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Thursday, April 11, 2024

Where There's Smoke

Willow and her long shadow
Dr. K, Willow and I did our regular hike on a pleasant morning, adding some bushwacking in order for me to take a few photos of a Swainson's Hawk atop its favorite yucca; I'm not happy with the results.

When we turned around to retrace our steps we were suddenly enveloped by light smoke, the source of which we never discovered.  It was a pretty bizarre experience.  The pollution was strong enough to cause mild burn to our throats and eyes.

Fortunately there wasn't any smoke at our place when we got home; there wasn't any water inside, either.  When I called water dispatch the guy said there'd been a main line break in our neighborhood.  Four hours later and we barely have a trickle of the wet stuff from our taps.

This & next:  Swainson's Hawk


This & next:  Claret Cups


This & next:  smoke that enveloped us while bushwhacking


The rest:  Claret Cups (last 2 phone photos)




 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Those are pretty decent photos of the Swainson's Hawk.

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