Tomboy Farm is an example of a Master Class in “Definite Random Eclecticism“ There are two rail cars from the Durango and Silverton narrow Gauge Railroad, several windmills, an assortment of classic old farm equipment and many, many other totally random objects.This photo also is a fine exhibit of the type of weather we’ve experienced for the last two weeks. This makes early morning photography a joy as you will see in the examples to follow!
Our Critter Sitting stint in Durango is almost over, Travis and Lorelyn come home later tonight, reports and photos from the Balkans seem to indicate that they had a great time. Meanwhile here in Durango, the Critters are all safe (it’s a coyote eat anything world out here!) and we have had a respite from that Texas heat. We have had Bluebird Skies for the entirety of our tenure here which makes doing our Projects a lot nicer. If you recall, I asked Lorelyn and Travis to come up with a list of “chores” for us to do while they were away. Coming off of the Texas Chore List (and successfully losing a few pounds) we did not want to regress so when we arrived the List was waiting! We added a few things of our own and hopefully these will be met with Approval when the Wayward Proprietors of Tomboy Farm regain their foothold on USA soil.
I was able to take a few pics almost on a daily basis, some nice ones with my new 100/400 telephoto. Probably the best way to proceed is to just show you the pics and explain the scenes so here they come!
Close-up!
Front of the house. Aspens and Cottonwoods in all their colorful glory
“Who you lookin’ at???”
“Fight! Fight! Billy and Eric are having a fight!”
Just by happenstance, two of our good friends from the World Cruise were traveling around the West and were driving between Pagosa Springs and Cortez while we were here. We are smack dab in the middle of those two towns, about an hour each way. Brian and Kristine live on the coast of Oregon in Newport. We visited them last summer and you can read about it in the Archives. Great people and a great place!
These are the guys that i found when I went out looking for elk. But these are not elk, they are the usual Mule Deer that are so plentiful that even a Buck sighting is ho-hum. Elk run here but this time of year they may still be up higher in elevation, I was only a little above 7000′ here. It’s either that or I’m lousy at spotting them!
One of the Projects….. Travis asked if I could build him another workbench for the other side of the shop. All of that fancy work in the back is functional as reinforcements and stiffeners. They are all attached to each other.
Here is a nice scene from just north of here. Again, early morning glowing light is fantastic to work with.
One of the Projects that we came up with. A large Cottonwood was taken down, and the wood need to be cut and split. Which we did. The Pile is courtesy of “Wood Stacker Paula”
You can see how large the tree was!
If you can view this one in a darker area you will see the constellation Orion. My astrophotography was not as successful as I had hoped. I still have a lot to learn and I probably have some special equipment to purchase! 🙂
Look at this one in a darker area too…… you will see an example (almost) of a “Thomas Kincaide” type time exposure, it looks pretty cool!
“Two for the Road!”
I now qualify for my Operating Engineers license! One of our chores was to move piles of brush across the street to the neighbors ‘burn pile’ so Travis gave me a quick ‘skid-steer’ lesson and away we went!
And here is “Munchie” goating to max, and basking in the warm sunlight.
Well, that’s it for now. In a few days we’ll be back in Texas, and it won’t be long until the Vietnam/Cambodia trip fills our ‘thoughts of preparations’ routine!
Oh, and by the way, we’ve added another trip for next year so you all will have to make sure that you’ve accrued enough vacation time! we are going on a family cruise with Paula’s kids to Alaska via Princess (of course!) slated for the second week in August. Get ready for glacier and maritime critter pics!
