Another fine day in New Mexico. Got up around 7 and trotted Annie out into the sun to warm her bones. I fired up the rock saw and sat in my chair reading "Bleak House" while we waited to see what was inside the pile of rocks that's been accumulating in our yard. After many failed attempts, I finally got a couple of pictures of the Humming Birds that are starting to find our feeder. There are two different species, and the larger of the two tries to keep the smaller away from the yard. They chatter, hum and flit around, occasionally lighting on the phone wires overhead or in the pine trees next door. We've also had rosey finches, bright red cap and breast, at our feeder, but I can't seem to get a decent picture.
The white winged
doves also have found the feeder, but prefer to pick up the spilled seeds from the ground. Here's one on our clothes-line pole. Back to the rocks, here are a few that I cut this morning. The first picture shows some of the uncut faces, then a photo of the other side. We went for a drive this afternoon to pick up more rocks. It's sure a lot faster picking them up than cutting them. N
ot much danger of running out of raw materials. Tomorrow, Brian and I are practicing with a new guitar/bass player Brian met while playing at the Sr. Center last week. Tuesday, we plan to go to Monticello and visit the farm of some folks we met at the Farmers Market. For now, I think I'll go check my rocks.
Another fine day in New Mexico. Got up around 7 and trotted Annie out into the sun to warm her bones. I fired up the rock saw and sat in my chair reading "Bleak House" while we waited to see what was inside the pile of rocks that's been accumulating in our yard. After many failed attempts, I finally got a couple of pictures of the Humming Birds that are starting to find our feeder. There are two different species, and the larger of the two tries to keep the smaller away from the yard. They chatter, hum and flit around, occasionally lighting on the phone wires overhead or in the pine trees next door. We've also had rosey finches, bright red cap and breast, at our feeder, but I can't seem to get a decent picture. 
The white winged
doves also have found the feeder, but prefer to pick up the spilled seeds from the ground. Here's one on our clothes-line pole. Back to the rocks, here are a few that I cut this morning. The first picture shows some of the uncut faces, then a photo of the other side. We went for a drive this afternoon to pick up more rocks. It's sure a lot faster picking them up than cutting them. N
ot much danger of running out of raw materials. Tomorrow, Brian and I are practicing with a new guitar/bass player Brian met while playing at the Sr. Center last week. Tuesday, we plan to go to Monticello and visit the farm of some folks we met at the Farmers Market. For now, I think I'll go check my rocks.
2 comments:
sounds like a great day. If you'd like to make me a set of coasters out of that rock I'd pay the shipping.
great pictures of the humming birds WOW! whats Annie doing? how are the big bugs....??
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