2-18-04 copper pig feet
I got up and started working on a piece I had just about finished last night when it got too dark to see. E dog just wouldn’t leave me alone as she really needs a little run in the morning, so I quite that and hopped on the bike and headed up the trail. We hadn’t gotten very far when I noticed that she had something in her mouth. It was a pigs foot!! It was fairly fresh as pig season is open and this weekend the roads were heavely traveled. Well I could see that she wanted to work on her prize so I turned around and headed back. I don’t know what happened, but I lot footing or grip on the handlebar and did a rather spectacular crash. It is a little difficult to raise my right arm now but I don’t think anything is broke but it is bruised for sure. I am glad I had my gloves on and my cap stopped the main cactus from imbedding in my brain. Dang ground is getting harder and harder every year. I will try to attach a photo of the pig foot and a truck hauling copper ingots. There are a lot of these trucks as this is copper country. There are copper mines and smelter all over this country. I found out about the high taxes from Lowell when I went down to get five gallons of water last night. The school district was counting on the smelter taxes to pay the improvements that they made to the schools. The smelter has shut down and they had to raise taxes to pay for it. Oh, the little doves are Inca and not Aztec like I reported. I got a chance to see the ring neck dove too. they are really big and Lowell says that they were introduced from Europe and are fairly rare here. Lowell has his water and feed out for the birds and his place is really hopping and last night the quail were really noisy and the cardinals were just so flashy and showing off. It is really quite a place. Lowell has a blind where he can get really close and he takes photos of them. He has just got back from the hills where he had collected some wood burls from a desert holly tree. The wood is bright yellow but he says that it does darken over time with exposure to light.
In case my last posts got screwed up and shortened I have posted them here with out photos.
I just checked the PO and still no mail. I called miles city PO and he said that it should be here tomorrow he forgot to call in the change until yesterday!!!
2-10-04
I made it back up to see the guy that knew Terry Hanson. I checked the house but there wasn’t anybody there. There was however a loud little dog that was raising hell that I was there. The neighbor from across the street came over and asked if I was looking for someone. I told him the story and he said that that must be Tom and he had another house just down the street and he walked with me down there to see if he was working on the house down there. The neighbors name is Will and I got to talk with him a little and found out that he was retired and had been there six years or so. He would like to move out and go to Australia, but unfortunately they are not taking any immigrants. He was in radio in his former life and he said that that was not a in demand skill anymore. I suppose since a lot of the radio stations are on computer control, they don’t need people anymore. Most of the places around town are really clean and fixed up but his place was piled high with lots of junk and old cars used for storage.
I walked down the steepest road I have ever been on for sure. It was paved with left over batches of cement and/or small patches of sack crete paving. It must have been close to a 45% angle. Very impressive and evidently it is used to some extent. I met Tom there who was the guy I talked with and his friend Ernie who is from Canada. They were working over a house that had been partly burned down and it needed a lot of work. It was built only six years or so ago but the person who built it did a extremely poor job of it. Evidently there are not any building codes or if there are they are not enforced. It is in a historical district and you have to submit plans as to what you want to build. There is no oversight on how you build it. I like that.
Tom went to school with Terry and they were in one of the fraternities together. Terry was his senior partner and what that meant was that he would buy booze for the young recruit. I guess that they had a lot of fun while there.
We went back to Toms house and they had something to eat and I had a cup of tea with them. Ernie comes down from Canada for a good chunk of the winter and helps Tom with carpentry projects. They have built additions and other stuff around the place. Ernie is an amazing visual subject. He is really tall with long gray hair and unruly mustache. There is a lot of border patrol guys running around and I asked Ernie if he had any trouble with them. He said ‘ no, they are after the Mexicans and don’t even see him. He just takes a long two week vacation in the usa he said. He will go back up home in April.
Tom has a little import business going with a wood carver in Mexico. He has iron woodcarvings made down there and when he gets them up here he finishes them or gives them more detail. We went to his shop and he pawed through some of his stuff to find something for me to take back to Terry, he picked out a cute little frog in ironwood made by the (something_) Indians in Mexico. He also poked around until he found a box of ironwood pieces and went through them to find a nice one for me. He gave it to me to use in making jewelry. I really don’t think I will be making jewelry out of it but that was really nice.
Tom offered me a place to live as long as I want, up and over the top of the hill from town. He has ten acres up there with a friend and said I would be welcome to camp there if I want. He said we would have to go up and take a look to be sure I could get the pod up there and maybe more importantly, back out
I told him that I really needed to get up to Safford to get my mail and that if I found myself back in the area, I might just take him up on it. He thought that the place I was camping was somewhat iffy and was more worried about the border control guys than the wetbacks.
2-11-04
I left town and headed toward Wilcox, but it was getting dark, so I found an open gate and empty desert and pulled out there a couple of hundred yards and let the dog out and put the tea water on. It wasn’t long before there was a border control jeep looking me over. He didn’t think it was a problem evidently because he didn’t come over but just parked looking. I got the bike out of the pod and went for a quick ride in the desert so e dog could get a little exercise. When I got back the tea water was ready and the border control was gone.
I went by hundreds of acres of abandoned fields. I did see a very few fields that have put in pivots and seem to be growing something. Actually I saw cows grazing on most. I could see miles of open concrete ditches and several pump sites that were abandoned. I wonder why all these farms went out of business. The dirt is very red in color and nothing seems to be growing after they quit farming other than a few scattered weeds and bushes. The natural vegetation is extremely sparse consisting of mainly ocotillo and small bushes. This is very bleak looking and not a friendly feeling place. The morning may make things look better. Tom said that they had NPR on cable but they quit it a while back and radio signals don’t make it down into Bisbee. Up on the hill might be better. I am having a hard time getting radio here, other than the LA news station and Denver sports..
I sent a post about Cochise Stronghold from Wilcox library (insert that here) J
Dragoon mts with stronghold in the rough rock area
I went to Safford to get my mail, but it hasn’t gotten there yet. I called Miles PO and I got the P master and he said that it was sent out last week. It will probably be in tomorrow. It is a long way to Safford so I may have it forwarded from there to Sunsites, AZ which is just down the road from the stronghold. Safford has really grown from when I was here years ago. Where hasn’t it grown? When I was talking with Tom he said that there were hot springs around that part of the country. If I go back I’ll have to check that out, for sure. There is some farming going on near Safford. Years ago it was a big cotton center and I did see one field along the highway that had cotton stalks in it. There were several signs on farms with pictures of vegetables. One farm was something like ‘Pedro’s Pepper Farm’. It looks like some of the fields are planted now but I didn’t see any irrigation going yet. It could be that they got a little rain from the last storm that went over. The ground here in the canyon is damp under the surface so they may have had enough to start their crops which is always nice.
All alnongthe way from Bisbee to Douglas and north from there, were just hundreds of acres, actually thousands of acres of farm land gone fallow. I will have to ask to see why that is so. I suppose power for pumping water or lack of water to pump, must be the problem. There are a lot of people living out there in the desert and I just can’t imagine how they are making a living. Did I say that Douglas is now almost all Mexicans? There may be some trade over the border but tourist trade is zip. I heard an interesting comment on the radio on the way back to camp. The guy was saying that if the baby boomers want to have someone paying into social security so they can get their benefits after they retire, they better open the borders to let in workers in. that is an interesting way of looking at it.
Anna tells me that I shouldn’t be worried about the Mexicans as they are just looking for work and will leave me alone. That may be, but why are there bars on all the windows and security gates on all the doors? They are there for a reason and it makes me nervous when I am in that kind of an area. I see bars on the windows in Bisbee on some of the houses. It could be that they are on the windows looks. Yah, sure thing. In the Mexican parts of town all buildings are barred. I remember hearing that people burn up when their house catches fire because they can’t get out. This is a quiet war zone down here. I asked Tom how the different races were getting along in Bisbee. He said that the Mexicans live separate from the Gringos. He said that they will not allow Anglo’s into their group. He said that they get along, but they keep to themselves and the family is supreme. He goes down to Mexico all the time and has a trip planned the end of the month sometime. He invited me to go with them if I am around. He said it is really nice down there. I am NOT taking my truck down there for sure. They really like to steal the Cummins trucks and it really wouldn’t be safe in a border town on the US side. They steal them and drive them across the border and there is no way to get them back even if you find it on the other side. The same guy on the radio had a gal call in who worked for some government office where she approved medical expenses for illegal aliens. She was giving out a list of what she had paid out. Over a million for a heart transplant was the biggest one but others were almost as bad. They get all their medical needs taken care of free of charge (even teeth and eyes and all babies are born here free). Some say that they come in to work and they are not a drag on the economy, it could be, but I remember when my neighbor Norm would hire Mexicans to hoe his sugar beets. They would come on the farm, set up their camp and head into town to sign up for food stamps and assistance. That always pissed me off when they were working and getting welfare at the same time. They know all the tricks to get their ‘fair share’. Norm would hire them rather than have his beets sprayed. He said that either way the beets got thinned and he would rather give them a job than pay the big chemical companies the money. They would sure take advantage of Norm. He would let them use his phone and they called long distance and ran a huge phone bill up and ran out on it. It seems like it was over a thousand dollars and he was contesting it, but probably had to end up paying it.
The radio doesn’t come in for doodle here. I get a couple of country and a bible thumper station. I had to quit listing to the preacher. He wasn’t making any headway with me and I really didn’t think I needed to send him an offering. He had some interesting points on history (hearsay) and I am not too sure about his interpretation of his supposed facts. The country guys are still singing about the same stuff, last time I listened for extended time. I would rather listen to npr, some of those stations are really good and have interesting programs on all day and not opera or symphony all day like in Billings. The country singers have a great time drinking, loving, etc. I talked with a trucker at the truck stop where I fueled up. He was right on my bumper on the freeway a few miles back and I got out of his way as quick as I could. I apologized to him for not paying attention. He said it was no problem as he had yet to run over anyone in 37 years of truckin. He was hauling rice from Louisiana to California. They grow a hell of a lot of rice in California, but I guess they may be exporting it from there? Maybe some different type, that the Orientals like that live there? He said he travels at 80 and covers a lot of miles in the day. I asked him how the new driving log book rules were working out for him. he said that the new rules make it much easier to cheat. It was supposed to make it safer by making them get sleep or rest more often. I have listened to them discussing the new rules on the trucking radio stations (the Trucking Bozo ) and they are really confusing. The person who made them up must make tax forms and instructions for the irs. He said that he doesn’t listen to the CB anymore. He has DX(?) radio in his truck. That is satellite and the stations don’t fade out or have advertising. He listens to the talk shows. I asked him if he ever listens to Art Bell. Oh yes, it is his favorite. The talk show are yapping about nipples, the prez going AWOL, illegal aliens, the liberal dirt on Kerry and now some sort of movie coming out about the jews killing the son of God. Gee, what we need is something new to get excited about. I am sure something will come up.
I just stepped outside and the stars are really intense. I have been camping near towns and at night there is a glow all around the horizon from the towns in the distance. Down here in the canyon I cant see any of that and the moon is not up yet, so the sky is dark. I see I somehow got turned around in my directions and have the pod door headed directly east. I usually try to have it pointing south. The pod hitch is pointed directly at the North Star. The Indians always had their door pointed east so maybe I am supposed to have it that way here.
I see that the gold show is this weekend in Tucson and I am really hesitant tu head back to the city. It is just so nice being out away from that. I will probably do it, I just want to complain about it.
2-12-04
the sun doesn’t come into the valley until late. I see the sun on the mountain behind me but it is still in the shade down here in camp. I need to go to the PO and see if my mail came in to Safford. The counter man said to call between 8 and 9. I need to take a little hike with e dog before I go. Oh, when we got back to camp yesterday, Ely had mail! I call it Pee mail. There must have been a dog or two around as she just went zipping around smelling all the places around camp. I’m sure some suitor left valentine notes for her. She is prime now too.
I hooked up the pod and went in to the PO and asked the postmaster if he would call Safford and see if my mail had come in yet. No, it hasn’t. something really strange has happened to it. I really hope it isn’t lost. It should have been in Safford on Monday or Tuseday. I walked out of the PO and there was a guy selling hot house tomatoes from across the valley as well as tangello’s (which I bought and are yummy) navel oranges and avocado’s. The oranges and tangelos were picked off the tree a couple of days ago in Mesa Az and the avocados are from southern calif and he picked them Sunday. I was yakking with him when a guy came up and asked if I was from Montana. Yup, it was Kent Williams (the county agricultural agent) dad from down at Ekalaka, MT. How’s that for timing? This is either the Twilight Zone or the Twit Wit Zone otherwise how can there be so many coincidences???? He has been down here for three winters. Oh, they talked about the snow. It snowed an inch or so last week down here at Sunsites but it was gone by noon.
I asked the postmaster about the farm land that was fallow. He said that back in the 70’s the power went up as well as propane and it made it uneconomical to pump water. I asked how far to water and he said they pump from 600 –1200 ft. He said that his pump just went dry and had to have a new one drilled to over 300 ft. He said that the drought was lowering the water table. Just a few miles down the valley is a huge power plant that has large evaporation stacks and they must be getting their water from somewhere. There are no rivers around so they must be pumping out the aquifer. There is just a light layer of smog from the power plant too. there are a few orchards of pecans and on my way back to Tucson I went by some really strange trees. The sign near by said that they had pistachios for sale. This was on the back road and was near Dragoon. I liked it near there. I took a side road that said something about a museum and desert research station. It turned out to be some sort of religious outfit and they had their hand out for quite a few bbucks for who know what. . I just turned around but I did get a photo of a wooden door that they ripped off from down in mexico. It was carved in 1668 and they must have built the building around them and for them. They are really nice deep wood carvings but I hate to see the places in Mexico ripped off from their antiques. I went into a shop in Bisbee where a woman was selling antiques from China. She had mostly old chests and tables but there were a few buckets and baskets and other miscellaneous stuff. She said that her partner goes to China on other business and brings back what he finds. She said that now that some people in china have money, those people are buying the antiques and it is getting harder to find good stuff. She had a four-wheel cart that she thought was over 400 years old and it was a magnificent. She also had some chests that were supposedly herbal storage, but I took out a drawer and I could tell that it had never been used. The runners on the bottom of the drawer were not even worn other than to be pulled out a very few times. The outside was very old looking, but it had been ‘antiqued’ and was rather crude construction. The real old stuff is not crudely built and shows real time wear. Buyer beware.
they have to be about 12 ft tall.
I’m headed back to see the gold show.
I stopped in at the Pima air and space museum on the outskirts of Tucson next to an airbase of some sort. Lots of jet fighters and big bombers flying around. The museum is rather pricey but I thought it might be worth it. I wish Roger, Ray, Mike Chris and Charlie could have been with me as it is always more interesting when you are with someone who knows about what you are looking at. I took a few photos, the detail on aircraft aluminum is just fantastic. All the older aircraft was all hand made and the metal work is really unbelievable. I decided to hit the air museum and camp for the night so I can have a whole day at the gold show. I hear them advertising it on the radio so there should be a good crowd. I hope they let me take photos. Here at the museum it was encouraged. A guy was telling me that they store planes here because of the dry desert air rather than have them on a ship while the ship is in port for repairs. I want a plane body to make a trailer out of. I remember seeing a guy that took a big plane and made it into a house. Cool idea. Some of these big ones would make an apartment house. There are quite a few old timers walking around looking and I can overhear some talking about how they flew them. Lots of cool stories around here I’ll bet. I should have taken all day to look around because I just had to take a quick walk around and never saw it all in about two and a half hours when they kicked me out. I could look at airplanes all day with no problem. The workmanship is….. I don’t have the words.
I am camped back where I was at the cinema parking lot. I went over to tell the security guard that I was back. he is really a nice guy. Did I tell that he takes the left over pop corn and hot dogs and sets them beside the dumpster for the hobo’s that hang out the other side of the fence next to the train tracks. They have a regular camp set up with pallets and cardboard houses. The movie cost $7.75 and the Jesus movie is coming up the 28th . he said that the parking lot will be full. One church rented one movie room for 500 and they will be showing it in five at once. There are 16 movie rooms. It sounds like it will be a big money maker.
2-13-04
I was up early and decided that the lack of cars in the parking lot meant that the shuttle bus would not be running from here to the convention center where the show is. I pulled out and headed down town and found the place fairly easily but came in the back way through a parking lot. All the lots seem to be pay type down town. I went over and talked with the girl taking money for the parking and asked her if there were any free places to park. She told me about a side street she lived on not far from there and I went over there. There is a little park along the big wash and at the end is a walled in area that the sign says is available for weddings (no receptions tho) or similar events if you get a key and put down a deposit. The statuary was under restoration and they had the gate open, so of I went in and looked around. I had to go back and get the camera and take a few photos. I have never seen anything like it before. The place was built by a Spanish guy several years ago. The main event is a piece of the last supper a little over life size.
this is a cool three foot high scene where Jesus is brought before the king by Romans ( ? not sure the story but I guess if you are interested you will know it.)
the cross scene
the really spooky scene which I have never seen done before. He is dead on the ground. Is this common? I came in from the other side and thought it was where the guy that built the place was buried until I came around to this side.
The gold show was fascinating.
Here is the only one I have made smaller to email so far. These are all the forms of crystal gold.
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Pima air and space museum
These photos have been shrunk down so there will be no detail. if you want a better photo I will be able to send u one when I get back or someplace where I can hook up. Let me know if you want a good one.
the front gate
a big one
another big one/ low rider
Polish MIG built in 1947 this is a really sweet little plane that looks like fun to fly.
I think this is a Beaver. They used them in Alaska back when I was up there, probably still do.
this one had a huge bomb or tank underneath.
huge flying boat
Helicopter made by McCulloch chainsaw people. Actually a gyrocopter. Man with personal helicopter unit in back.
the metal work was fantastic
called a Guppy for transporting space ship parts.
the guts
this is a British Harrier that takes of vertical. This guy was just so compact and all muscle. Reminds me of Roger.
this was a really low, low rider. A really big one and evidently not very successful as only two were made. Or maybe they used up all the aluminum that they had making this one.
my favorite. I would take up fishing with this.
detail of metal work.
this is the pod and it is a work of art.
remote control spy drone. It had a camera in the nose. Very cool. This looks like something a bull rider would try to ride.
this is similar to the plane (enola gay) that dropped the bomb on japan.
spy plane, that flies mock 3 at 80,000 ft.
the only plane made with stainless steel and all welded, no rivets. It was a little rough but WOW!
this one had small training wheels with big wheels in the center only. This is a huge one and the landing would have to be almost perfect as those little training wheels wouldn’t help much if you got off much.
there were only two of these ever made. Like a water ski with a fighter plane on top.
side view
this is the wood shop where they rebuild planes. The big tool companies give their tools to them and it looks like they lack for nothing. I took this through a window, sorry for the poor quality.
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1-14-04
insert here the post from ‘somewhere’
I stopped in to get some food at the grocery store and these bronze pigs were ‘rooting’ around.
I went up the road to Globe and stopped off at the Dripping springs road to drop off the pod. About half a mile in off the highway there is a nice little camp site not too far off the road. Somebody had left a nice pile of wood for a campfire that needs to be burned. J I can do that for them.
I headed into town and I saw that the chamber of commerce office was open. I went in and sent the road log posts that you all should have gotten. I think they came through with photos, at least the post that I sent to myself came back with the small photos. I took the option of sending the photos small and not very high quality so they would load quickly and not take up too much space in your mail box. If there are any complaints, please let me know and I will take you off my mailing list. If you want a better photo and I can, I will send you a larger more detailed one. You might have to wait until I get back home or have a phone line hookup other than the chamber office. I hate to over use that resource.
The town was very busy as it was some sort of historical festival days this weekend. There was a historic house tour going on, so I paid up and went on the tour. They ferried us around in nice new little vans form house to house. We visited the old territorial jail, an adobe house, small Victorian, craftsman, the grave yard and several other building that have been restored or fixed up with the historical parts saved. I had a chance to get all over town on this tour and meet several of the local people. It is a nice friendly town. Thirty five years ago, it wasn’t that friendly, to a hippie type on a motorcycle. I forgot to take a lunch so I hit Roberto’s for lunch. Great food here and plenty cheap.
This is a rock house that we visited. This was by far the best house we toured. The house was made from rock quarried on the Indian reservation and evidently European craftsmen were imported to build it. The wood work and detail was stunning. It reminded me of the old craftsman style house that Mark and Emma bought in Miles. Below is the fence around the place as well as the detail of the gate lock. This must be the oldest Cyclone fence I have ever seen. It is very nice iron work and I see where they got their good name. Its too bad they don’t make em like they used to.
Someone had replaced the lever and now they use a chain to lock it.
someone had replaced the lever and now they use a chain to lock it.
The pass over the hill from Globe to Dripping Springs is really steep. On the way down there are two or three gravel emergency truck ramps for runaway trucks that loose their brakes. On the way down the hill I saw a propane truck that was up a ramp and there was a big tow truck pulling him out. I’ll bet that guys asshole was puckered when he hit that ramp. He may also be a regular at church for a few weeks.
I got back to camp and set up my work bench and got thing somewhat organized. E dog and I went for a ride/run up the little road that goes up the ridge. I think e dog is either retaining moisture or the puppy nibbles are starting to put a lot of size to her middle. It could be that she hasn’t gotten enough exercise since we were camped in town. I may have put on a little too. I guess we both need a little more exercise.
2-15-04
I started pounding on silver and some copper pieces early in the morning and kept it up all day other than a nice nap. I think it was just about the most perfect day here in the desert. If it would have been any warmer I would have had to find some shade. I took a photo of the cactus here in camp this morning. This is pad cactus and chain fruit cholla.
e dog has been either extremely lucky or there is some instinct that keeps her out of the cactus. The cholla drops small sections of the stickiest cactus you can imagine. If you even get near it, it will attach itself to you and the spines are very painful. So far she hasn’t been attacked but it is not pretty when a dog is covered in them. I have had to almost shoot one of my Ridgebacks to get them off. I should have a pair of those tongs used in cooking but I have used two sticks before. As you can see it is starting to green up a little here.
2-16-04
I worked on silver again today and went down mid morning to see Lowell who is the guy I met a couple of weeks ago that took me to see some property that was for sale. He was gone said a guy that lives across the street at Wind Sprit which is the hippie commune. I cant remember the guys name but he happened to mention that they let people take showers for two bucks. I came back latter in the afternoon and just caught Lowell as he was leaving with his brother and their wives for supper. Lowell took me across the street and introduced me to Kim who was making a birthday cake for one of the people that live there. She got me lined out on the shower and had me use their biodegradable shampoo and soap. She said they were fussy about that. That was fine with me and the shower was hot and the bath house was clean. I went down after my shower and had a visit with Kim. She said that there were about ten people that live there but not all were there at any one time since they have to go out to work to get money. she goes to Tucson to work as a gardener as well as some sort of facilitator for events and only does it on her own hours and not steady work. She has worked on farms in Switzerland and Germany and is very informed on open pollinated seed and organic growing. She told me that I should walk around the place and there are fifteen hundred fruit and nut trees on the place. It is seventeen acres and it is really a special place. There is a olive grove on the way to the bath house and under the canopy are several citrus trees. The grapefruit are like big oranges and on my walk around the place I almost foundered myself on oranges and tangerines. The dwelling are very crude and it doesn’t look like anybody had building skills or money to spend on cabins. Kim lives on the bus village which is several old school busses made into homes. My favorite was a half dugout that had beautiful rock work underground and wattle and daub walls. The roof was a mess and Kim said that the guy that built it was from Spain and wouldn’t allow any help in building it, and didn’t have building skills. In fact the roof fell in twice and they forbade him to live in it anymore. There are several yurts and domes as well as tents and hobo shacks. There is a composting toilet and little trails that go all over. All along the trails are nice little sculpture items and there are special spots that look like group gathering areas. There are several garden areas and the peas are in bloom now and they are eating greens out of the garden. There is a small, half in the ground, green house that is doing well. There are water lines and hoses all over the place and I saw one of the most scary wiring jobs I have ever seen. It seems like all the citrus will go to waste. I imagine that there is so much around the area that they cant sell it. Or maybe they are too lazy to pick it. I see some of the trees fruit is weird looking so maybe it is diseased or not true to type and started from seed????
I’ll head into town tomorrow and hopefully get this sent off and pick up any stray email I may receive ( did you remember to write?) and hopefully my snail mail if they found it.
Here is a photo of some of the recent hair clips that I have been working on. I had a special request for an owl hairclip and it is hard to see but this one is influenced by a coin I saw from Rome that dated from 500-250 B.C. that has an owl on one side and Athena on the other. They seem to always go together the guy who was selling the coins said. The old coins are really cool. Oh, I have a small token that I found in Goldfield many yeas ago that was from a saloon in Sawtell, California that was owned by Virgil Erp. Who was Wyatt Erps brother. There was a company at the show that auctions off antiques and I saw that they had some tokens that they were going to sell. I told him that I had that token and he said that they would be happy to sell it for me. It should bring between three and seven THOUSAND dollars!!!!! Holly cow, I gotta try to find it in all that junk I have stashed.
reflective surfaces are really hard to photograph. I worked this photo over which helped, but I need to work on my camera skills.
Kim said that there were dwarf owls as well as burrowing owls here. While I was over at Lowells place I saw what I thought were little baby doves, but he said that they are Aztec doves. Lowell has a bird feeder as well as a small water fountain with pond to attract birds which he photographs. He said that there are four kinds of doves here. Ring neck, mourning, white wing and the Aztec.
That should be Inca rather than Aztec.