Skywatch Friday

As I visit my ever-growing list of favorite blogs, I've been seeing some beautiful photos and reading a bit about something called "Skywatch," especially on Sylvia's blog, The View from Over the Hill. Don't miss this stunning series of tornado photos that she recently posted.

Today on Quiet Paths, a nice way to visit Christine's part of Montana, I finally followed the link and decided to join the Skywatch community and post a photo.

So, this is it, my first attempt at sharing some eastern New Mexico skies via Skywatch. Be sure to visit the Skywatch website, which is "a place to enjoy skies and views from all around the globe." I messed up my link there and it doesn't work, but I'll try again next week.

My Clovis

Ah, YouTube. When I saw a negative video posted there called Boycott Clovis, New Mexico I worked hard making a slide show of the photos that I have been taking since moving here. It took me quite a while to do because I have never put together a video using jpeg files before.

I thought that it might be a good idea to present a more positive view and to show the beauty that is here for those who look for it. I posted my little effort on YouTube, but soon found that I am far too tenderhearted to deal with the kind of negative comments that started appearing. Folks had apparently decided that they didn't like Clovis, and they resented any attempt to see it in a positive way. So I'm taking down my YouTube posting, and doing my best to obliterate my account there, which was under the name of "cloviscowgirl" because they already have enough clairz-type names on file.

P.S.: Things are looking up! See the March 28 posts on this blog.

Picturing New Mexico

Before we ever came to New Mexico, we had vague impressions of what it might look like—red rocks and sand (me), snakes rolling down hills after people (Beez). Just in case you are wondering about our scenery, fill your eyes with these photographs of New Mexico and the Southwest.

Bob Thornburg Photography, Images of the Southwest: http://www.photowebs.com/thornburg/SouthwestGallery/index.htm

Don Bain’s Virtual Guidebook—New Mexico: http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/NewMexico/NewMexico.html

Fotofeed: http://www.fotofeed.com/index.html

Geraint Smith, Photo of the Day:
http://geraintsmith.com/potd/pages/archive.html

Gerald Brimacombe, Southwest: http://www.geraldbrimacombe.com/southwest.htm

Helmut Kuhn, Southwest Portfolio: http://www.helmutkuhn.com/portfolio/southwest/P_SW03.html

New Mexico Entertainment Photographs (indexed by town): http://www.newmexicoet.com/nm_photographs_01.html

Pam Segura, La Mesilla, NM: http://www.pbase.com/pamspics/la_mesilla_nm&page=all

Ramblin’ Cameras--Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.ramblincameras.com/Bosqueth.htm

Ramblin’ Cameras—Organ Mountain Scenic Photography Galleries:
http://www.ramblincameras.com/Omthome.htm

Ramblin’ Cameras—White Sands Balloon Invitational.
Gallery 1: http://www.ramblincameras.com/Wbfest.htm
Gallery 2: http://www.ramblincameras.com/Wbfest2.htm

TaosWeb Snaps: http://www.taoswebb.com/snaps/