Our first bull snake of the season and he was about a four footer. He was hiding under our trash bin where I unwittingly was pounding down all the tumbleweeds we collected. He looked pretty dazed but luckily he survived and went off to find more rodents.
We have 3 major fires burning now in Northern New Mexico. The Cerro Pelado, Cooks Peak and Calf Canyon/Hermit Peak fires have consumed 168,600 acres as of this morning (approximately 13 Eldorados in size). Smoke from the Cerro Pelado fire is blowing over our neighborhood thanks to the high Spring winds. The charred remains of small twigs will occasionally fall from the sky.
For those of us living in the West… climate change is devastatingly real.
Headed solo to Austin for a memorial service. First visit in many years and things have changed in my old stomping grounds.
We decided to spend the birthday in the neighborhood due to the red flag wind warning. Luckily we were able to enjoy these clouds before the dust moved in.
Interesting clouds at this evening’s sunset along with a nice timelapse.
The greenbelt in Spring is now alive with the chippering of little prairie pals and that brings a young coyote lookin’ to meet a few!
Taking advantage of a warm sunny, non-windy day… we revisited a place we explored back in August. Despite a small wildfire nearby, a lot less smoke than our last visit. And we had the trail all to ourselves!
A waxing crescent moon and Orion setting with Betelgeuse and Sirius nearby.
Mrs Jabo (who took most of these photos) and I went on a date to the New Mexico Museum of Art and a walk around downtown Santa Fe. Lots more folks than I expected on a windy, rainy day but lots of fun and nice to see things getting back to somewhat normal.
