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Category: Nature

  • The wild life in Los Alamos differs from Los Angeles

    Having been here a little over three months, I’m still getting used to a few things – slower life style, more fresh air, cooking at a higher elevation, etc. One thing that still makes me catch my breath like a kid at 4th of July: Animals. I’m talking about being woken at 3:30am because a bear is going through the trash; or looking out the window while making a cup of coffee to see a buck staring at you from 7 feet away; or driving down the road and being stared down by a coyote two lanes over; or humming birds dive bombing you as you try to grill because you’re standing too close to their feeder (seriously, humming birds are the douche bags of the avian world).

    I love this little town.

     

  • Fuller Lodge

    I’m finally taking the time to start exploring Los Alamos and I decided to check out Fuller Lodge and its surroundings.

  • Getting back to my roots

    I used to post pics of flowers and plants on a different site. I’m starting it up again here at thebrownman.com where the pics will be larger and a little easier to upload because of the WordPress (see below for why it was such a pain to post to the old blog).

    With the old blog, the pictures I took were uploaded to Flickr because Typepad has a really f’ed up way of storing uploads in badly nested folders. WordPress has a media library that gives you a great front end to manage your media. Dealing with Flickr also had problems because I was always having to copy and paste the Flickr url for EACH pic. It was exhausting. WordPress really is a better choice for blogging.

  • Fire photos from last week

    A large plume seen from Ashley Pond in downtown Los Alamos.
    Qwest workers watching the fire from their rooftop.
    A couple watch the smoke plumes grow while sharing a picnic at Ashley Pond in Los Alamos.
    Fire danger: Extreme.
    Los Alamos, NM.
    Summer in New Mexico.
    Smoke can still be seen over the hills at sunset.
    The most visible portion of the fire was from Barranca Mesa.
    Fire rages north of Barranca Mesa.

  • Las Conchas wildfire outside of Los Alamos, NM

    Earlier today a fire broke out 12 miles southwest of Los Alamos. The wife, the Cat and I are okay but we’re prepared to evacuate if necessary. Links to info about the fire are listed at the bottom of the post.

    View of the Las Conchas Fire from a residential street in Los Alamos, CA.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from the corner of Diamond Drive and University Drive. Los Alamos, NM.
    Local emergency crews from Los Alamos en route to help with the Las Conchas fire.
    The sun breaks through the fire plume of the Las Conchas Fire.
    The Las Conchas Fire seen from NM state road 4 near Bandelier National Monument.
    The Las Conchas Fire seen from NM state road 4 near Bandelier National Monument.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from Pajarito Ski resort outside of Los Alamos, NM.
    A plume of smoke from the Las Conchas Fire extends over Los Alamos County.
    View of the Las Conchas Fire from an area burned by the Cerro Grande Fire of 2000. Los Alamos, NM.

    Links regarding the Las Conchas Fire:

    NM Fire Info

    KRQE News

    Los Alamos Monitor

    If you need to get a hold of me, text me at 310.425.5090 or email me at szapien@gmail.com (I’ll be checking both regularly). I’ll also be posting updates to the twitter and the facebook.

    -sz