A peak that I have never scaled before. Inspired by the first colors of fall.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/bKJGoXsxV3y2UpYZA
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Friday, September 11, 2020
More Cool Raptor pix
New pic: This bit one stayed in the tree quite a while. I waited until the sun hit it to take pictures, but it was too cold to go outside to shoot:
Raptors have not wanted their picture taken lately. This one only stayed still for two pix through the LR window:
Monday, August 31, 2020
Juvenile Delinquents!
These 4 tried to chase Chewie with no provocation. Chewie hid behind me and I stared them down.
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Virginia H. Fredlund
Fredlund, Virginia H.
Sep 14, 1921 - May 31, 2020
Virginia H. Fredlund; formerly of Sarasota, FL and Potomac, MD; died May 31, 2020 in Los Alamos, NM with family by her side. She will be buried In Sarasota National Cemetery alongside her husband of 66 years, Robert. She is survived by her two daughters, three sons, nine grandchildren, and 13 great grandchildren. She brought joy to everyone.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/heraldtribune/obituary.aspx?n=virginia-h-fredlund&pid=196707392&fhid=31883
Sunday, August 9, 2020
Secret Spot along the Jemez River
Following are a few photos of a secret spot along the river that is very difficult to access. There is more here, but Eleni got tired of going up and down the steep hills to the river. Anyone want to go with me? (Note that resolution had to be cut significantly to upload these because Verizon sucks lately. It even delayed a fire department response last night when I could not plot coordinates of a vehicle rollover in the back-country.)
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Vicious Rottweiler vs. Tiny Bird
A bird flew into one of our windows this morning. It took me a couple minutes to go out and check on it. When I got out, Chewie had the bird on his bed and was obviously protecting it - keeping it in a space between himself and the wall on his bed. It had obviously received a lot of licking. I got a tool to pick it up and it turned out to be alive! I took it over to the table to keep Chewie from smothering it with care, and he still kept an eye on it (bird is hard to see - look at the seat cushion on the far side):
Half an hour later, the bird is still drying out on the table, but standing up. Hopefully it's wings don't stick together from the slobber.
Update: Bird disappeared, which generally means it recovered and flew away! Good nursing, Chewie!
Monday, July 6, 2020
Monday, June 22, 2020
Father's Day 2020
Hi Fam! Mom and Dad came to visit this weekend. It was an extended Father's Day weekend where we got some work done, some hiking done, and plenty of eating. On Saturday we went to show them that there are beautiful hikes with views in town. Dad carried Spyros the whole way up, which is wild, because I was tired just carrying a pack. Spyros loved it, he won't sit on my shoulders that long.
Mom and Spyros at the peak of the hike.
Really nice view of Storrie Lake.
 |
We had lunch after at mom's favorite place and Spyros highly approved of the ice cream. He needed two spoons.
 |
| We went to the Juneteenth Rally together. Everyone was social distancing except the two counter-protesters who were being total jerks. One thought he could park on all the handicap ramps and yell at people for no reason. Gross. |
Finally, mom got Kevin a Smore making machine for Father's Day, so we had smores for breakfast (after purple oatmeal, of course). Can't post pictures of Tater yet, but his face was hilarious. We were cry-laughing as chocolate and soggy graham dripped off him.
Lovely weekend! Next week is our turn to drive, hopefully we can time it around the nap schedule!
Monday, June 15, 2020
I realized this sometime during the Reagan administration, but have never seen data before
I have always thought I was better off under Democratic presidents. It always seemed like the country was. These graphs demonstrate what I thought. I wonder if they are completely defensible? If so, why does anyone vote for Republicans?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)