January 24-26, 2024 Shoshone, California

 High of 61 and partly cloudy.

Wall flowers. It drizzled a little bit just at sunset. We got this  HUGE double bright rainbow.

Huge double rainbow over the high school. Sunset.

The full moon behind a bear cloud. Full moon behind clouds.

Full wolf moon on the actual day is was full. We had a nice dinner party at Judy D's house. Judy D, James, John and Judy P.

66 and sunny today. We went on a lovely hike in Amargosa Canyon.

Lunch. John hiking.

The trail got narrow, then wet. 

Lilac bonnet, Rock daisy, trails around China Ranch, desert gold, mushrooms, rayless encelia,  with lady bug, and phacilia. Amargosa canyon waterfalls. The top part is a horse shoe falls, with a smaller lower falls. 

Part of the upper horse shoe falls and looking down canyon at the lower part. It is so cool to see this much water in the desert.

Sign to the waterfalls, dry dirt patterns and a holey rock. Colorful formation across the canyon from us. 

John, Judy and James walking on the old railroad bed through the canyon. 1903 assay office ruins. 

We ran into Patrick on the trail. Nice to talk to him. We stopped at China Ranch and had date shakes. Wonderful hike.

Sunset across from the hot springs over the RV park. Had a nice hot soak. Sunset on the way home. 

January 19 -23, 2024 Shoshone, California

 65 and mostly sunny.

I finished this basket. It is made from dyed pine needles, polyester thread, gem stone chips, glass and metal beads, sliced walnuts filled with turquoise made by friend Pam, and the center is three turquoise beads surrounded by gemstone chips. It is  9 x 7 x 2 inches.  I sold it right away and didn't get a good photo of it. Sunset started out well, but then faded away.

The ravens hang out at the dumpsters. They all fly off when you get there. But I caught these three.  I finished this basket last night. It sold before it was done, so I only got a bad photo of it at night. It is made from dyed pine needles, local grasses, polyester thread, gold stone horses, gem stone bears and handmade beads from Chile. The center is apiece of slate tile that I sandblasted and painted petroglyphs on. It is 10 x 10 x 2 1/2 inches. 

The beginnings of sunset with rain from the Goodwill  parking lot in Pahrump. Sunset over Shoshone with rain.

High of 55 and raining. There has been a bit of flooding,. So far the closest weather station at the Tecopa Yacht Club has recorded .46 inches of rain in the last 2 days. Not too bad in Shoshone but there is water running across the road and there is mud and puddles. 

Rain and puddles.

View of rain.  The flowers are delighted with the rain.

62 and sunny. I decided to walk the wetland trails here in Shoshone and see how they survived the rain. It was very wet and muddy. These two shots are the river running over the trail. The top one there had been about a 3 foot stream, now it is about 10 feet. Both approaches through the clay soil are slick as ice. This are had been dry. Nice waterfall now.

I cut back and took another trail and the water is across it too. So I bush wacked to try and get back. At this point I am between the two main channels. There was water everywhere in braided channels. It was very pretty.

When I finally got to a trail I checked this crossing that had been dry and it was also uncross able.

Sun going down. Sunset and palm.

Moon caught in the tree. Waxing gibbous moon. The phone takes a better moon photo when it is bit darker out.

Sunset over Lake  Robby.

 

January 14-18, 2024 Shoshone, California

 60 and partly cloudy.

Did a little more trail work. Before I started the bushes were almost touching, now there is a wide thoroughfare. Hard work, wore myself out.  

Robby brought Mr Bill and Lilly by for a visit tonight. After biscuits they kept an eye for rabbits. . 

Sunset was lovely. 

Yes, I am still taking photos of the moon with my new phone camera. High of 64 and mostly sunny. We hiked with Linda and Judy on the white trail.

Phacelia and evening primrose. John, Linda and Judy on the white trail.

Desert Gold. John, Linda and Judy on the white trail.

Sunset. The half moon. 

Sunset. 68 and sunny. John helping Judy across the river.

 John, Judy and Linda viewing a pond on the blue trail. Arch in the badlands on the Aqua trail.

 John in the badlands on the aqua trail. Judy rounding the corner. 

Sundog. Sunset.

 Dinner at Steak and Beer with Judy D, John, Linda, Judy P, Suep, and James. Cracked dirt, cracked dirt with coyote tracks, coot and some kind of duck.