Category Archives: Natural World

Yesterday was a lovely day so off I went to visit friends near Las Cruces, NM.  We had a wonderful day and the weather couldn’t have been nicer.  While I was there, I had fun playing with Maya even though … Continue reading →

This entry is a collection of just some of the kitties and doggies I have crossed paths with in the past year.  These two kittens, Chewie and Kini, were a bundle of furry energy and hard to get a decent … Continue reading →

STARTING IN NEW MEXICO.  Alamogordo is nestled beside the Sacramento Mountains where these first photos were taken on October 16, 2012.  We’re in the Lincoln National Forest.  The aspen are so beautiful with their fall leaves of gold and white … Continue reading →

     A REMINDER:  You’ve only to click on any photo if you wish to enlarge it.       RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS.   I think the first three photos taken within seconds of each other contain some kind of neat and fun optical illusions.  … Continue reading →

Warnings:   At several places, we saw these warning signs for mountain lions.  We didn’t see any, but on our hike back to the next blind we did see what we were pretty sure was their scat on the trail.  … Continue reading →

Predators:  As you could imagine with all those thousands of birds, the Bosque del Apache is a prime spot for predators.  Some we heard about were bald and golden eagles, hawks, mountain lions, coyotes, bobcats, and I think even the … Continue reading →

     When our son, Chris, asked me to accompany him on a day trip to the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge near San Antonio, NM, he didn’t have to twist my arm.  I had been there only a couple times … Continue reading →

 When we left our second nest on June 16, our Li’l Mama was sitting on the nest most of the time – day and night.  The outside temperatures were rising getting up in the triple digits F most days. Days … Continue reading →

When we left Part 5 on May 25, 2011, our two baby black-chinned hummingbirds had fledged.  Then in the Epilogue, I mentioned that only five days later, a new nest was started on a different porch support just yards from … Continue reading →

I don’t know what prompted me to do this, but thought it would be fun to try some special effects with my Paint Shop Pro program.  I stopped at 40 even though there were many more possibilities.  I narrowed it … Continue reading →