[ The lakeshore: a narrow channel of water with muddy banks. Behind that is a low hill crowned with pines. ] It was a bit chilly to want to be under trees, so instead I took the boys down to the lake for the afternoon. Tom … was not really comfortable with that much water.
woods day, or rather, lake day Read More »
that a day that starts with this view … [ An outcropping of red rock, perhaps fifty feet tall, with pinyon trees & a couple of boulders at the foot. ] … is gonna end with a view from MUCH higher up.
you can pretty much guarantee Read More »
[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby wearing a black harness, is sitting on a big red rock under evergreen trees, looking up & to the right. ] Or up, as the case may be.
it’s Dramatical Posing all the way down Read More »
[ A view up maybe twenty feet of a rocky slope, with evergreen trees at the top. ] Just a little bit of a hill, but such treasures at the top!
small beauties (& big rocks) Read More »
[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby, looks out the side door of the van with wide eyes. ] Tom had some Opinions about taking another walk. (He COULD have stayed at the van. I never make them follow me. They just DO, & then whine about it a lot.)
walkies II: lots of rocks Read More »
[ In the foreground, a couple of pine trees & about twenty feet of rock-covered ground. Beyond that, the view opens up, looking down onto dense forest with blue sky above. ] It was SUCH a gorgeous spot. I wish the road to get there weren’t so rough — Tom had Opinions about it, &
small beauties: that VIEW Read More »
[ Loiosh, an orange tabby, & Major Tom, a grey tabby, under a pinyon tree; they’re next to each other, facing away from the camera & off to the left, but Tom is sitting, & Loiosh is standing, tail waving. ] They’re mirroring each other & it makes me happy. <3
walkies: grandmother juniper Read More »
[ A tall, straight pinyon pine dominates the photo; behind it, a scattering of other trees, a cliff of rough red stone, & above that, blue sky. ] I didn’t do Woods Day on Tuesday, as I usually do, because I was having a bad brain day, so I scheduled Auxiliary Woods Day for Saturday.
[ A steep, rocky slope, dotted with pinyon trees & lots of rocks; above that, the sky is dark grey. ] A perfect time to go rock climbing: right as the clouds roll in! … look, I didn’t say it was a GOOD idea.
more like rock scrambling Read More »
I mean LOOK at it, a nice little piñon grove, a seasonal creek behind low-growing cottonwoods & tall grass (alas, dry at the moment), & behind that, an entire-ass CLIFF to climb.
new favourite Woods Day spot Read More »
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