June 03, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
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Pikes Peak from Fox Run
June 04, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
The View from Above
May 29, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
Beyond the Fields We Know
May 26, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
The View from Abbe Ranch
May 10, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
Hap at Abbe Ranch
May 12, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
Hap is being ridden out of the water jump by the young woman who is leasing him from me. This photo was taken by her father at the combined training clinic this weekend.
Monday morning snow
May 07, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
Monday morning we were surprised to wake up to four or five inches of snow. It melted away by mid-afternoon, and now everything is either very green or very muddy.
Hummingbird Bar
April 29, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
I set up the hummingbird feeders on Thursday, and it took approximately 20 minutes for the first hummingbird to visit. However, it wasn’t until yesterday that business was brisk enough that I started seeing tiny aerial dog-fights as one hummingbird would chase away another.
Let There Be Light
Tuesday morning, about 8:15, we lost power due to a severe spring snow storm. Without electricity, our only working appliance was the gas range. We have a five gallon cooler that we keep filled with reasonably fresh water year round, so we had water we could heat and give to the dogs. The temperatures never fell significantly below freezing, so we didn’t have to worry about the pipes freezing. However, I was very happy at 10:10 pm last night when the bedside light woke me and I heard the hot water heater and furnace start. I got up for a while and puttered around, starting the dish washer, turning off lights and heating rice packs to warm the bed. I was practically purring to have electrical power after 36 hours without it.
Mountain View Electrical Coop generally does a great job on restoring power after storms. In our fifteen years in this neighborhood, this is the first outage that lasted more than four to six hours. I am just glad we don’t live near Calhan, an area to the east of us. I saw a report that they lost 200 utility poles, and may not get their power back until Saturday.
Young Chicks
April 12, 2007 – Click on image for higher resolution version.
Since the forecast snow storm made me reluctant to go over and check out her chicks, my friend sent me their photo. They are approximately two days old. Their names are Nugget (hard to see), Sunny II, and Marsala. (Sunny II is a Buff Orpington to replace the hen that died this past winter.) Nugget is a Plymouth Barred Rock, and Marsala is a Araucana. When they are old enough to hold their own, they will join Martha and Cassie in the chicken coop. For now, they are under a heat lamp in the garage.