Oops, fell three days behind again. Now fixed! Almost done with the Arizona trip now. Next up, Los Changos del Mar (“New Mexico’s only extraterrestrial, psycho-surf-punk, spy-billy, harem conjunto!”) at Taos Plaza, then a custom car show. Heh.

A slightly different version of this and one other at FotoFeed. That’s from early yesterday afternoon, taken five minutes south of town looking roughly north.

Rio Grand Gorge w/ storm over Lobo Peak

I’m slowly catching up, still a day or two behind, but there are four more to see.

Meanwhile: here, for your viewing pleasure, is a baby horned toad. Yes, I finally “caught” one. This is a telephoto shot from about four feet away, cropped in Photoshop to bring it even closer. That’s one reason it’s a little blurry. The other reason is that I was in a hurry, obviously. And those are pine needles it’s clambering over, which should tell you something about the size (less than one inch long):

I’ve seen even smaller ones, too!

How did it get to be five days?? Anyway, FotoFeed is now current again. Today’s image is a cropped closeup from the shot below. It also shows up as the current header rollover on this page. (Mouse over my mug shot for a real thrill.) There’s even a hint of a rainbow:

Looking east toward El Salto and the village of Arroyo Seco

I took this on the way home from driving over Bobcat Pass (9,820 ft.) to look for elk. The beasts weren’t there today, but the scenery was stunning. The scene above is just north of Taos, by the way. Those are the Sangre de Cristos, of course, or at least a chunk of them.

Just a heads-up to let you know I’ve updated the current “Rio Pueblo Series” at FotoFeed…

There’s already been a sampling of it in a previous post, but this is even better stuff at 750 pixels. Three pictures are already up, starting here, and I’ll be posting more for the rest of the week, wide shots as well as close-ups with the telephoto lens.

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My wife and I took our usual over-the-mountain drive and ended up at the Rio Pueblo at 8,411 feet, just as the evening sun lit up the green plants growing on the bottom. I’ve never seen anything like it. While I wouldn’t necessarily drink it straight, just look at that beautiful clear water flowing on down to the Rio Grande. With living plants! This is a trout stream, too.

The Rio Pueblo and Carson National Forest, folks, hardly nobody around. All week at FotoFeed.

Here’s an image that will no doubt show up at 750 x 499 pixels on FotoFeed next week. I took the shot on Rt. 518, just over the pass on U.S. Hill coming from Peñasco. A picture of a guy taking a picture… I know just how he feels! That’s Taos Mountain in the background, with Wheeler Peak (13,153 feet) even farther back and slightly to the right.

Splendor in the pines

This spot is maybe 20-25 minutes from our house, which never ceases to blow my mind. we stopped here on the way back from an impulse trip to have a picnic on the Rio Pueblo: tall trees, green grass, a roaring river, plenty of wind and no one else around. If and when we move to a bigger place, that easy access could be lost, unless we manage to stay in the same neighborhood.

Just a heads-up that FotoFeed’s been updated. I have so many good ZoukFest pictures, I may run these for a while longer.

Here we go again: I’ve posted a series of photos from ZoukFest 2008, which starts just after another funny animal picture here.

There’s a lot going on at ZoukFest. Yours truly is taking a Cajun Ensemble class, audio to be posted soon. Expect more ZoukFest photos all this week at FotoFeed!

Three new pictures, not in sequence, so just visit FotoFeed and work your way back. Don’t let the giant hummingbird spook you, though.