Saturday, September 27, 2008

Sorry reader

Sorry readers, our home computer has been down for about a month. Can't even start Windows on it.... I'll take it in for repair/retirement next week.
In the mean time, here are some pictures from up in the pass above our house from today. The fall colors are just starting to come out.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Sara's pictures from Marble

Some more off Sara's camera:

Insurance Fraud

Edmond thinking about that big insurance policy he holds on Olivia....
Marble, CO
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New friends


We were down at the river yesterday and found 3 baby snakes. They have been well loved.......
Release date is today.
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Marble and stuff

We met Edmond & Olivia and a couple of their worthless children in Colorado. We went to Eagle and Carbondale and Marble and had fun. More pictures later:

Ride em' Cowboys


After an entire week of begging...... "Dad, can we ride horses tonight after work?" (asked on my way out the door and then again as soon as I got home)
We finally went down to ride at the woman I ride to work with's house. Happy kids and sane parents.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Peregrine Falcon



This guy has a broken wing and was brought in to Game & Fish. I only had my cell phone for a camera, so not the best images......

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Penitente Canyon

A few pictures from my trip to Penitente Canyon last weekend. I went up to meet little bro and Mandy and do some climbing. It ended up raining after we got 3 climbs in.

It's a dry heat.....

 
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Friday, July 11, 2008

Polyphemus Moth

Found this guy at work this morning. Polyphemus moth (Giant Silkworm Moth)
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Thursday, July 10, 2008

A trip to Texas

The wife and I drove to Texas and back this week. The mission was to see a well-loved dying uncle one last time.
15 hours of driving puts you in Dallas/Ft. Worth if you don't get distracted on the way by interesting abandoned buildings, ranches, towns, and mansions......

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Pictures from the bike trip

We've been planing a motorcycle trip through NM and CO for over a year. After months of anticipation, we finally got rolling on Wednesday. Roger, Garett, and Kevin drove across country in about a day and a half and the rest of the crew flew in on Tues. I rode down to Espanola to meet them and then we rode north to Chama and on to Pagosa Springs for the night. Lots of good times and I did about 875 miles and the rest did over 1000.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Be watching

Our big motorcycle trip is over. 875 miles and a lot of good times behind us.
Watch for some video in the days to come.....
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Friday, June 6, 2008

A fine day in June


We woke this morning wondering if it was June or December. Snow on the cars and mountains. Life at 8000 ft. I guess.....
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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Just ducky.....

Click on the link (the title) to go to the Vimeo page if you want to watch in High Def.


Ducky from MarkB on Vimeo.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Saturday, May 24, 2008

A good day

We started the day chasing the train up the pass through the snow. It was opening day and there was a big crowd to see off the first train of the season. When we got to the top of the pass there was about 3ft. of fresh snow on the tracks so we weren't sure if the train would make it up and over to the other side.










From train chasing we headed south to Plaza Blanca to take Nana & Grampy to do some exploring. Mom stayed home and painted the bathroom floor. We had a nice adventure and got back home at 10pm. A good day......
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Hummingbird

At the feeder:

Hummingbird from MarkB on Vimeo.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Quinn's Visit (pix)

Quinn came over for the weekend and we set off on an adventure this morning. We spent most of the day "Turkey Hunting" as the season ends tomorrow and I still don't have a bird. We did a lot of other things and never even saw any birds until the end of the day. I spotted 4 at about a 1/2 mile away and shortly afterward Quinn saw 4 more that were all hens. No bird for the table, but we had a lot of fun.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Eagle Banding 2008

Buzztail

Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a rattlesnake:

Rattlesnake 1 from MarkB on Vimeo.

If you visit the Vimeo website, I've got a bunch of other video up too.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

Saturday, May 10, 2008

New Neighbors

Here's a little video of Scott & Holly's new neighbors. They seem really nice, probably would make some good babysitters........

Bums from MarkB on Vimeo.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Rocket Science

A vignette from Quinn's birthday celebration.

Rocket Science from MarkB on Vimeo.

Some good looking kids

From Quinn Reed Simmon's birthday party this weekend.
His mom has some pictures and videos HERE
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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Our darling daughter


It had been a long day for everyone so we sent the kids to bed a little early. Arden wouldn't settle down so mom told her she could read books on the bean bag for a while. It got quiet upstairs after a bit so I went up to investigate......

"On" the bean bag, "in" the bean bag, what's the difference?
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Monday, April 28, 2008

HOT CHICKS !!!

Glossy Ibis

We were in Pagosa Springs recently and saw these birds that looked very "out of place" in Colorado. I believe they are Glossy Ibis (or is that Ibi?) Plegadis falcinellus.

When Mom went away

Here's some pictures (all off my cell phone) of our time without mommy. Most are at the Albuquerque Museum of Science.