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animals, bees, birds, cats, goats, horses, photography, Rocky Mountain Sheep
During my recent trip to New Mexico, I didn’t see a whole lot of wildlife. That’s not to say there is no wildlife in New Mexico. I just wasn’t where the wildlife is. Instead I saw the usual culprits: horses, goats, wild sheep, birds, bees, and a few cats. Mercifully, I encountered no scorpions or snakes. I saw so many pooches that they get a post all to themselves. 
I’m not sure what manner of animal that last one is.
Rangewriter 
I guess you captured many animals, even if they are not from the “real” wilderness. Beautiful photos. Have a lovely weekend. 😉
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Thanks so much! You, too, have a great weekend. I look forward to reading about it! 😉
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Linda, I keep waiting for someone to rise up from under the hat with a guitar in hand. Glad to see there is at least one bee left in the world. Vivid photos. Thanks for sharing, BTG
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What a great visual! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I always look forward to your comments.
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Thanks. I was thinking of that “Live and Let Die” Bond movie where the voodoo scam artist would come up from under the hat. I think the actor also did the “Uncola” commercials for Sprite.
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You expect cats to be book lovers, while knowing a dog is bound to knock a pile over.
That dog looks a bit like our Sammy, even though Sammy is probably old enough to be his great-great grandfather. Don’t think he’s ever been down New Mexico way. I’ll have to ask him. He was certainly a bit of a Lothario in his day. There are lots of dogs that look like Sammy in Conil.
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Which dog looks like your Lothario, Sammy? Are you referring to the dubious character at the end? Oh my!
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The one lying down on the intro page, before the gallery. The guy in the furry hat, well, I dunno about him.
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You did get a good variety though. Only one question. If I didn’t know she was in her cat tree house asleep. (I checked), I would ask how youu got Apricot in that picture? That orange cat could be her twin.
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Oh that’s funny. That cat and another own that bookstore in Taos. After taking almost-Apricot’s picture, I went in to peruse the books. Upstairs, I found, in addition to a bunch of really cool portraits of local arts giants mounted on the wall and ceiling (yes!), the other cat, a grey and white beauty who was upselling a Georgia O’Keefe book! Nothing goes together better than books ‘n cats.
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Thanks for sharing those photos 🙂
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Thank YOU for enjoying them.
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🙂
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I enjoyed the travel with you. You have a keen eye for the world around you and probably rarely get bored. Interesting variety of critters, especially the last one.
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Glad to have you as a travel companion, My Heartsong. Boredom has never been a problem for me. Not ever! 😉
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One of the commentators mentioned a dog. What dog ? What am I missing ?
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Sybil, Bryan has an eagle eye. There must be a dog in there somewhere, but I can’t find it either. Now I really feel stupid!
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So much fun to have such culprits around, right? 😉
Great shots, Linda.
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Thanks, Nandini!
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Love, love the bird by the flower pot! (next to last pic) What a cool painting that would make!! And the cat on the adobe wall!
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That last pic is one which will make you scratch your head and wonder. I bet there’s a story behind that though. Wouldn’t you like to know what it is….
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It’s funny Renee, I saw this guy all over Santa Fe. I bet he’d have happily told me his story if I’d engaged with him. But…I couldn’t bring myself to do so. I found it more interesting to just let my imagination carry on.
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Fantastic pictures…love Santa Fe, New Mexico and area…keep shooting the pics you are really good at it all, Love your observations. Kd
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Thanks, Katie. Did your books arrive?
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You may incidentally have found a complete new species in the last image! And even if it wasn’t wild animals, your images are quite lovely. Nothing wrong with domestic animals.
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Maybe I’ll be immortalized by a new species called Homo Animalus. Thanks, Otto!
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New Mexico presents an image of spirituality and heat…anyone up here who heads in that direction is going to a spiritual something and is packing summer clothes. Of course, you win me over with photos of animals, but the one of the horses surprised me with such lush, green backdrop. Where did the desert go? I better do some research on NM – especially since I get exasperated with people thinking we are all “eh”, igloos and cold.
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Well, you must realize, I was there in early spring, just after the snow melted and before the sun had time to bake the grass into straw. By mid July, it may not look anywhere near as lush. But what I also learned was that northern New Mexico is high…very high. 6 – 7,000 feet in the valleys. So not nearly as deserty as one might think.
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