This is a Sora, a member of the Rail Family. A funny looking little dude, but I love the pretty 'white-edged' feathers on his back, his perky raised tail and those olive-green legs.

Wow, did we have some gorgeous weather this week! Temps in the low 80's (25C)!!

Perfect weather to bring out the BBQ again!

... must be very funny ....?

Some smoking (literary) hot sausages, some tasty macaroni salad,  a nice glass of cold white wine .....

... aahh ...the good life!

Not that it stayed around for very long but hey, it's a start ...

You can see the clouds already gathering again over the Mesa in the background, in this picture taken from the back window,  during the 'golden hour' in the early evening .....

Which was followed by another amazing sunset!

The next day the wind picked up something fierce in the afternoon.

I thought this time for sure we would be picked up and blown into the next State over, and than it started to rain, .. and rain, .. and rain ..all through the night, and all through the next day!

Which was very unfortunate since this Wednesday was the start of the annual, three-day, Desert Bikefest.

There were some cancellations but the die-hards that started to arrive on Tuesday have so far braved the storm in their little tents, and today most of them took off for the first of several trail rides.

At the moment, the rain has stopped, the sun is supposed to come out today and should stay around for a couple more, so I hope I'll be able to take some sunnier pictures for my next post! 

                 Until than, lets think 'dry' thoughts for these guys!

                                                   

annual three-day bike festival

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