[ A small clear spot on the forest floor, filled with old, mostly flat, rusty cans. ]
I found another can graveyard!
Of course I got a bunch of small beauties pics on Woods Day, for all that it was a short one.
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[ The last few petals of a pink rose cling to the bush, shining in the sun. ]
Starting with the one thing from that Mall Wart parking lot that wasn’t orange, the very last of the year’s roses.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is flopped on a sleeping bag. Sun shines through the van windows behind him, lighting up his fur. He’s leaning on a box that once held laserjet toner. ]
I took another walk last Sunday, close to the end of the day, as I usually do, but this time the boys declined to come with me. This is where I left them …
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[ A view from the ground, looking up through tall Ponderosa pines. The sun barely peeps through a cluster of branches, and many of the needles are brightly lit. ]
I spent some time just laying on the ground, looking up through the trees, & it was … it was just gorgeous. They shimmered as the sun shone on the needles & the wind moved everything around; I tried to catch it on video, but it just didn’t come out right. It was very soothing to lay on the ground & just BE.
Course then Loiosh came over & stuck his butt in my face, because that’s how THAT goes.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby, stands amidst a cluttered pile of branches from a fallen Ponderosa pine. Most of them are bigger around than he is, and he looks pretty small. ]
We took a Woods Day on Sunday — it’s SO good being able to get outside more often! — & the boys found a big fallen Ponderosa to climb around on.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is caught midstep on his way down from on top of a rock. ]
I spent a lot of time working on faery home decor, so the boys kept themselves busy. Lotta sniffing stuff, lotta rolling in the dust, lotta napping. Loiosh went up about six trees, but not the one he got stuck in that time, so THAT was nice.
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[ A small tree, trunk maybe three inches in diameter, arches across the path; Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, stands just on this side, both forepaws on a fallen log. ]
Okay it’s more a ‘slightly mysterious tree arch’ than a looking glass but that sounded better.
I asked Loiosh if we should go through …
& he said YES WE SHOULD.
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[ A tiny green plant, maybe an inch across, made up of several stems covered with weensy ferny leaves. ]
It is spring! There is greenery!
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[ Two tall Ponderosa trees rise near a stone fire circle. Behind the fire circle is my van. Loiosh, an orange tabby, sniffs at the ground beneath the trees. ]
It’s always good to get out into the woods. Loiosh found a good spot to sniff, & stayed there for a WHILE.
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[ A close view of a Ponderosa tree; the outer layers of bark are scorched black, but much of the black has broken away to show the orange-tan bark beneath. ]
The fire here was older than the fire at the last place I looked. How much older? No idea. I’m still learning this stuff.
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby wearing a purple and black harness, is squatting on a big stump, glaring at the camera. Tall trees rise in the background. ]
I got two, count em, two good Dramatical Posing shots on Woods Day. Everything else came out looking like this.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is laying at his ease on a concrete patio. His leash, also green, is draped decoratively around him, and his eyes are mostly squinted shut. ]
Friday the weather was decent & Loiosh was a WIGGLEBUTT, so I took him along to Gallup for a wander. We didn’t run into a lot of people, alas, but he did get some pets, & I got a bunch of pictures of Gallup.
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[ A grove of tall Ponderosa pines, rising over ground covered in pine needles. The sun peeks through the trees to the upper right, and sunbeams pierce the air. ]
I don’t know how to express how good it was to be back in the woods. I don’t … have the words for it, for the restful shade of the pines, the resinous scent of the air, the tiny, near-inaudible chuckle of water. The rustle of reeds & needles, the cry of a raven circling above.
… yeah okay I guess that was some words.
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[ An orange tabby wearing a green harness stands on a couple of rocks roughly his size, body facing the camera but head turned to gaze up to the left. ]
Loiosh welcomed the chance to employ some Dramatical Posing.
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[ Loiosh, an orange tabby wearing a green harness, is sniffing at the base of a Ponderosa pine. The bottom three feet or so of the bark is lightly charred. ]
Two days ago I FINALLY managed to do Woods Day. Y’all, I need to prioritize Woods Day more, because I needed that BAD. Spending a day outside working on Tyrava is good, mind you, but Woods Day is, apparently, more necessary.
I found us a new spot again — managed to find a bit of creek that had water in it! — & it turns out there’d been fire on the slope above. I didn’t see any signs of heavy equipment, so it must’ve burned out on its own. There was a whole glade of trees that had burned some but not much — the one in the picture above only lost a layer or two of bark, & is otherwise doing fine. This is why Ponderosa pines have that layered puzzle-piece bark!
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby wearing a black harness, is standing on the van’s front passenger seat, looking out the window. Loiosh, an orange tabby, is meatloafed on the seat, and Tom is almost standing on Loiosh’s head. ]
They look so eager!
Well. Tom looks eager. Loiosh looks like Tom could maybe not stand on his face.
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby, is sitting on an old door with green spraypaint applied to it in a random manner. The ground under it is covered in snow. Tom has his eyes mostly closed & is visibly Very Pleased about something. ]
Dramatical Posing!
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[ Yes, it’s the same interior wall I’ve been working on for … a while now. The section closest to the camera is entirely unfinished, & the part beyond that has wall boards about halfway up. ]
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[ Snow caught in green pinyon needles. ]
I really gotta get me & the camera out more often when the snow is still fresh.
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[ Major Tom, a big grey tabby, seen from behind, looking out the front door. There’s a lot of snow out there & he’s having Opinions about that; his tail is caught mid-lash. ]
I will freely admit that I was FAR more excited about the snow than the boys were. But Tom did, eventually, go outside.
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