Our small raised bed greenhouse has been a great success. We now regularly have delicious salads and the tomatos are beginning to come in. The nearby birdhouse was host to a pair of western bluebirds and a pair of coyotes wandered by one afternoon looking for dinner.
We decided to visit the newly opened Vladem Contemporary and found some nice art and good views from the roof. After that we walked downtown to the Palace of the Governors on the plaza to see an exhibit of the art of Peter Aschwanden. Peter illustrated the famous How to Keep Your Volkswagon Alive manual, and I was lucky to meet him when I worked for John Muir Publications years ago. I was in an exhibition about comics and cartoons where he was also showing his work. His motto was, “Don’t set your valves too tight”.
Local critters take a break from digging up every square inch of our property to admire the nice sunset (actually, I think they were looking out for coyotes).
A strong storm moved through last evening, so I wasn’t able to photograph the full Strawberry Moon. We did get a welcome half inch of rain though and I did get some nice shots on the Solstice of the nearly full Moon through the clouds.
A young bull snake is patrolling the neighborhood. I’m hoping it won’t find the bird’s nest out on the portal!
Maisey has been here for 4 months and has adapted (and gotten more chonky).
Earlier this month, we noticed a new nest under the portal that I assumed was made by the House Finches. I soon saw the bird fly out and after many photos, determined it was a pair of Townsend Solitaires (aka flycatchers). Hopefully, this brood won’t disappear like the unfortunate thrashers and we’ll soon have a big family eating up all the mosquitos!
