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roadrunner nest -

never would have suspected but I heard an odd chirrup

and looked up to see a roadrunner clambering through the branches nearby

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hawk finch

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The ranch owner's horse Boomer was grazing in the front yard

when I pulled in this morning.

After a lovely ride in the round pen

Cora and I hung out under the big oak tree in Reno and Jazz's paddock;

I saw the roadrunner in the field behind us only after she alerted to it.

The titmouse didn't hold still very long.

We found a very old memorial sign behind the oak tree.

Good boy, Joe.

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devil's claw: this plant rocks

(this is not the plant used as an anti-inflammatory

but it's cool in its own ways)

 

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just learned this today

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Rain on Lughnasadh is both a blessing and a good omen.

We're thankful for the little drops on our faces and for the rainbow.

(My notes show the last real rain we had was on May 5,

along with a few drops on June 27.)

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a juvenile Cooper's hawk

(compare with the one we saw on July 23)

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Cora and Reno

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