[ A small thirteen-striped ground squirrel, perhaps three inches long not counting his tail, is crouched on dry grass, looking up at the camera. ] … at least the first two are; the others are DEFINITIVELY large, but, well. Look at this lil dude! So brave! I suspect they get fed by campers a lot. […]
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[ Wide green leaves surround tiny, pale pinky-purple flowers, each with five long, narrow petals. ] All photos, once again, by Jasper. Tiny pinky-purple flowers:
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[ A view from the ground, looking up through tall Ponderosa pines. The sun barely peeps through a cluster of branches, and many of the needles are brightly lit. ] I spent some time just laying on the ground, looking up through the trees, & it was … it was just gorgeous. They shimmered as
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[ A tiny green plant, maybe an inch across, made up of several stems covered with weensy ferny leaves. ] It is spring! There is greenery!
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[ A close view of a Ponderosa tree; the outer layers of bark are scorched black, but much of the black has broken away to show the orange-tan bark beneath. ] The fire here was older than the fire at the last place I looked. How much older? No idea. I’m still learning this stuff.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is laying at his ease on a concrete patio. His leash, also green, is draped decoratively around him, and his eyes are mostly squinted shut. ] Friday the weather was decent & Loiosh was a WIGGLEBUTT, so I took him along to Gallup for a wander.
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[ A grove of tall Ponderosa pines, rising over ground covered in pine needles. The sun peeks through the trees to the upper right, and sunbeams pierce the air. ] I don’t know how to express how good it was to be back in the woods. I don’t … have the words for it, for
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is sniffing at the base of a Ponderosa pine. The bottom three feet or so of the bark is lightly charred. ] Two days ago I FINALLY managed to do Woods Day. Y’all, I need to prioritize Woods Day more, because I needed that BAD. Spending
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[ It’s a Royal Danish butter cookies tin. The kind we all found as kids, and pried open, expecting cookies, only to find sewing supplies. ] Y’all know what’s in this, right?
[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby wearing a black harness, is standing on the van’s front passenger seat, looking out the window. Loiosh, an orange tabby, is meatloafed on the seat, and Tom is almost standing on Loiosh’s head. ] They look so eager! Well. Tom looks eager. Loiosh looks like Tom could maybe
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