Photo of the day

Sunset highlights the Sandias – taken through my office window.

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After being in New Mexico for 6 fall seasons I can say that it’s pretty hard to find much red in our trees.  The usual color is yellow, and occasionally we get some orange, but you can generally rule out the bright reds of the sugar maples found in the midwest and northeast. Occasionally however, […]

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We all knew that this day was upon us, because we have had two teases since the first snow on the second weekend of the Balloon Fiesta. I climbed it yesterday, but didn’t take out the camera, nothing really stuck my fancy.  Above 9,000 feet there was about an inch or two on the trail […]

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A 4:45am wake up sent me to the computer in the other room to check the actual weather conditions at the balloon fiesta park.  Fearful of the forecast, I was most pleased that the winds were calm.  We woke our guest and were out the door just after 5:30. Later in the park she said […]

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What a weekend. I think I took more photos of more unusual things than I’ve ever done on a single weekend before. A cold front brought tons of rain and snow for the high elevations. The full sized image is here.  (After the image loads in the browser window, click on it for a full […]

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