Roadrunner, Poppy fields

More Images from the southwest. This cute Roadrunner kept putting his crest up, then down. This shot is of it mostly up. The poppies are just exploding! One day soon I will be ready to post some of the new stuff I am working on..... Good news, I just found out I was awarded a Minnesota Arts Initiative Grant! Money to do a proper web-site, get work framed, research and work time .... Thank you Minnesotans.

Desert Poppies, Pictographs, Desert Bighorn

Doing a lot of hiking as the weather has been spectacular! Yesterday out at Antelope Pass in the Peloncillos I saw my first Poppies of the year - wonderful delicate little beauties. Every year I hope to see the Desert Bighorn Sheep that were reintroduced to the Peloncillos in the early 80's, after being listed on the New Mexico endangered species list in 1980. (for more info. on the sheep go to http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/conservation/documents/everythingfinalBighornSheepPlan.pdf

Finally yesterday I saw one - a big Ram looking over the top of the mountain, peeking down at me. The last photo is where he would have been if he had stuck around to have his photo taken. I hiked all the way up to the top and tried to spy him or the herd, but they were long gone. I will be happy with my glimpse. On some of my hikes I come upon pictographs and grinding holes and pottery shards, remnants of past inhabitants. The second photo is of pictographs found on an undercut wall in the Peloncillos. I wish I could pass on more information about them, who, when, how..... but I just don't know.