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Old Taos in the Snow

adobe in the snow

Almost a foot deep where I’m standing

An old familiar view, freshly photographed. “Old Taos” means mice, spiders, leaks, and dust. No closets. Bad septic. Impossible to clean. On the other hand, not normal.

Two Days Ago Right Here

snow and clouds, Taos

Very cold and windy when this was taken

God gave me this photograph. I never planned the thing that makes it special, which I’m not going to say, so I guess whatever I do mention, ain’t it. The white band in the middle, for instance, is actually a ground-hugging cloud of snow moving in from the west in a very strong wind. As [...]

Seven Degrees at the Edge of Town

snowy backyard in Taos, New Mexico

More fun with polarizing filter and RAW mode

The sun here in the winter is a saving grace. It melts the snow, dries the mud, and feels damn good against the skin at seven thousand feet, even as you’ve been living on the edge so long, it’s flat, and the air is cold enough to kill you. The temperature dropped to 7 degrees [...]

Last Chance Texico

hummingbird at feeder

It’s a long way to Acapulco & this one isn’t nearly there

The frigging hummingbirds were going to freeze to death and I would have to watch. I hate it when that happens. For whatever reason, migrating hummingbirds were passing through the mountains awfully late, and the feeders I’d left up were getting traffic almost day throughout October. Now the things were all but empty and the [...]

Turning Colder in the Mountains

Taos Mountain in the clouds

Taos Mountain this morning

Not ready for this, neither physically or emotionally. But it’s a-comin’, boys.

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