"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by." Frost
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The view from our front yard in Autumn: The Sandia Mountains. They light up bright orange during sunsets.
This is for anyone who doesn't think it snows in the desert. This cactus in our front yard, is called a cholla (Choy-a).
Albuquerque BalloonFest from our backyard. Happens in early October.
Here's my hubby watching the balloons.
My EPPIE. A really nice trophy for Listen to the Mockingbird. OUR PETS
Hermie, our Cardigan Corgi. We didn't know what he was until we saw a picture of Cardigan Corgis on the Internet. He's a bionic dog with major back and knee surgery but boy can he hike!
Oliver. We found him starving in an alley near an Italian restaurant. My hubby lured him with a shrimp and brought him into the restaurant under his coat. He was so tiny I carried him in my pocket for weeks. Now he weighs 18 pounds!
Little Guy. We went to the pound to get one cat and came back with two. He's a hyperactive hockey player and is smarter than we are. He has an immense fluffy tail he can wrap himself in.
Mr. McCoy, the second cat my hubby insisted on - 8 years old and blind in one eye. He follows us everywhere! And believe it or not, he sings beautifully. We love traveling and hiking. Here are a few recent highlights:
Carlsbad Caverns. This is seriously deep into the earth. Our calf muscles eventually recovered.
Indian Cliff dwellings dating back a thousand years. Actually a scene from Eye of the Mountain God takes place at a similar locale.
San Antonio Creek in the Jemez Mountains, our favorite place to hike. You can see Hermie if you look hard.
Franz Josef Glacier tumbling down into rain forests in New Zealand, one of our favorite countries. This was in 2004. The glacier has shrunk about 100 yards since we last saw it in 1997.
My very own shot of a sperm whale diving off Kaikura, New Zealand. We also video taped hundreds of porpoises leaping high into the air.
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