Now that the temperatures are getting warmer, we’re seeing the wildlife beginning to appear. Along with the bothersome prairie dogs, we have our first black-chinned hummingbird and a new batch of thrasher hatchlings in a nearby cholla cactus.







Now that the temperatures are getting warmer, we’re seeing the wildlife beginning to appear. Along with the bothersome prairie dogs, we have our first black-chinned hummingbird and a new batch of thrasher hatchlings in a nearby cholla cactus.







The evening sunset along with a timelapse of the past evenings show and a rising moon.





For the birthday expedition, we had lunch at the San Marcos Cafe and Feedstore and then continued down 14 through Golden, NM and visited the Tinkertown Museum in Sandia Park, New Mexico. It is the creation of Ross Ward who carved the miniature people and scenery inside. There is a western town and big top circus along with a myriad of other artifacts (some are automated). One could spend days looking over all the work and the gift shop is a blast. For more, check out tinkertown.com.












Another tour with our out of state friends to the little town of Galisteo and its cemetery.






Good friends arrived from the East Coast and we took them to two of our favorite places, Quarai and the Pecos National Historical Park (previously on the blog here and here). Weather was lovely and thankfully, the wind wasn’t roaring. We also enjoyed the Pecos River and the songbirds serenading while we stopped to record a video.
















The eclipse was about 73% here but cloudy skies made it pretty fuzzy and at its peak, impossible to see. Only 20 years until the next one (unless we go to Iceland in 2026).






The tortillas usually don’t get no respect.

A visit to an old coal town that’s now an art mecca.












