We Two

1st 2:  slightly different perspectives

Dr. K had a brunch engagement with a friend so it was just Willow and me on the morning trek.  Cooler out there today owing to lower temperatures and higher wind.  Felt a bit chilly at times.  The sun appeared sporadically keeping us warm enough to enjoy the outing.  As we were ascending the right branch arroyo we heard, and then saw, the Basset People and their hounds heading northward across the ridge on 4210 hill.  They were the only nature enthusiasts we spotted today.

Distant partial rainbow

More yellow

Find the barrel cactus

My partner this morning

Sky later

Last 2:  Tortugas and the Organs

 

Lightning Bolt

Morning light

The lightning bolt referred to is the one that hit on or very nearly on our property late afternoon yesterday, which knocked our power out immediately.  Fortunately it came back on about thirty minutes later.  We didn't get as much rain as predicted, but parts of West Texas and New Mexico were pummeled by bad weather.  Flooding in our state was at emergency levels.  You'd have never guessed that down here this morning as Dr. K, Willow and I took a regular hike followed by a long drive afterward.

Cotton clouds

Doña Ana Mountains

Accumulating

Willow ruminating

Southwest of 4210 hill and Tortugas

This & next 2:  White-crowned Sparrows

Roadrunner-esque cloud

 

Storms Coming

Just southwest of LDR-A

Dr. K, Willow and I took a morning hike that was, at first, noticeably cooler than yesterday morning.  By the time we finished up, however, we were all feeling pretty toasty, owing, undoubtedly, to the high humidity lingering from recent rainy weather, and, in advance of the storms blowing in from the west.  According to local meteorologists we could be in for some rough conditions over the next few days.

We three shadows

Willow after drinking cherry Kool-Aid

White Checkered-Skipper

This & next 2:  views from the middle branch arroyo

Desert Marigolds

Last 2:  vistas of Tortugas and the Organs

 

Vote Day

1st 3:  yellow flowers alongside LDR-A

Warmer and quite humid for Dr. K, Willow and me on the morning hike.  We're supposed to get rain later today, storms that might get severe overnight into tomorrow.  We followed our regular route today seeing only the Basset People bushwhacking through the desert northwest of us.  After the outing Dr. K and I drove to the county government center to cast our votes for the midterm election.

Barrel cactus

Willow and Dr. K

Slimlobe Globeberry growing across a prickly pear cactus

Wils in the sandbox

Who's that atop the yucca?

Why it's an American Kestrel

This & next:  from the middle branch arroyo

Blackfoot Daisies and Desert Marigolds

 

Humid Hump Hike

Hill alongside LDR-A

We got a bit of rain overnight, and that made the atmosphere quite humid this morning for the hike.  When the sun broke though cloud cover the weather conditions heated up, but when the sun was obscured again the temperature dropped.  Dr. K and I were never overly warm nor cold, and Willow didn't seem to care one way or the other.

House finch

From here to the mountains

This & next:  barrel cactus with almost dried flowers

Roadrunner who was hunting within feet of us

This & next:  Willow in the right branch arroyo

Landscape (phone pic)