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Almost Eclipse
Leaf stipled shadow
Ninety-eight percent,
turns out isn’t mostly dim,
but sorta smoky
Like those brush fire days
when blazes light up the range
and wind blows our way,
Dimming the mountains.
I expected more twilight–
maybe a few stars.
Still—through the glasses,
the moon slid over the sun,
leaving a crescent.
It grew chill, and still,
and leaf shadows lay stipled.
Not Totality.
Squaw Mountain at 11:03 a.m.
Squaw Mountain at 11:21 a.m.
11:38 a.m. “Totality”
Siobhan and lamb, ready for the eclipse!
March
Squaw Mountain with mist
In like a banshee,
Be wary—the Ides of March
And out like a mist.
Battle Mountain with mist
Aquarians and heifers
January cake for Sharon, our neighbor Nikki, and Brian
The past few days have seen several birthdays, so we had a communal birthday party. Here is the cake that Megan made for the occasion. Nikki decided to stay home with her new baby, but her husband John came and we celebrated a combined 142 years of living. We had some discussion of the arrangement of candles.
Today, Tiarnan and I took a walk through the snow. He’s another Aquarian with a Valentine birthday.
It was a good day.
Tiarnan on a snowy day
Squaw Mountain with plowed snow
Tiarnan and the heifers
Clouds in fall
Lucky Butte and Squaw Mountain
We got our first snow at the Home Ranch, and dramatic clouds there and at Powder Flat.
Baker’s Peak from the Powder Flat Portal
Ladder Ranch
