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bosquebill

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Retired electronics engineer, New Mexico USA, who loves birding, biking, boondocking, baseball, and Beethoven. Amateur landscape/wildlife photographer. He/him. "Bosque" has 2 syllables.

I mostly post my photos of nature & landscapes.

If you are interested in more photos, see links below.

I delete my non-media posts after about 1 day.

I filter out FIS WC results, youtube links & birdsite RTs.

My system can't display .webp photos.

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bosquebill, to ilaughed
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Silver Mountain
Uncompahgre National Forest, CO
[tall photo]

#MountainMonday #photo #landscape #NationalForest #Colorado

bosquebill,
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@ai6yr Don't know off-hand. Did a quick search without luck. It's part of the San Juan's of the Rocky Mountains (which doesn't narrow it down much.) There was gold mining along the base. Don't know if "Silver" is due to mining or its color. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

bosquebill,
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@ai6yr
"From a distance the massive conglomerate of the Telluride formation is light reddish gray or gray. In detail the color is influenced mainly by the color of the constituent boulders. These consist of a great mixture of relatively resistant rock types red and gray sandstone, gray limestone, bluish-gray or gray quartzite, gray granite, gneiss, and dark-gray schist; the sandy matrix is stained somewhat reddish by iron oxide."

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Sunrise East of Mather Point
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

As I post this the sun is just about to peek over the mountain east of Albuquerque. I felt like I needed to commemorate this morning, for some reason.

coggins, to Tokyo
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Here's a 1970s edition of DUNE. Ever wonder what short story writer, memoirist, novelist, and teacher Tobias Wolff thought about the novel back then?

Well, now you can find out in a Q&A I did with Mark Stevens for my latest novel GEISHA CONFIDENTIAL.

We talk about the origin of my main character August Riordan and creative writing classes I took early in my career with Wolff and Ron Hansen.

https://markhstevens.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/q-a-102-mark-coggins-geisha-confidential/

@bookstodon

bosquebill,
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@coggins Wow, that cover sure looked familiar. Thought there was a small chance I could put my hands on my old copy... amazingly, I found it easily, but it's the 1965 Ace edition with cover by John Schoenherr. 544 pages.
cc: @ianRobinson

bosquebill,
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@ianRobinson @coggins It's in pretty good shape. Back cover has quotes from Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, and P. Schuyler Miller, Analog.

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Northern Harrier
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM

This species formerly/sometimes is known as a Marsh Hawk (to qualify for ). She is flying low to hunt for prey, such as mice.

ianRobinson, to random
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I was going to make a spice-beer quip, but I restrained myself.

Also, food arrived.

bosquebill,
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@ianRobinson Yummy! Wish I could get that anywhere near here.

Feel free to give Dune 2 a rating even if you will withhold your comments for a while.

bosquebill,
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@ianRobinson yeah, that’s the trouble with sequels.

bosquebill, to ilaughed
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Long House
Bandelier National Monument, NM
[very tall photo]

A Bandelier photo from a different location than yesterday's. This view shows the Long House ruins at the foot of rhyolite tuff cliffs. Look carefully and you may see horizontal rows of holes carved in the cliff to support roof beams. See the link for more info:
https://www.nps.gov/band/index.htm

#FootpathFriday #photo #history #AncientPuebloan #ruins #geology #NewMexico

bosquebill, to random
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@ai6yr You started a thread on bike helmets back in the mists of time. One respondent mentioned Bell and Gyro will send free replacement pads. I looked inside my helmet to see model/size and discovered the mfg date of 2011. <hand hitting forehead emoji> I've ordered a new helmet.

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Cañon de Frijoles
Bandelier National Monument, NM

A view of the village of Tyuonyi and cliff dwellings (left).

"Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of ruggedly beautiful canyon and mesa country. Petroglyphs, dwellings carved into the soft rock cliffs, and standing masonry walls pay tribute to the early days of a culture that still survives in the surrounding communities.... The Ancestral Pueblo people lived here from approximately 1150 CE to 1550 CE. They built homes carved from the volcanic tuff and planted crops in mesa top fields." from: https://www.nps.gov/band/index.htm

#ThrowbackThursday #photo #ruins #AncientPuebloan #NationalMonument #landscape #history #NewMexico

bosquebill, to random
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The Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Program is issuing a Health Alert due to blowing dust. Those with respiratory conditions in the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County should limit outdoor activity.

Effective: 10:30 AM on 2/27/2024
Expires: 11:00 PM on 2/27/2024

For more information: http://www.cabq.gov/airquality/trends/health-alert-information

#NMwx

bosquebill, to Utah
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Red Canyon
San Juan County, UT

Looking across this broad canyon in southern #Utah always brings me peace and tranquility, so seemed an appropriate scene for #SilentSunday

Those cubical white, sandstone boulders in the foreground are the size small houses and are part of the mossback formation.

#landscape #photo #geology

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Creamsicle Sunset
El Segundo, CA

While poking around in my photos from a Spring trip to L.A., I found this unprocessed file. I loved how the sun was two-toned against the gradient of the sky and silhouette of beach and lifeguard tower.

I only added a slight amount of contrast to the RAW file, everything else is as natural as possible.

A Creamsicle is an American vanilla ice cream/orange sherbet confection that has been around since at least my childhood.

#SunsetSaturday #photo #sunset #PacificOcean #LA #beach #California

ai6yr, to hamradio
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Sneakers (Redford/Akroyd) with random #hamradio equipment - Yaesu 901 CW/RTTY reader and a Yaesu FT-101Z VFO. #movies

bosquebill,
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@ai6yr Hmm, I wonder where I put my SPL meter? Probably in the box with the pass-thru stereo VU meters. Now, where did I put that box?

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Looking Out
Shoin Building at the Japanese Garden
Van Nuys, CA

Do these floor to ceiling open panels qualify for #FensterFeitag I wonder? I will assume so. A beautiful garden to visit if you're in the Valley (though many areas are now undergoing restoration work.)

https://thejapanesegarden.com

#photo #garden #landscape #building #California

bosquebill,
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@ai6yr Not to worry, the headquarters building is fully operational. Only some of the ancillary facilities are closed at this time (if their website is up to date.)

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Cactus Wren
Tucson, AZ

After "finding" my Sabino Canyon photos from earlier this week, I looked at some others from this trip. Don't think I've posted this colorful wren before and thought you might enjoy seeing it.

jds, to diy Dutch
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Planning some sewing projects to replace disposable plastic bags for these final uses:

  • electronics
  • med/hygiene
  • portioned calories
  • sets of portioned calories
  • cold soak bag
  • pack liner

I already have systems of bags I reuse so sizes are easy to spec. I’ll mostly use Dyneema remnants. It’s air/water tight(ish) and see thru. I’ll seam seal and add zippers to some and roll tops to others.

bosquebill,
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@jds @ai6yr @cvvhrn I guess it's getting to be time to overhaul my mom's old Singer. Do you use drawstrings for closure?

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Surf's Up!
Hermosa Beach, CA

Not a drone shot; taken from the pier and not even a telephoto lens was needed.

#MeerMittwoch #photo #surfer #California

MLE_online, to random
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Time to start building a new battery pack for my drill out of this

bosquebill,
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@MLE_online Excellent. I have a friend with several battery powered drill motors with dead battery packs and no replacements available. Did you say you found a battery kit, or did I misremember? He's an ex-engineer so can handle some assembly. TIA

bosquebill,
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@MLE_online thanks, I’ll let him know that.

bosquebill,
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@MLE_online nice of you to send the link. I see they have others at different voltages, too. I seem to recall him mentioning his were not all the same. 👍

Rjdlandscapes, to random

No Aurora last night had to head home before it got proper dark too, but some actual landscape shots! wow...

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bosquebill,
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@Rjdlandscapes Maybe no aurora, but gorgeous nonetheless! Wow!

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