More Flowers

Morning Glories

Vitex Bush

 Blanket Daisy

Wild Sunflower with mountains

Sandia Mountains

Geranium Flowers

 Some kind of bulb flowers, name forgotten

Sunset

Pets

Some recent photos of my pets. Twinkie, the cat, Tuffee, the Border Collie,

 Tuffee, and Ziva playing.

 Twinkie, and Murphy trying to out do each other on getting up in the world.

Wiley

Twinkie and Murphy again.

 Ziva wanting in.

 Traveler, the pinto, and Stormy, the mini.

 My Quarter Horse mare, Bonita,  and in next photo is
Bonita, and my mustang mare, Star

Notice in this one of the ponies and dogs how I caught Ziva with her rear end in the air since she and TTuffee had been running around the outside of the pen while ponies ran inside the pen.

Wild Things

Their hard to see 'cause the little critters don't let me get close to them. Photos were taken through the window. First one is of a Harris Ground Squirrel flattened out on the ground in the shade trying to stay cool in our heat. Second is of one by a pot of flowers. These look kind of like a very pale colored chipmunk like is found in the mountains. 

A scaled quail coming in for water.

 An English house sparrow.

This roadrunner has been coming in ever day at about 2pm. Here he drank, jumped on post and across to another where you can only see his tail. We have had lots of rabbits, and some large rock squirrels, as well as coyotes, and lots of other birds. An owl calls every evening and part of the night.

Summer Flowers

 The best of the few flowers that have bloomed in my yard this summer in this drought. Blanket Daisies, wild sunflowers, wild 5-o-clocks (pink), white daisies, gourds, golden rain tree.

Finally A Sidewalk

When we bought this house there was a small covered concrete pad right in front of the door. For 10 years we have been wanting to add a walkway out to the edge of the garage that rans from the door along side the house. Last month we decided to do it. First we set 2x4 boards in place to hold the wet concrete in place. Then since we had some large pieces of New Mexico travertine stone, also known as New Mexico marble (not as hard as true marble) we decided to set 5 pieces of it in 2 of the sections we made. The section nearest the door only got 3 pieces. First we mixed the concrete in the mixer, then poured it in, then smoothed it out, laid in the stone, and smoothed it out again. Lots of hard work. But finally it is out to the edge of the garage. We are planning to do another section and then go across the front of the garage. Wonder how long that will take?