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Category: Nature

  • My pictures are all up this place

    Back in August, a friend Facebooked me to let me know that there was a call for community photographers to submit photos for an exhibit called “Los Conchas Fire,” put on by the Los Alamos Historical Society. I submitted seven pictures and three were selected to be displayed.

    Me, standing next to my three photos in the exhibit.

    The exhibit started on December 5th and runs through February.

    The wife is proud; the cat not so much.

    Just being selected has been cool. But today I found out that one of my pictures showed up in print:

    How's this for a shot in the arm? My picture is used to promote the exhibit in the Santa Fe New Mexican weekly event round up called "Pasatiempo".

    KICK ASS!

    Tonight there was supposed to be a special viewing and panel discussion on the effects of the fire but it was postponed because of snow. Regardless, I’m pretty happy. Below are the three pics that were chosen.

    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    The Las Conchas Fire seen from NM state road 4 near Bandelier National Monument.
    The most visible portion of the fire was from Barranca Mesa.

     

     

     

     

  • Oh wait, it’s only 19 degrees outside

    One of the many joys of moving to Los Alamos, NM: Snow! I donned the snow pants and snow boots to walk around the block and take pics before it all melted away.

    It's not a snowpocalypse but I don't plan on driving down our street today unless absolutely necessary.
    Trees in a canyon near our house are covered in snow.
    Snow accumulates on the pine needles of a ponderosa pine.
    The Cat watching me with envious eyes as I wade around in the snow.
    We've accumulated three to four inches of snow since Friday.

     

     

     

  • October in New Mexico – Pajarito Mountain

    How cool is it have a ski hill 5 minutes from town? Before the snow comes, however, we get a wonderful display of colors from the trees on the hill.

    Along with the trees, there are still wildflowers blooming above 7200 feet.
    A wooden shack along one of the ski runs, nestled in the trees.
    Alpine trees provide the most color along the slopes.
    Remnants of the Los Conchas Fire on the western edge of Pajarito Mountain.
    The road into and out of Camp May on Pajarito Mountain.

     

     

     

     

  • Life finds a way

    After what we’ve been told has been a really dry season, there was some rain a few weeks ago. Here is a sampling of the the wildlife growing in our yard since the rains.

  • Trees and wildflowers

    Showy Daisies in the Valles Caldera.
    Globe Mallows near the Jemez River.
    Oak tree near Battleship Rock.
    Birch, maybe?
    A caterpillar at home on an oak branch.
    Moth blending in to ponderosa pine.
    More oak.
    Trees damaged by the wildfires near Las Conchas.
    Firs in the Caldera.