San Pedro Parks Wilderness

Sept 15, 2013

The second weekend in September I drove to the western end of the Jemez Mountains, just east of Cuba, NM.  I read several descriptions of the San Pedro Parks Wilderness area and decided I had to see it.  I was hoping to see the start of the fall colors…

 

 

 

 

 

Shooting for the moon

I love the moon.  When I realized it was full this week I headed outside, dodging bats (flying ones) so they wouldn't fly in the door as I went out, to try and get a shot of the moon.

I swear I set the camera to a night setting, Mark.  Obviously that was not right, because...well.... look at my pic.  I don't really know what I was expecting to see, but I was hoping for more than a white blob in a sea of black.

When I saw what my effort had produced, I was disappointed, but not willing to brave going out the door again, and instead just whined to myself.

 I am happy with these other 2 pics though.  I like the colors of the flower petals and leaves looking up from the ground.

I need to further explore this view of things...

Sooo Mark, what's wrong with my moon?

Found it!

Conophilos Mexicana

Who says surfing around on the web is a waste of time. (besides me)  I was visiting one of my photo sites reading about different techniques and guess what?  I saw a plant that looks very close to the one I shot in my June 2 posting.  The plant is a Conopholis alpine Liebman var. Mexicana, it’s also known as Squwaroot or Mexican cancer-root.  Basically it’s a parasite which lives on the roots of oak trees.  Go to Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness-- Conopholis alpina var. mexicana for photos and a brief description.

Now I will be able to sleep tonight.

Thank you for stopping by,

Mark