I actually got to go out and take some photographs. Yesterday when I went to work when I was getting out of the Spring Mountains the was the nicest sun rise I think I'd ever seen. I was hoping to catch one like it this morning. I woke at 4:30AM and left the house by 5:30AM hoping the cards would all fall in place and let me see one like yesterday....sadly it was not to be. I did enjoy getting out to take some photos though.
While this sun rise was nice, yesterday it was spectacular. Yesterday it was just hazy enough that you could look at the sun without squinting yet and it was a dark reddish/orange color! Today, it was just a sun rise.
A big ole raven....
An American Kestrel aka Sparrow hawk...
Not sure what this little guy is. he was the only one that didn't fly away.
A flock of Finches
And when I arrived home I found that Paulie had found an escape path from the house. He was sitting on the wall staring at me!
They say there is no death council! But I have pictures of the them meeting.....
I don't like the way they are looking at me! I must be on the list!!!
Apparently the Nye County Commisioners have been changing speed limits in Pahrump for many years. By a simple majority vote they would lower speed limits on certain roads. This of course, is a big money maker for the county. There is only one small problem. They lacked the legal authority to make those changes. As it stands now, the only enforceable speed limit in Pahrump is 25mph on dirt roads and 45mph on paved roads. School zones are still active though. There are many 35mph zones that are more or less just speed traps to generate revenue for the county. The Nye County Sheriff has been quoted by the Pahrump newspaper as sayingthat he regularly dismisses all speeding citations that involve these illegal speed limits. They are in the process of making them legal though, but it will take a long time.
more pics from our house.
Here is Rufus, resting his weary bones.
One of our, not quite ripe, Pomegranites.
(I ate it anyways. It was only a little bit bitter.)
One of our cactus plants getting watered.
Everything in our front courtyard, except for 1 pine tree, has been added to our drip system now. It makes it much easier to water them all now.
Its well known that Hummingbirds are loners. At our house we have at least three. Of the three, one is always chasing the other two away. Those moments are VERY hard to capture with a camera! But I managed to get some while at Bettys.
Tally Ho! The fight is on!!!!
Its not the one you see that you need to worry about! Its the one that you do not see that will get you everytime!
is coming along nicely.
Here you can see the patio being built off the back of the house.
Here Tom is working on the edging for the patio.
Here is the completed patio.
Here are some of the finished plantings in the front of the house.
Some nice rocking chairs to relax in the morning.
They do have some monster sized gophers out here though.....
Here is the pie Betty baked when we came over to help.
Mile High Lemon Meringue Pie. Too bad its not chocolate!
Here is Betty and Tom's HumBee hanging out guarding his food
Here is Gideon wondering why Tom is not brining him any food??
Here you can see Gideon gnawing on Karen's fingers. He says they are good...They taste like Chicken!!!
