Category Archives: Flowers

Crossing into Spring

Posted on March 25, 2021 by joeschelling

Spring seemed to arrive just on time this year, with pear trees coming into bloom along with the daffodils and a few wildflowers. That is, up until Tuesday night, when we got blasted by high winds, cold temperatures, and a … Continue reading →

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Almost Fall

Posted on September 20, 2020 by joeschelling

September is just flying by, and Fall arrives in just two more days. The signs have been appearing that we’re moving past summer with the sunflowers in full bloom, chamisa starting to turn yellow, bird migration well underway, and for … Continue reading →

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More Summer Sightings

Posted on August 30, 2020 by joeschelling

It’s been a little over two weeks since my last posting and until this morning the days have been rather hot and dry. Haven’t gotten out much either with trying to keep my distance from others these days. Astonishing to … Continue reading →

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From Spring to Summer

Posted on June 21, 2020 by joeschelling

Life goes on around us despite the coronavirus pandemic and all the unrelated social issues raised in recent days, and there have been quite a few interesting sightings over the last two weeks leading up to the first day of … Continue reading →

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It’s Always Something

Posted on June 7, 2020 by joeschelling

Most times when I’m out wandering around I really don’t know what to expect to see. Other times I’ll have a specific target in mind and will either get lucky and find it or more often see something totally unexpected. … Continue reading →

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Essential Escapes

Posted on May 24, 2020 by joeschelling

Spring has been getting into high gear around here for the last couple of weeks with almost perfect weather and all manner of new nature sightings. I’m still being pretty good about complying with pandemic restrictions, limiting trips usually to … Continue reading →

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Spring Lockdown

Posted on May 8, 2020 by joeschelling

Not much changed pandemic-wise around here over the last two weeks, but there have been plenty of new butterfly species for the year, further developments among my nesting owls, and several other interesting sightings. I keep seeing reports of a … Continue reading →

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Time Flies

Posted on September 17, 2019 by joeschelling

Surprising to realize it’s been three weeks since my last posting, so I wanted to get some of the few photos up there that I’ve taken during that time. No particular reason, I just haven’t gotten out there as often … Continue reading →

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Time Flies

Posted on April 8, 2019 by joeschelling

It’s always amazing to me how following a few weeks of not seeing much out there to photograph,  suddenly there’s lots of new sightings for the year and the pictures just start to pile up. So, apologies in advance, but … Continue reading →

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Beyond Balloons

Posted on October 16, 2018 by joeschelling

Every year since 1972, the skies above Albuquerque fill with hot air balloons most mornings for nine days in early October. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta brings nearly 600 balloons from all over the world to town for our biggest … Continue reading →

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