Behold the modest young dude working his butt off doing dangerous work. You should have seen him going up and down the wall of wrecks using the chains as climbing ropes. This is interesting to me. There was a time I did vaguely similar things, back when bones almost never broke and if they did [...]
Llano Quemado
Not like this happens every day, you know, not here!
They’re leaving! If that’s not a miracle, I don’t know what is. And as metaphors go, this one is just fabulous. Those hulks have been part of the neighborhood scenery for way longer than the decade I’ve been here. The entire operation, from smashing in the roofs with a forklift, stacking the wrecks, and chaining [...]
Will bend rule of thirds to make a point
The madness continues! This one from yesterday evening is cool because of the orange light reflecting off the feeder. So many hummingbirds today, also bees. Getting dangerous around here. It’ll be sad when these guys go away again. Almost as sad as when our Rocky Mountain “summer” leaves, the price we paid to leave unending, [...]
Flaps down and coming in
There were plenty of hummingbirds this evening, mostly rufous females and immature males. I was lucky enough to get some nifty action shots like this one. A couple of these are rather different, and I’ll post more directly. »Buy This Photo!«
Found this guy upside down in a piñon tree. You can read that tale in BUFFALO LIGHTS.
Yesterday was a wonder. Real mountain weather. For most of the morning and afternoon, the air had an electrifying coolness under bright sun with just enough humidity to pull you in and not enough to make you leave. We drove into town on a water run to fill the 5-gallon jug at Cid’s. I found [...]
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