We traveled up to Pueblo, CO to attend the Division II playoff game between the University of Texas Permian Basin Falcons (#10) and the Colorado State University Pueblo Thunderwolves (#4). My nephew is the Assistant Head Coach for UTPB. The Falcons jumped off to a 17 – 0 first half and never looked back, winning the first playoff victory in team history. Very exciting game that both teams played well.
Next up is the Central Colorado Mountaineers in Gunnison, CO. Go Falcons!
And one from the previous evening!
Caught the last of the Fall colors while riding on the Bosque bike trail that follows the Rio Grande in Albuquerque. Still a few cottonwoods with orange and yellow leaves. We also saw quite a few roadrunners darting across the trail. Stopped at the Nature Center to view the wetlands pond with the mallards, geese, egrets and turtles sunning themselves. Sadly, the pond near our starting point was bone dry, so no birds here.
Not visible to the naked eye, I was able to capture the Northern Lights tonight using a long exposure on the camera. Pretty stunning and I’m glad to see them.
Nice lenticular cloud (Joan snapped the one at sunrise) and a timelapse of the lenticular showing how rapid the air moves but how static the clouds are. Finally, an amazing sunset!
Various shots of November’s full Moon including a few art settings from the new camera.
My first photo of the elusive neighborhood bobcat was quickly followed by a juvenile harrier flying down the greenbelt. Earlier, I saw our local coyote out hunting in the greenbelt. The first snow of the year appeared in the Jemez on the 24th with interesting wispy clouds and sunsets as the storm lifted. Finally, a photo of the local Dia de los Muertos musical celebration at Our Lady of Light church in Lamy, NM.
It’s that time o’ year once again. The trees are losing their leaves, there’s a chill in the air and everyone is wondering when Death’s shadowy IQ test results will arrive. In that sinister spirit, I offer the venomous visions of my Annual Halloween Cartoon 2025. I was lucky to find those semi-expired anxiety pills in order to steady my shaky hand and guide my pen in finishing this year’s nightmare.
So stagger over to https://jaboart.com/Halloween/Hallo25/Hallo25.html and have a laugh while it’s still legal.
Happy Halloween, Dia de los Muertos and Apocalypse (if scheduled)!
Jabo
Amazing cumulonimbus clouds developed above us at sunset this evening. Udder-like mammatus clouds grew until the lightning and short rains and then they were gone.
Joan got a nice photo of the clouds at sunrise and I took some of the nearby mountains at sunset (they have an almost watercolor painting look to them). Also made a timelapse of the storms earlier this month. I tried to get a shot of the Comet Lemmon but it’s tiny and grainy. Oh well… I can try again in 1300 years!
