Near Honeyville a month ago. Summer has, sadly, now arrived, with hundred degree temperatures and all the green baked brown, but April through early June around here was a nice verdant time.
Jul 042014
Jun 252014
From several months back:
Jun 192014
So I wander out into the back yard to look at the stars, and I see this pure-white rabbit sitting there looking lost. Now, I don’t know from rabbits. Ain’t my schtick. But I’ve been in these parts for a decade now, and one thing we don’t have out here is a plethora of rabbits. Certainly not-stand-out-in-a-crowd, hey-mister-falcon-here-I-am white ones. It allowed me to get up to it and pet it before it hopped away. Being a dumbass, I went back in, got the cat carrier, and spent a while chasing this critter down before finally getting a grip on it and stuffing it into the box. So now it’s luxuriating away in my basement, still in the crate (it has water).
So tomorrow I get to contact neighbors and see who’s lost a bunny. I’ve no idea what else to do with it. One-Eye had notions, though… she saw me chasing it around, decided to come see what I was doing, and when she caught sight of the rabbit you could tell that “wow, that’s the biggest mouse I’ve ever seen” was passing through her little mind.
Obviously I got to the rabbit before One-Eye did. She would have had a chore and a half taking this guy down, though. It’s pretty sizable.
Jun 062014
Some of the critters in the back yard:
Jun 042014
Near the Arizona border:
May 292014
Goosenecks State Park in south-eastern Utah is a wholly remarkable place. The photos below (scaled *way* down from the full-rez versions) really don’t do the place justice. The San Juan river meanders through the area and has cut a canyon a thousand feet deep, resulting in some truly bizarre and impressive features. Sadly, there were no boats visible in the river at the time to give the place scale.
Re: high rez versions – see comments HERE.
May 272014
May 102014
Past few days have seen some weather out here. Certainly nothing like what other areas have seen… a downpour in Utah is a pretty weak thing compared to the gullywashers I grew up with in the midwest. Still, for the area it’s been entertaining. Especially the sudden blast of hail that slammed my car today:
Hail about 3/8″ diameter hit with some considerable authority, and buried a small region about half an inch deep. Strange to see it so localized.
One upside to the weather was the visually improved evening:
May 072014
Seen near sundown this evening in Thatcher, Utah:
You can also download the very much larger version by LOOKING HERE (over at my photo blog), good for printing and such. Permission granted for personal use.
If you like the photo and want to toss a few coins my way… well, here ya go.
May 032014
Passed this Sikorsky H-19 being sloooowly towed up I-15 past Brigham City today.
