I woke this morning to a snowstorm. At least that's what they called it in sunny Albuquerque.
By the time the snow stopped falling at noon, and I went hiking, it was melting, despite below freezing temps.
I had to wait for it to stop snowing, since I don't have any winter clothes since leaving Thailand..not even a hat!
Freezing my rump off on that hike inspired me to get on Amazon and order a coat, boots, ski mask, gloves, etc., even though winter is already ending.
I saw mule deer, javelina (collared peccary), and Merriam's kangaroo rat tracks in the desert (SO cute!), but the wind was strong and I was only wearing a sweatshirt and windbreaker, so I soon headed back.
There was a huge black-tailed jackrabbit, but I didn't see any other wildlife.
Photos:
1.my front yard this morning,
2.desert dry river bed in valley below my housing division,
3.Merriam's kangaroo rat burrow and tracks
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we left mesa on dec 31 after 3 months & the day after we arrived home on van isle it got cold & started snowing. the worst feb i've experienced on van isle since 1975. the morn after we got back we noticed our daffodils just peaking thru the surface; been buried in at least a foot of snow since. the last few days we've been a little above freezing but we're way below normal temps.
callmedubious
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Feb 19, 2019
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How are you coping with life after being in Thailand for so long?
Jolanta
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Feb 19, 2019
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Well, after Sydney, Albuquerque is my favorite city to live in.
@birdingnut After having lived in Sydney for a long time but visited Melbourne on several occasions, I do prefer Melbourne. It has a lovely European vibe about it.
@Jolanta I thought Melbourne too parochial, but I was just visiting briefly.
@birdingnut My daughter lives there so I go there quite often and just love the place. If I had to live in a large major city in Australia, Melbourne would be my choice.
@Jolanta They do have some great birds there, but in Sydney I can ride the ferries and eat in Chinatown for cheap, and there are even more birds-lorikeets, cockatoos, etc. to photograph.
@birdingnut Have you ever been to Queensland? Once when I was there in the country there was this huge flock, blue and green. It was a flock of budgies, thousands of them. Amazing site it was. Never seen anything like it.
@Jolanta No, but I saw flocks like that in the outback while traveling with the mail truck to my camel trek rendezvous near Coober Pedy.
@birdingnut Gorgeous isn't it.
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