'll be Famous?"
"Now you're talking!"
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Fall Colors
November 30, 2015 - On a walk on the ditch in Corrales yesterday, I noticed the fall colors were still holding on despite the cold nights....
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A Little Bit of Blue
November 29, 2015 - Considering Blue is about 8 feet long, Tristan only has a little bit of Blue in these photos. All of the photos are shot...
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Of Dogs and Doppelgängers
November 27, 2015 - Of Dogs
Just shy of a week ago, an old yellow lab came knocking at the door asking to come inside. The cats said "No!"...
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Black Pads Friday
November 26, 2015 - While the shoppers go wild, I'm staying home with the cats.
Tesla, my brother-in-law's cat, wearing his bowtie
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Where have all the turkeys gone?
November 25, 2015 - Mama turkey flying off the wall into the yard
From July into October we had a family of ferrel turkeys visit almost d...
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Scratch Coat
November 23, 2015 - I haven't posted photos of the progress on the Imperial Building recently because there hadn't been a lot of visual chan...
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Cranes after Sundown
November 22, 2015 - I was out on the river just before the Sandias turned pink at sunset. A few cranes flew by as the sun set, but most of t...
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Illusionary elusive allusions
November 21, 2015 - Cropped, but not Photoshopped
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Mesa Verde
November 17, 2015 - Mesa Verde National Park in southwestern Colorado, about 35 west of Durango. Pueblo people lived in these cliff dwelling...
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First Snow
November 16, 2015 - I was in class for three hours last night. I drove through a very light snow on my way to class in Albuquerque's NE Heig...
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Hawk at Tent Rocks
November 15, 2015 - This is most likely a red-tailed hawk soaring through the valley below me when I was on top of the mesa at Tent Rocks....
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For the Love of Paris
November 14, 2015 - Views from the Eiffel Tower
A Bistro in Paris
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Shiprock
November 12, 2015 - Shiprock is located in the northwest corner of New Mexico in the Four Corners region. The formation is known as a "monad...
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Where the Dinosaurs Roamed
November 11, 2015 - The De-Na-Zin Wildernes area is part of the Bisti Badlands in northwestern New Mexico. There are Hoodoos (rock columns w...
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Trashed
November 10, 2015 - After ransacking the medicine boxes and invading Najar's favorite lounging spot, Sasha got a drink of water and then cra...
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Autumn Blues
November 09, 2015 - While out on a walk under clear skies in the crisp, cool autumn air, I noticed everything around me offered shades of bl...
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Freeze Dried Sun Day
November 07, 2015 - Some of the roses ended up freeze dried by the frost and were persevered with fairly good form. Most of the roses didn't...
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The Last of the Roses
November 06, 2015 - I took these photos early morning on Thursday, November 5th. We had a hard frost that night, which zapped these blooms....
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Calendar Ready
November 05, 2015 - My Xerox rep talked me into entering a photo in their local calendar contest. I went through my old photos and decided t...
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Dog by No Dogs
November 03, 2015 - Even though there are "No Dogs" signs promising $250 fines to offenders all over the bulletin boards at the trail head i...
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Cat Report
November 02, 2015 - Does this look like a kitty who would eat your clothes? Don't let that sweet look fool you!
What do you mean you "w...
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Tent Rocks
November 01, 2015 - Tent rocks on the edge of a 7 million year-old deposit of pumice, ash and tuff.
A long, long time ago, 7 million year...
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Not All The Rage
October 29, 2015 - Fotoplanking
While searching my archives for some other photos, I came across a series of photos I made back in 2011...
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5th & Central
October 28, 2015 - 5th Street & Central Avenue (old Route 66) in Downtown Albuquerque, NM
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Container Mall
October 24, 2015 - There's a small, awkward piece of land on the NE corner of I-40 and Carlisle in Albuquerque, NM that seemed of little us...
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Tales From My Youth — She was my best friend's mom
October 18, 2015 - Can the sane and quick among us understand the isolation and desolation of those who are insane and dead to the world?...
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Shades of Orange
October 16, 2015 - carrots from the garden
Wagner's pumpkin patch
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Freaky Friday
October 15, 2015 - Zipper Spider shadow casting
Invasion of Vader
48888 @ 88
Rosencrantz helping with sound
Warp Speed...
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Udderly Ridiculous
October 14, 2015 - A few more of the special shapes balloons at the 2015 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta....
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Søren, Rosencrantz and We
October 13, 2015 - Søren, Rosencrantz and Laurie celebrating Tristan's birthday
Rosencrantz giving the pesky paparazzo "mad dogs"...
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Tiny Jumper
October 12, 2015 - A tiny jumping spider takes on the challenge of climbing Chicago Peace rose as observed though my macro lens....
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Splash Down
October 11, 2015 - I was at the river just as the sun was rising over the mountains. The banks were too overgrown to see the balloons that...
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Tear of a Clown
October 08, 2015 - Burn Coco burn
Mama always told me not to look into the eyes of the sun, but mama! That's where the fun is!...
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Lobo Louie & The Cubs
October 07, 2015 - Chicago Peace Rose
Lobo Louie looking for a Cubs win
And... The Cubs win 4 to 0 over the Pirates
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Reaching for the Moon
October 03, 2015 - The International Ballon Fiesta is under way, and several balloons flew over the house today. The opening of the 27th An...
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SAD is Good
October 02, 2015 - For the longest time, I could not see what Dylan could possibly see in her either — she was pathetic in his presence, st...
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The View is Gone
October 01, 2015 - The view of the steeple through the window in the garage is gone, blocked by the Imperial Building
The 27th Annual Ol...
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Boxed and Sacked
September 29, 2015 - Rosencrantz watching the other kitties from the couch
Najar in a basket in the shelf looking a little tortured over...
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Wonder Woman & Horses
September 28, 2015 - Wonder Woman told me she has taken on the job of organizing the pet parade for the past three years. Since I've organize...
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Blood Moon Rising
September 27, 2015 - The air was cool under a crystal clear sky as I stood on the banks of the Rio Grande watching the Sandias fade into dark...
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Dog Day at the Pet Parade
September 26, 2015 - A Chinese Char Pei sports fashionable fall colors
The pet parade launched the Corrales Harvest Festival. I think ther...
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Ghosts of Travel Past
September 25, 2015 - While I was looking for some archived images, I came across photos I had done of the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, TX whe...
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Paw Lee
September 24, 2015 - When I was at 4 Paws Pet Hospital to pick up kitty meds and kitty food, Paw Lee the 12 toed kitty was cute as ever....
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Bright Night, Cool, Steamy Morning
September 23, 2015 - The moon rising after dusk when I went out to check the irrigation ditch
Bright, starlit sky at 2:30 AM when I went...
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Summer's Pinks Fade to White
September 21, 2015 - The cooler nights leading up to this last day of summer 2015, have been a reminder that frost will soon lay the wildflow...
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Changes
September 20, 2015 - With the Fall Equinox only two days away, trees are starting to change, geese are flying in, and fall colors are settlin...
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Seven Photos Four Stories
September 19, 2015 - Four stories with a high parapet around the top to wall-in the roof garden.
Progress on the Imperial Building as of S...
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Off the Wall
September 17, 2015 - When we walked over to 320 Gold S.W. to climb stairs, a Sheriff's Deputy was taping off the area around the entrance, an...
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Corrales Growers Market
September 13, 2015 - Every Sunday local farmers and farmers from nearby communities sell the produce and goods at the Corrales Growers Market...
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Spider Blocking the Door
September 12, 2015 - I opened the front door this morning to let Guildenstern out, and a spider had built her web between the frame and was b...
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End of Summer Sunset
September 11, 2015 - Looking east at the Sandias through the cottonwoods
Looking east at the bottom, straight up to overhead in the midd...
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Medical Catnip
September 10, 2015 - Roesntcrantz has had a difficult time the past few weeks. He got a piece of food stuck between his gums and back teeth,...
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Overgrown
September 08, 2015 - The sunflowers have been reaching for the sky for over a month, but just over the past week or so their blooms have gott...
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Praying Mantis in Space
September 07, 2015 - Turning my lens to the night sky, I was surprised to find a praying mantis in space.
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Kittens on a Grid
September 06, 2015 - Najar and Sasha inside looking out of the catio. The middle photo is a Siamese that was in the neighbor's yard. Since th...
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More Sunflowers Sunday
September 05, 2015 - We got more decent blooms on some of the various sunflowers we planted in early summer.
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The Rotary Club
September 04, 2015 - The sun had not come up as I approached I-25 in my Mazda RX-8 on my way to meet Tristan at the Mazda dealer. She dropped...
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Sunflowers Friday
September 03, 2015 - We planted a variety of sunflowers, and they have all grown up, but the grasshoppers have been chewing off the buds befo...
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The Other Side Of Downtown
September 02, 2015 - A few pics from a walk along the southern edge of Downtown Albuquerque.
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Kodak took our Kodachrome away
September 01, 2015 - Disney land as it would be put into a slide projector
If you are old enough to remember Kodachrome slide film, you mi...
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Bloody Good — Morning at the Vineyard: A Collection of Tangled Tales
August 24, 2015 - As we sat across from each other visiting over New Mexican food at Cecilia’s, I watched her pretty smile trying to catch...
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Tales From My Youth — Stranger than Fiction
August 23, 2015 - A motorcycle flying through the air and landing on someone is about as ridiculous as sharks falling from the sky and att...
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Rain but no rain
August 21, 2015 - We had one of those very "Middle Rio Grande Valley" days where we had rain all around, but only a few drops fell at our...
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Smells Like Green Chile
August 20, 2015 - “Ooooh that smell. Can't you smell that smell? Ooooh that smell.” The smell of green chile that’s all around you! It's t...
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Waiting for Snow
August 19, 2015 - Waiting in line for "Snow Tha Product" in concert at the Sunshine Theater downtown.
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Three to Four
August 17, 2015 - Imperial Building Project on 8/6/2015. The 3rd Floor is well under way
The Imperial Building Project 8/17/2015. The...
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Macro Moments
August 15, 2015 - While I have been doing "Tales From My Youth..." on Sundays for the past month, I didn't have time this week to create p...
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Fun Fight & Flowers Friday
August 13, 2015 - A new set of loppers came in and the slim box prompted Spunk and Sasha to have a sparing session. The flowers are lookin...
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The Labyrinth
August 12, 2015 - Our black bamboo has grown into a fairly large forest — a couple of weeks ago I decided to cut a labyrinth in the bamboo...
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The X-Pro1 is Back in the Saddle Again
August 11, 2015 - Back in July, the strap eyelet broke on my Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera I use for my carry camera. Since the only service cent...
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View From Ground Level
August 10, 2015 - A ground view of the construction going on behind the office taken on 8/6/2015.
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Our Garden Then and Now — The Circle Garden
August 09, 2015 - This was the beginning of the Circle Garden in the spring of 2001 after we cut down a 70 foot tall elm tree (stump on th...
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Tales From My Youth — Mack Crash Course
August 08, 2015 - “You need to pull the radiator so we can find the leak and see if we can repair it.” Mr. Haagenson told me as I stood in...
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Caturday In The Park
August 07, 2015 - Najar and Sasha watching something in the garden
There was lots of activity in and around the catio on Caturday.
Hum...
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Friday's Flowers — Fungus Among Us
August 06, 2015 - A toadstool, tiny wildflowers, nice clouds at sunset, garlic chives and more wildflowers.
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Turkeys in the Sun
August 05, 2015 - The turkey family was sunning themselves on one of our mulch pile. The mama turkey still has 8 little ones, but they wer...
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Looking East Looking West
August 04, 2015 - Looking east, July 26, 2015 at 8:19 pm
Looking west, July 26, 2015 at 8:20 pm
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El Sanctuario De San Lorenzo Circa 1857
August 03, 2015 - El Sanctuario De San Lorenzo Circa 1857, Bernalillo, NM
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Tales From My Youth — Ulysses S. Grant
August 01, 2015 - Ulysses rode his horse into the Sandoval County Court House. “I want to file my candidacy to run for governor” he told t...
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Atonement Tennessee
July 29, 2015 - If a deal is too good to be true, the truth may turnout to be a bit unnerving as Ralda ultimately discovers when she win...
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Paw Lee the Twelve Toed Kitten
July 27, 2015 - Paw Lee is the official office cat at 4 Paws Pet Hospital where I take our kitties for their veterinary care. Paw Lee wa...
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A Band of Wild Turkeys
July 26, 2015 - Wild turkeys, a hen with eight poults (ferrel turkeys really), have been hanging around in the yard. A group of turkeys...
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Tales From My Youth — Haagenson Motor Company
July 25, 2015 - He would be called a racist today. He called black people the “N” word, and when he couldn’t find where he left a tool,...
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Selkie
July 24, 2015 - The sea keeps secret the names of the souls who dwell in its depths, and Sam Harris will no more allow anyone to learn t...
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Hummingbird with a Mohawk
July 23, 2015 - He may be tiny; he may be cute; but you don't mess with a hummingbird with a mohawk! While I was trying to photograph th...
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Three Weeks and a Third Story
July 19, 2015 - July 2, 2015
July 10, 2015
July 17, 2015
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Tales From My Youth — Mark 16:18
July 18, 2015 - “Don’t forget to bring your snake tomorrow when you come to work on the house. I really want to meet him!” Tom reminded...
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A Question Mark
July 16, 2015 - This Question Mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) had been flying around the property for a few days, but it woul...
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Mirrorless Carry Camera
July 15, 2015 - Broken strap eyelet on the right side of the camera body
Who would have thought that such a little thing could be suc...
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Roses Lost in Days Gone By
July 14, 2015 - Roses lost over the years due to late frosts and dry conditions
"Grasshopper! Life sustains life and all livi...
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A Touch of Blue
July 13, 2015 - Tiny Western Tailed Blues have been foraging in the bosque. When I was looking up the type of butterfly these tiny blues...
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A Band of Gypsies
July 12, 2015 - Laurie, Tristan and me at a restaurant. The only restaurants we went to were Chinese to get spicy food or when we perfor...
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Tales From My Youth — Do Not Throw!
July 11, 2015 - “What a bloody mess!” I exclaimed as the lights flickered on illuminating the contrast of the red on the white tile and...
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Animal Farm
July 10, 2015 - This tiny little toad is next to a 1 1/2" thick 2X4 — we only see about half of the 2X4.
Bilbo the hedgehog was a l...
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Beaker
July 07, 2015 - Beaker was getting pretty annoyed by me trying to get him to pose. He spent most of the time biting on his rope, but he...
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Cat's got your tongue Tuesday
July 06, 2015 - Sasha: "BANZAI!!! AAAaaahhhh!"
Spunk: "Wha... What was that?" Sasha: "Hahahahaha! Sucker!"
Spunk: "Okay! Where...
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Frolicking with the Frogs
July 05, 2015 - While walking along the ditches last night, I saw lots of bullfrogs. When there isn't dried foliage on the edge of the b...
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And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air...
July 04, 2015 - The 4th of July was a fun filled day starting with photographing the parade in Corrales, and then dinner in the evening...
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Dancing with Dragonflies
July 03, 2015 - The dragonflies are out and there is a nice variety of them this year. There are several that buzz around but never seem...
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Play Misty for Me
June 30, 2015 - Sasha's soft, mystified look reminded me of "Play Misty for Me", possibly the first movie directed by and staring Clint...
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Chitalpa Paradise
June 29, 2015 - Giant wasp on chitalpa blossom
Our chitalpa that sits in the middle of what we call the "Circle Garden" finally leafe...
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Alligator Lizard In The Air
June 27, 2015 - 1:13 PM, Saturday, June 27th. An alligator lizard formed in the air over the Sandias. Wind was still and the temperature...
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A Fast Fish
June 26, 2015 - Fast Fish
Walking along the clearwater ditch last night I came across fast fish, muskrats, beaver, turtle and a famil...
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Friday's Flowers — Lilies
June 25, 2015 - Lilies abound, and finally a new record on the daily stair climb after what seems like months with no records. Jay did a...
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Those Old Cotton Flows Back Home
June 24, 2015 - Early morning yesterday was my morning to irrigate. Despite the Rio Grande running high, the heat has created more deman...
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As the building rises
June 23, 2015 - Checking out the progress
The construction workers are making major progress on the super structure on the building b...
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Falcon
June 22, 2015 - A 1965 Ford Falcon that is. A group of young people came rumbling down Gold Ave in this "souped-up" Ford Falcon while I...
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When the Weather is Hot
June 21, 2015 - Sasha behind a music stand
Summer has officially started and it's hot. The high temps have been around 100º F (37.8º...
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Walk on the Rio
June 20, 2015 - Yellow wildflowers in the bosque.
The Rio Grande is running high,
I sent my zoom lens in for service, so t...
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Cat in the Grass
June 19, 2015 - Rosencrantz in the grass
Storm clouds over the Sandias
Oriental lilies are blooming
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Like Snow in June
June 18, 2015 - Rosencrantz walking in the cotton blizzard.
The cottonwoods are producing lots of cotton this year, so it's like havi...
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A bird and a bee and a kitty in a tree
June 16, 2015 - I had my annual checkup with the doctor yesterday and all may lab results were so normal that the doctor told me all my...
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White
June 14, 2015 - I am transferring the photoofthedayetc.com domain name from Wordpress to this blog. As soon as the transfer is complete,...
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New Cats in Town
June 13, 2015 - Tabatha Tasca. A beautiful, petite Persian.
We drove to town for a party last night and these two cats were among the c...
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Peace and Panoramas
June 12, 2015 - Peace in at dawn after a light rain
Our roses are really blooming. Peace, which in the middle of the property and has...
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On the Ball
June 11, 2015 - "Take your cat to work day" found Sasha slipping out the back door while chasing a fly and ending up on the ball in the...
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The First Garden
June 08, 2015 - Laurie walking the labyrinth with shaded by her sun umbrella.
Laurie was the more flowery than anything in the first...
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2015 Corrales Garden Tour
June 07, 2015 - Tyrannosaurus between gardens tempting us with a bouquet of flowers
We went on the Corrales Garden Tour yesterday. Th...
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Sasha and the Box
June 06, 2015 - A purrfect fit!
We've had Sasha a week now and she's really made herself at home. A box bottom from a rice cooker is...
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On the edge from the center
June 05, 2015 - A shot from the center
Sometimes I have to get in the center, putting myself on the edge, to get the shot.
Old gat...
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Hummingbirds
June 04, 2015 - Hummingbirds in flight and grooming.
Hanging out in a rose bush
Grooming breast feathers
Shaking out the du...
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Got Ya Covered Zagster
June 03, 2015 - Photo of a photographer in the alley taken from the 16th floor of the NM Bank & Trust Building
Zagster bikes at 2nd...
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Sasha
June 01, 2015 - Sasha when she fist arrived Sunday night.
Sasha is now the 7th kitty in our clan. Her former owner could no longer ke...
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Early Birds
May 31, 2015 - Juvenile Yellow Bellied Flycatchers allowed me to get up close and personal in the early morning light.
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Cat and the Hat
May 30, 2015 - Guildenstern loves having Laurie carry him around the garden on her shoulder, under her hat.
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Thirty-three Years
May 29, 2015 - We fit right in with the "slow pedestrians".
We celebrated out 33rd wedding anniversary on Friday by riding the Sandi...
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Iron Grid
May 28, 2015 - A lot of progress has been made on the construction project behind the office since last week.
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Another One Biting In The Dust
May 27, 2015 - The neighbor's horses watching, playing and biting each other while our neighbor was raising dust dragging the arena wit...
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The 2nd Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr. Huey Tour
May 25, 2015 - Dr. Huey in a yard on Corrales Road with a Western Tanager in the foreground
Driving through Corrales in the springti...
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Macro Monday
May 24, 2015 - While I got all kinds of interesting macro shots of critters like lizards, grasshoppers, black widows, jumping spiders a...
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Fourth of July on a Morning in May
May 23, 2015 - Fourth of July came out pink backlit with the sun in the background
Still backlit and still pink
Fourth of Jul...
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Through the Catnip Brightly
May 22, 2015 - Guildenstern looking through the catnip brightly
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern were out enjoying the fresh catnip whil...
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Drivers on the Storm
May 21, 2015 - The clouds were spilling over the Sandias again on my way to the dentist at 8:00 am. On the way home at 7:00 pm, the clo...
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Selfie Shadow
May 20, 2015 - The shadow of a selfie
Construction Progress
The Manzanos from the parking structure
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On the Edge of Catnip
May 19, 2015 - Rosencrantz stands on the edge of the raised bed waiting expectantly for me to put down my camera and start rolling in t...
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Stormy Monday Tuesday
May 18, 2015 - Stormy Monday
Tuesday's sight
Wind blown Roses
Soft edges white
Peonies shimmer
In twilight
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Flying With The Cars
May 17, 2015 - A Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher was flying with the cars catching flies. I also finally got photos of a Hepatic Tanager, a r...
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Maximum Strength Sensitive
May 16, 2015 - Spunk was having too much fun playing with the box from the "Maximum Strength Sensitive" toothpaste.
Although the instr...
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Gophers in the Night
May 15, 2015 - It's 3:00 AM. Do you know where your gopher holes are? I certainly do when I irrigate. I find them bubbling up water and...
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Kitties, Cookies, Moths
May 14, 2015 - We are having a moth infestation. I don't know how they get into every room in the house, but they do.
Spunk huntin...
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Going Out Coming Back
May 12, 2015 - 8:30 AM driving to work
7:30 PM driving home
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Black & Spunk
May 10, 2015 - Rosencrantz with sheep
Najar being cute (photo by Tristan)
Spunk and Rosencrantz
Guildenstern
Rosenc...
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Black & Bee
May 09, 2015 - This is the first year a black iris has bloomed for us. In years past the frost got them before they bloomed. Even thoug...
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Root Canal
May 08, 2015 - "You will feel grinding and shaking" the endodontist told me as his drill's high pitched screeching undulated under the...
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Night Shift
May 07, 2015 - Filming an episode of "Night Shift" in front of our office.
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Iris in the Rain
May 06, 2015 - We are starting to get a nice variety of iris.
After hovering between 2:35 and 2:40 for the past several...
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Flycatcher
May 05, 2015 - "Is that a fly over there?"
"Gotcha!"
"Yum! Tasty fly!"
"Oh! Oh! Another!"
Wait a minute. You are a...
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Jetties Under A Rainbow
May 04, 2015 - We move from a bullfrog calling "May the Fourth be with you" to jetties under a rainbow for Cinco de Mayo.
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Bullfrog Calling
May 03, 2015 - As I walked up to the edge of the bank of the clearwater ditch, a frog pulled his head under the water and burrowed into...
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The Black Guard
May 02, 2015 - While Tristan was working on her paper for Radical Construction Grammar, Rosencrantz, Najar and Lola, AKA The Black Guar...
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Fragrant Memories at Night
May 01, 2015 - Fragrant Memory (pink) and Altisimo (red) at night.
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Plugging Gopher Holes in the Moonlight
April 30, 2015 - Plugging [gopher] holes in the moonlight
It’s a supernatural delight
Chupacabra’s a bit uptight
La Llorona's out of s...
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Tar Pot & Breakfast Burritos
April 29, 2015 - The open sky where the skylight was removed
The re-roofing is finally underway, so now there is a combined smell of w...
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Le chat d'orange
April 28, 2015 - This orange cat has been coming to the door for the past few weeks and getting our kitties all worked up. Until today, h...
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Fragrant
April 27, 2015 - Fragrant Apricot
Cuts you like a knife
Altisimo
Fragrant Memory
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Who Would Have Thought?
April 26, 2015 - A pigeon is not happy that we are tearing up the roof and she was letting us know what she thought of it.
While remov...
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Crazy Cute Kitties
April 25, 2015 - Diné
Spunk trying to play with Guildenstern
AAAaaahhhh!
Chomp!
Rosencrantz
Spunk
Lola gettin...
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First and Last Blooms
April 22, 2015 - I discovered our first iris and Austrian Copper had bloomed when I got home last night. Our wisteria got zapped by the h...
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25K Gallons
April 21, 2015 - A 25,000 gallon containment tank was installed in the hole behind our office as the cistern to collect runoff to water t...
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Kitties: Cute, Abstract and Otherwise
April 20, 2015 - Yes! Spunk you're cute!
Najar working on some abstract choreography
"If you want to live much longer, Paparazz...
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Betty Boop
April 19, 2015 - Betty Boop is our second rose to bloom this year. A parrot tulip getting ready to bloom looks like it could be in the "L...
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Anticipation
April 16, 2015 - Laurie got a rather anxious looking audience while she was cleaning the kitties' food dishes. The trinity of terror temp...
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MG 1600
April 13, 2015 - I saw this black MG 1600 parked on the street on our way to climb stairs.
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Ride of Spring
April 12, 2015 - New leaves on the elm tress provide a soft green background for a carriage ride on the ditch bank, under a mostly cloudy...
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Red Green
April 10, 2015 - A fire riser with an empty can made a nice red/green combination. The latest in the construction behind the office is th...
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Ladies First
April 09, 2015 - Lady Banks is our first rose to bloom this year. Usually she blooms right after Austrian Copper, which is normally close...
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Flora & Kitty Fauna
April 08, 2015 - The wisteria is blooming, along with the different colored tulips. The cats have been getting in some tip top lounging....
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Monday Bloody Monday
April 06, 2015 - There was a full, "blood moon", eclipse early Saturday morning. The eclipse started at 4:15 am MST and the moon set at 6...
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Catzilla
April 05, 2015 - Lola is like Godzilla compared to petite Najar. No wonder Najar peeks timidly over the edge of the counter as Lola/Catzi...
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I Love the Flower Girl
April 04, 2015 - And she makes me happy... Happy Easter!
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Snake, Tulips, Wild Turkey
April 03, 2015 - The boa has been nicely begging to be fed. We are starting to get the interesting tulips, and a wild turkey was in front...
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Moonrise, Lola and the Neon Tulip
April 02, 2015 - I raced home with Lola and drove up just in time to get the moon coming up behind the towers on the Sandias. Lola? You a...
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Kitty Prints
April 01, 2015 - I finally got around to printing Spunk's and Najar's negatives from the photo shoot they did on March 23rd. If you haven...
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Construction Progress
March 31, 2015 - They are drilling something like 86 piers for the structure that will be built above the parking garage to sit on. They...
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Flowers & Food
March 29, 2015 - I was going to print Spunk's negatives yesterday and have his photos up today, but, alas, digging out ditches the gopher...
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Positive Notes on Negative Development
March 28, 2015 - I developed the roll of film with the photos Spunk and Najar took during their photo session on March 23rd, and the extr...
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Smokin'
March 27, 2015 - One of our piles of mulch smoking in the crisp morning air. I set a personal almost record every day climbing stairs thi...
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Spunk does Film
March 25, 2015 - Spunk is wanting to see the results of the photo shoot he and Najar did on March 23rd. I explained that 1) we had to fin...
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02:48.20 on the 48th Climb
March 24, 2015 - I set a new personal record of 02:48.20 on the 48th climb to the 16th floor of the New Mexico Bank & Trust building. Naj...
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Yesterday & Today
March 23, 2015 - Yesterday when I watered these white tulips with purple edges the were clean and crisp. Today they were curling up....
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When Kittens Take Up Photography
March 22, 2015 - Spunk and Najar thought it would be fun to take up photography. They wanted to use a film camera, so I set up a Bronica...
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Rainbow
March 21, 2015 - A full rainbow from the south end of Corrales in the late afternoon. This is a panorama from 7 vertical frames that was...
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Horse Play
March 20, 2015 - The neighbor's horses feeling frisky on the first day of Spring!
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Snuggle Attack
March 19, 2015 - Even for as rambunctious and destructive as Spunk is, he also has snuggle attacks where he insists that I hold him and s...
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Lonely Church
March 18, 2015 - This church in Algodones reminds me of Eleanor Rigby — it stands lonely in the middle of an otherwise vacant dirt lot, c...
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Different Views
March 17, 2015 - Views of the Sandias from north of Corrales at Algodones and Placitas.
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El Camino on El Camino Real
March 16, 2015 - A 1969 Chevy Malibu El Camino on blocks on El Camino Real (Pan American Central Highway/NM 313) in Algodones, NM.
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The Butterflies and the Bee
March 15, 2015 - Our five-on-one plum is in full bloom and three butterflies and a bee where out in the late afternoon sun taking advanta...
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The Old Folk Kitties
March 14, 2015 - Since the kittens have been getting most of the attention lately, Diné, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern wanted to make an a...
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Upstairs, Downstairs
March 12, 2015 - Now everyone is getting into stair climbing. Leo and Nikita doing upstairs, downstairs. I set a new personal record yest...
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Hole-eee, Hole-eeE, Hole-eEE
March 11, 2015 - Locals will most likely get the title. They have been taking out lots and lots of dirt and making a big hole behind the...
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Cats Just Wanna Have Fun
March 10, 2015 - "You wanna come and have some fun in the box?"
Najar seeing if Rosencrantz is going to join in.
In the meanwhile,...
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Irish Soda Bread and a New Personal Record
March 09, 2015 - Laurie's really good at making Irish Soda Bread. I set a personal stair climbing record for 16 floors in 3:05.65.
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The Wall
March 08, 2015 - I've seen the wall from both sides now, from up and down, from all around, and still somehow — I can't believe there was...
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Red Tulips at Sunset
March 07, 2015 - When I left Saturday morning to go work on Tristan's wall, I noticed a red tulip was getting ready to bloom. By the time...
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Crows & Cows
March 06, 2015 - While out on a walk in Corrales I came across some crows and cows.
Cows: "Moooo...oore cowbell?"
Me: "Sorry cows. Al...
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Frisky Friday
March 05, 2015 - Najar and Spunk playing in bags and Spunk trying to sneak food off my plate.
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Moonrise On The Go
March 04, 2015 - The full moon had just come up when I got a drive-by on Coors Road at 60. I figured I could get home in time to get it c...
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Landscape & Church
March 03, 2015 - Prints from film of a landscape looking west over the Bernardo Wildlife Preserve in central New Mexico from Highway 60,...
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Spunk in a Spot
March 02, 2015 - Spunk got himself in a spot and was stuck. I got him down, but then he climbed back up and was all proud of himself. The...
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Blue Dawn
March 01, 2015 - All the snow is gone, and the dawn was blue.
I spent most of Sunday building a partition in one Tristan's rooms. The ro...
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Spunk in Snow on a Grid
February 28, 2015 - Spunk checking out Najar, who's the black blob hiding behind the tree branch. Evidence of kitty traffic on the steps int...
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Snow on a Grid
February 27, 2015 - Continuing my grid series, we got snow yesterday — it only took me two and a half hours to get home from the office last...
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03:13:38
February 26, 2015 - I got my personal best time for climbing the 16 floors yesterday. We picked up some new products — pre-catted paper towe...
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Stormy Morning
February 24, 2015 - Storming morning with a nice interaction between the clouds and sun.
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Through The Dark Window Lightly
February 23, 2015 - Spunk at the the dark window.
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New B&W Prints
February 22, 2015 - I've been developing and printing B&W photos, and experimenting with different developers and between using a cold light...
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The Last Orchid
February 21, 2015 - This orchid I got for my birthday in October has shed all it's flowers but this one.
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Construction Progress
February 20, 2015 - Status on the Imperial Building project in downtown Albuquerque on Friday afternoon, February 23, 2015.
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Count Spunkula on a Grid
February 18, 2015 - Count Spunkula (thanks for the name upgrade Lavinia!) in the catio looking out.
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Spunk in the Moonlight
February 16, 2015 - Spunk basking in the moonlight. The crescent moon at 6:10 am on 16 February 2015. The clouds at dawn at 6:45 am on 16 Fe...
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Phased Out
February 15, 2015 - I went out at 6:00 am on 15 February 2015 to get photos of t he waning crescent moon. A couple of weeks ago, Lavinia req...
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Digging it
February 14, 2015 - With temperatures in the low 70's, I worked on revamping watering systems in the garden, and cutting dead canes out of r...
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Blue Morning Blue Day
February 13, 2015 - Earlier in the week we had blue, fogging light in the morning., and a clear blue light through partly cloudy skies in th...
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Funky VWs
February 09, 2015 - A couple of interesting custom built VWs at the Super Nationals Car Show. The bus is actually built with the distorted c...
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Wendy the Drag Racer
February 08, 2015 - I went to the Super Nationals car show at Expo New Mexico on Sunday afternoon and had the pleasure of meeting Wendy Ries...
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Surprise!
February 07, 2015 - Spunk was playing on the counter chair for the camera to work of some of his kitty debt. The depth-of-field is very narr...
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Girl on a Grid
February 06, 2015 - Continuing with my grid series, Faye on the grid at the top landing in the parking structure.
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Goats on a Grid
February 05, 2015 - Goats in a pasture taken while I was on a walk in Corrales, NM.
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Grid on the Garage
February 04, 2015 - Grid on the 5th level of the parking garage. Faye and Sayre ready to descend the stairs.
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A touch of Green
February 02, 2015 - One of the wild cats that hangs out in the yard. He was sunning himself on one of our mulch piles, crouching down in a l...
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The Wall
February 01, 2015 - The wall from inside and outside of a parking garage in Downtown Albuquerque.
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Cat-Like Typing
January 31, 2015 - Najar was helping to keep the Internet radio tuned in while Laurie was in the shower. Najar was also helping with the la...
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