Another day...

Woke up late on Saturday morning. The sun was already high in the sky, bright, bright, yellow white. The dogs impatient and ready to go out. I grabbed my camera from the night stand and headed down stairs. Yes, that's 10:00 am sunlight shining on our lawn. Fifi's bed is already empty. She waited by the back door to be let out.

Mr. Blue Jay was hunting for breakfast. There were Blue Jays all over our neighborhood. I could see then across the street on our neighbor's yard. Such a beautiful blue hue on its wings. They outnumbered the red Cardinals 3:1. He heard me coming down the stairs and flew across the street to the safety of our neighbor's yard.

The space was quickly covered by a squirrel in a big hurry. In the two minutes it spent on our yard, he climbed both trees, dug for something in about 7 places and stopped to inspect three of the flower pots. It moved on to explore the rest of our neighborhood.

Looking back from where I had come, I saw my in-progress work. Those frames have been leaning against the wall for about a month. They will go up as soon as I print a few other pictures that I have already chosen. I just need to find the right frames. I added one more to the line later on in the afternoon.

We use to have problems hearing the door bell upstairs or in the kitchen. The housing kept the chimes from being heard. Elfida had bought me the Devil mask many years ago in Mexico and it had been sitting next to my computer for a few months. I needed a place to put it but it didn't go with any of the furnishing in any of the rooms. It makes a great housing for the door bell! I love the colors on it and the details. I had more masks but Maiko now has them. We now buy handcarved masks for him.

I finally made it to the bottom of the stairs. Both Chihuahuas were already yelping for me to hurry up and open the back door. I had one more photo to take. Just love the shadow cast by this plant.

And this is what an evergreen looks like when it is no longer green.

We finally made it out of the house at about 10:45 am. Elfida watered her plants just before heading out to "Los Altos de Jalisco" for some Mexican breakfast.
We didn't make it back home till after the Cowboys' game started. Elfida watched it while I cleaned the area around my computer. Three trash bags of junk made it to the garbage can. After the game we watched "Across the Universe". It started slow but the sound track was all Beatles' music sung by the actors. The last hour of the movie was intense! It will be on my list of "see again" movies.

I walked to the back door to let the dogs out and saw the sun moving towards the horizon. I asked Elfida if she wanted to go with me to watch the sunset from somewhere south of town. She joined me a I drove towards McGregor. I was surprised by the large amount of traffic on the small roads and onn Hwy 84.

McGregor made a beautiful foreground for shots of the glow from the setting sun. We drove around and made plans to come back at an earlier time and walk the old downtown area.

Elfida suggested this shot. She liked the flags in the distance. By now the sky was just an orange glow. Windows down and radio low, small towns are quiet at dusk.
The sunsets are beautiful but the view away from those sunsets is also beautiful. The orange light gives everything a fiery glow. Almost like looking through red glasses.

We started the drive home in darkness. The sun was gone and a slight chill settled in. I rolled up the window, the wind coming in was now quite cold. Elfida commented on how dark it got out in the country. She prefers living close to more people... in an area with street lights. We skipped dinner, she read and I surfed the net. The Chihuahuas shared a sofa with us, home is so good.