June days while Dave was here were bright, fairly mild
and, once the Rambler was pulled out and readied for pick-up,
included the Friday when, 72, 74 and 76, we went in his jacked-up Jeep
to the zigzag spring,
walked over a rocky ridge
[as Casey’d said “there’s a lot of water in the Buffalo Hills, Dave”]
to the magical bench of Junipers
overlooking the desert,
back and
down to find
three phoebes [two shown] fledged in readiness…
to begin Lives as Birds.
Their first day out was rainy and cool, a day we lay abed in morning drizzle thinking of waffles and french toast [not that any of that happened]; bacon and butter and…
arose to a muddish walk around the ponds, the accustomed watercolors and later
a father’s day call from Luz and Christine [with Izel] which turned into Facetime and
rainbows, just like old times; rainbows.
A new week,
an other day, to the Post Office for “cremated remains” then
another other day
up the road to Alturas
for Fords and
groceries, tacos,
gas and books in Cedarville
and home
with, to celebrate three June 19th Birthdays – Luz Fleming [who got in a surf on the eastern coast], John Boyd in Albuquerque, and Linda’s late sister Elayne – fresh oysters.
Desert living in the Age of Trump.
The greening of the desert. I love this batch of clearly loved vistas!
very sweet shots! Curious how you got through the chain gate- no lock? what’s the point?
Massive padlocks on both sides; Dave provided the key…
❤️
“Blue-er than Blue…”
(even at the Cedarville Bookstore/GasStation)
dear michael –
have I told you how much your posts mean to me?
of course I am partial to the colorado ones – but feel as if I know nevada now.
were the remains of lefty? and did you do a ceremony?
the phoebes and blinds on the porch remind me of our porch –
though last summer the phoebes didn’t return.
(I should ask owen and bertie to take a look for us).
we will cross paths at the beginning of august in the huerfano.
for now – we send our love to you and L and good old aggie…
Of course the Remains were Lefty, who will be traveling around with us for awhile yet; we burned sage and juniper for him on the East Porch, from whence the phoebes have mostly fled, the porch whose blinds were absolutely inspired by yours in Colorado and where we’ll be within the week, so stay tuned, y gracias.
Great views of the Smoke Creek from the Buffalo Hills, but the rainbows looked really good from playa level; it’s all Good “out there”. Thanks for the photos; it’s nice to enjoy the hits vicariously!
Oh that view out over the desert…..WOW. The clouds and rainbows and just about every shot really evoking summer…to me here is summerless Monterey.