garden notes, mmxxii-i-xxvii

bewick's wren and mockingbird

garden notes, mmxxii-i-xxiv

snippets, 1-20-2022

The kunga was a status symbol long before the thoroughbred (NY Times). Predates the previous earliest known hybrid, the mule, by 1,500 years. 

ranch notes, mmxxii-i-xix

Cora hasn't been using her run-in shed, and Rocky is new to the paddock,

so the ranch owners put their hay inside to get them more comfortable inside.

(Cora doesn't like feeling enclosed -

she prefers wide-open spaces to narrow trails.)

 

moon notes, mmxxii-i-xvii

wolf moon

(exposure note: -5EV and then another -1EV in-camera processing on the RAW file)

garden notes, mmxxii-i-xvii

weekend winds carried off most of the remaining leaves

ranch notes, mmxxii-i-xiv

a common buckeye

haven't had much luck catching up with these but this one was basking

 

critter notes, mmxxii-i-xiii

leeloo got to be adventure girl in the backyard today

later sōsuke was playing in the medical supplies box and stuck his head in a collar

trail notes, mmxxi-i-xiii

cú got to go a little further afield than usual this morning

trail notes, mmxxi-i-xii

chinquapin oak

ranch notes, mmxxii-i-xii

i must have one of those faces

porch notes, mmxxii-i-xi

ranch notes, mmxxii-i-x

Leeloo was making biscuits on Bren's grandpa's jacket before I left this morning.

Rocky has been pushing Cora around a little when I'm in the paddock.

He's not being "bad" at all, he just thinks he should be the boss.

("Bad" is never a useful word in this context.)

I'm going to spend more time in the paddock with them both,

doing nothing, until he gets bored with me.

feeder notes, mmxxii-i-viii

titmouse and cardinal,

cardinal and house sparrow,

house sparrow and orange-crowned warbler

ranch notes, mmxxii-i-v

Cora and Rocky

mule notes, mmxxii-ii-iii