Mash Up

Spring is a time when one day is rarely like the last.  The weather is changeable and so are my activities.  Some days are spent mostly indoors while others are so nice it is a crime to stay inside.  These pictures reflect that variety.  If there is a common theme, it is dissimilarity.

I suppose any collection would be incomplete without a selfie.  This one was taken right before I started getting ready for bed.  I had forgotten to take a picture, so this was my default. Day 14

Day 15.  The flowering plums are among the earliest bloomers each spring.

Day 16.  I spotted this truck in my neighbor's driveway...a truck, a motorcycle and a saddle.
All popular means of transportation in the West.

Day 17 This is a new trail where there really shouldn't be one.  People have been cutting a switchback and this is the result.  The next time we have a male rain this trail will erode badly. 

Day 18.  I took pictures but I'm not going to post them.  They are of my insurance card, my Docubank card and my list of medications.  I carry all in my wallet, but I rarely take my wallet for my walks. I do take my phone.  I thought it  would be a good idea to have them with me, so I took their pictures with my phone.  They will be accessible if I am conscious.



Day 19

I walk by these bushes almost every day.  Today it struck me that they look like the bushes on the MAACO commercial.  The one where one neighbor is trimming his hedge to hide his neighbor's ugly car.

What Happened to Thursday?

It  took only eleven days into the Photo a Day for A Year Project to miss a day.  I didn't realize I had until Friday when I was taking a picture of Sadie's latest wound after it had been stapled.  I must have been too busy reading Still Alice which is about Alzheimer's.  Seriously.


So,  here is the picture of Sadie and her staples.

 The vet was in a twit because there had been a delay in getting her in...we were dithering about whether she needed stitches or not.  Vet wanted to sedate her.  Not necessary.  Sadie is stoic.  Day 12

The second picture  is of the dogs, as well.  I have a feeling they will appear often.

Anyway, the very best heater vent in the house is in our bathroom.  All the pets love it.

They plop down right in front of it in deep contentment.  

Scout discovered it not long after she arrived.  And Sadie, being Sadie let her have the best spot.  That continued until yesterday.  Sadie refused to cede her place to Scout.  We say, "Good for you, Sadie."

Day 13

In Like a Lamb

One Day to the Next

     Yesterday, we got about 8" of snow.  It's gone today.   Pretty quick, eh?  Day 8

Sunday night, this lilaac branch was bare.  This is what it looked like Monday morning.

Day 9

This is a tv screen shot taken with my iphone.  KU went on to win this game.  They don't call it March Madness for nothing.    Day 10

If you look closely, there are two fuzzy balls in the center of this picture that don't belong in a pine tree.  The first fall we were here in ABQ, a big wind blew two attached sycamore seed balls from our neighbor's sycamore tree into our pine tree.  There they have remained.  It's been about 2 and a half years now.  They are looking pretty tattered.  Day 11

Snow Day

     Yesterday and last night we got snow here at the house.  It's probably the most snow we've had at one time in the three winters we have been here.

     As the great mantra of the West goes..."We need the moisture."  and shot of beauty goes a long way,  too.

Day 7

Relaxing

Relaxing

Sometimes it's really nice to have a quiet mind-freeing past time. Gail likes to do jigsaw puzzles  and I like to knit.  Both have a wonderful quality,  they are easy to pick up and put down with minimal fuss. BTW.  I knitted the socks Gail is wearing.

Days 5 and 6

Tale of Two Plants

Tale of Two Plants.

Days 3 and 4 of picture a day for a year.

     In 2013 someone at Gail's work gave everyone a poinsettia for their office.  Naturally, she brought it home for the break.  If we thought about it at all, I both of us expected the plant  to die shortly after the holidays as every other poinsettia had in the past.  Well, it didn't and here it is 14 months later. It's looking a little peaked.  I think it might be root bound. But, maybe it is just worn out after producing five new blooms

     The second plant is a fig that I bought from the Fig Man at the farmer's market.  The poor thing had a rough first year.  I planted it according to the page long instructions, but it did not thrive.  In fact, we were pretty sure it was done for when by the middle of May it had not shown any sign of life.  While I was in Texas for Mother's Day, Gail yanked it out of the ground.  However, when she examined it, there was a tiny green sprout.  She wrapped it in wet paper towels and when I got home I planted it in a big pot and put it out on the patio where it would get lots of sun.  This autumn, I brought it in and put it in a western window.

As you can see, it's doing well.  

Despite the Fig Man's assurances that it would do well in the spot I described to him, I think it is now an indoor plant by winter and a patio plant in the summer.

   

The Spotted Towhee

This spotted towhee was feeding along after most of the other birds had finished.  This single bird has been at the feeder on and off all winter.  

Day 2