Happy New Year!

As one year flies away, another flies into view...

May 2022 be filled with all good things.

Marvel

 

Glory

 

We drove to Southeastern Arizona to Whitewater Draw Wildlife area to see the migratory sandhill cranes. And it was absolutely magical. They fly out at daybreak to feeding areas, thousands and thousands of them making a glorious trilling sound--they make this sound when they fly and when they are on the ground, and you can hear them long before you can see them. Beautiful and moving...

On the Road...

 

What did we find? Stay tuned!

Wistfully Yours

 

Greetings from a slightly melancholic post-Christmas rainy evening in Douglas, Arizona.

Merry Happy

 

That time when Tallulah Mae and Santa Claus teamed up...

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!

Merry Christmas Eve

Santa is raising his hand, ready for duty!
 

Birds/Clouds

Whew!

 

Due to various medical procedures/surgeries/etc. I have had 5 or 6 COVID tests in the last year and a half...all of them done through my healthcare provider. And all have been negative. This is the first "rapid" test I've ever done...and I held my breath while waiting the 10 minutes! (Negative, by the way...whew!)

Christmas Rose

 

Sweet and lovely.

West, East

 

As the sun sets...

...the moon rises.

Oh Deer!

 

It's a very deer-y Christmas!

Um...

 

I bought two tiny succulents in pots to plant in the birdbath (which is filled with succulents, not water). I put the pots in the birdbath, meaning to plant them when I got a chance. I looked out, and I noticed that one was gone, nowhere to be seen around the yard. We joked that the squirrel carted it off, running off on its two back legs while holding on to the pot with its front ones and yelling "Wheeeee." Then we speculated that a bird carried it off. Lo and behold, there it is, on top of the carport, plant still inside the pot. (It has now been retrieved.)

We had quite a rainstorm yesterday, and today I was outside looking around to see how everything fared. And, lo and behold, on top of the house I spotted this: a succulent that had actually been planted in the birdbath (I know it looks odd--it is lying on its side, roots on the left.) 

Um....WTF? What bird is doing this, and why? Inquiring minds would very much like to know! We are blaming the crows, but who knows? (Hey, that rhymes!).

Ho!

 

They're baaaaack...

Garland-y

 

This is kinda cute, yes? I sewed vintage Christmas cards onto bobble trim (love!). This is two separate garlands--there is a button and a buttonhole on each end so that you can combine several together. I had planned to get these into my Etsy shop so that folks could buy them, but...best-laid plans/mice/men, etc. etc. etc. 

Wow

 

Sometimes you glance outside and you see this...

Lunar Redux

 

Same moon, but I love how you can see the full round shape of the moon with the bright crescent at the bottom. (Also, a lot more stars/planets appear in this photo...)

Over (and Under) the Moon

 

Moon...

Moon and two planets (Venus and Jupiter, I believe...)

SKWERL!!!!!

 

This dude/dudette was enjoying a fallen pomegranate. But then it saw me and ran away...

Pink/Purple/Red/Green

 

Lovely...

Dewy

In other parts of the country, this would be frost coating this poinsettia...this is just the remnants of a foggy evening...