August 30, 2019
Ten-acre wildfire on Sweetwater Mesa today. Massive ground and air response, zero wind, and it all turned out OK.
August 29, 2019
Throwback Thursday: Northern New Mexico on Aug. 16, 2013
August 28, 2019
And as always amid the dangerous lunacy of these times, not a moment too soon. Here's Daisy, enthralled by the sound of the camera lens.
August 27, 2019
With September crowding the calendar, we're headed into the hottest part of the year. The marine layer retreats, idles on the horizon until poof! one day it's gone. Tropical storms form to the south, send us humidity but not their rain. And though the angled light is all about the equinox, the hot sun and even hotter sand say summer has just begun.
August 26, 2019
Right on schedule, the morning marine layer that helps keep things cool here at the coast has retreated far, far offshore. Now our daily temps are hitting the 80s, and the overnight lows, the true harbingers of hot weather, inch up a bit each night.
August 24, 2019
August 23, 2019
When Walt was younger he'd annoy Maisie with his disregard for personal space.
And now, Daisy returns the favor.
August 22, 2019
It's the end of August and just as it's time to start watching the winds, the invasive plants that lit up the hills are turning to tinder.
August 21, 2019
You never know which flowers will survive the night shift of wild visitors.
August 20, 2019
So, a week whipped by. Here's the view from the bluff this morning.
August 13, 2019
Six geese a-lazing...
August 7, 2019
And not a moment too soon.
August 5, 2019
Something soothing for these terrible times.
August 4, 2019
Practically the moment the salvia got transplanted into its own container, the bumblebees here began to arrive.
August 3, 2019
The cover of a postcard folder mailed on August 11, 1943.
August 2, 2019
Did I already post this one? Even if so, the cool and quiet of it feel just right for the onset of August heat.
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