Today I dug out my old tele lens from the closet and tried it on my Nikon Z fc. I needed an adapter, which I have purchased when I bought the camera. However I have never used it until now. Headed out on the porch, what would be the ideal subject? Those goldfinches, of course. They are our frequent visitors and it calms me every time I see them.
Lower half of our agave flowers are fully bloomed now. This agave, as I probably have mentioned before, is too young to bloom in my opinion. Its flowering stalk stands only about seven feet tall. Still, it stands straight and reaches the sky as high as it can.
Remember the farm windmill I mentioned a while ago? I was thrilled that the community finally replaced it and went there often just to admire it. About two months ago we noticed that the windmill was gone. At the time we thought it needed repair and would be back up spinning again soon. Everybody here knows how unpredictable and wicked strong the wind can be in Eldorado. I start to think that it’d never be back..
In order not to let the parcel exposed to the heat outside of our door, my companion wanted to wait till he had it before going out to do some planned shopping. He got a message that said it’d be delivered between 1:30 to 3:30pm. Then another message saying between 5:30 to 7:30pm. When it finally was delivered at 7:42pm, it was delivered to a wrong address..
So we wasted the whole day waiting for the parcel and never left the house.
The image was captured shortly before sunset, when I felt I could no longer stay inside although outside temperature was still around 85°F..
Do you know that this particular type of agave, commonly known as the century plant, once they bloom, they die soon afterwards?
This morning when I dragged our recycling bin to the curb, I noticed that some of the flowers are opening. This is our second agave that has bloomed. I still get this mixture of happy and sad feeling.. “Soon it will be dead..” I said to myself. “but it certainly is putting on a great show.”
If those clouds were speaking, what would they be saying?
We were on our way to town. This particular cloud formation caught our eyes and we immediately pulled over to the shoulder..
It wasn’t there 10 minutes ago when I opened the door to our porch to let the cool air in. Then the warm glowing light of sunset caught my attention. I went out, stunned by the transformation. This is one of the many reasons why I love this Land of Enchantment.
After the brief rain in the afternoon, the sun showed its face only for a short period of time. The plants outside looked fresher and greener. The air seemed cooler than inside as well. I opened up some windows, hoping that cross air would make the inside temperature feel more comfortable.
Blame it on jet lag then. Today went by so fast unproductively. I have a hard time remembering anything that I’ve accomplished.
These two days since we came back from Australia have been stressful for no particular reasons. And the unpleasant high temperature is tough for my companion. This afternoon when I went to check our mailbox, I found our chamisa which I planted the year after we move here is dead. Its gentle green has turned into color of yellow dust. I felt sad, exhausted and tied of it all..
Today for me was a busy day that went by in a daze. We collected mail from the postal office, bought groceries and had a late lunch before we headed home. Then I was on the computer backing up all the photos from our trip to two different devices. (I’m a bit paranoid about losing any of my photos..) Almost the whole day I was somewhat in a daze. I knew it must be the jet lag, so I pressed on and tried to ignore it.
It was a really warm day. After the sunlight had weakened, I went out and walked around the house. That’s when I noticed that our agave is about to bloom..
傑森’s One Photo A Day 