John P

A view across Rio Grande/Rio Bravo wetlands.

The Rio Grande/Rio Bravo from the American side. If the wall goes up, no one would be able to get this close.

The proposed path of the wall in the Rio Grande Village area.

Went birdwatching this morning after getting up early to see the blood moon. If Trump and the puppy killer get their way, this view will have a wall across it. #NoAlMuro #NoBigBendWall

nobigbendborderwall.com

RailRunner "Meep Meep" Door Closing Sound Effect YouTube video by TrainsAreEpic25

I think there's a dead 🫎 moose stuck in one of the chimes.

In contrast: the open/close doors sound on the NM Railrunner is a v familiar "meep meep".

youtube.com/shorts/p5m5D... n.b. sounds even meepier in person

12 silver scale model passenger cars

Very very tempting on eBay: an HO scale Santa Fe El Capitan typical consist.

Photo of the facade of Prada Marfa.

I did the sightseeing thing.

Ghost Elephants related, I assume? Really looking forward to seeing it.

I would love to see Alito excommunicated.

Pillars of reddish-brown rock.

Pillars of reddish-brown rock.

Ribs, brisket, elote, funeral potatoes, slaw and Squirt + lime juice.

A ride up Wild Rose Canyon to commune with the hoodoos (volcanic), with a stop on the way back to snag some bbq.

Human Sexual Response-Cool Jerk YouTube video by Tom Ferreira

Or Human Sexual Response!

youtu.be/LVGxGnzuSWk?...

Peccaries!

still frame from the beginning of Twin Peaks it is February 24th and Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in the town of Twin Peaks

Good morning

colorful dawn sky

Last morning in NM this trip and the sky is giving us a nice send-off!

If you live in New Hampshire, you may want to call local authorities to check on the people who may be on this plane. Not positive this is an ICE flight, but if it is, these people would need help ASAP.

Our remote correspondent in southern ME reports non-apocalyptic wind and snow on the northern edge of the big storm.

Currently 25F and cloudless in eastern NM.

Cougar pugmark with medium male human hand for scale.

Confirmed by someone who knows cat tracks and isn't desperate for a particular outcome: big male cougar.

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ joyless pecksniffs

Posting this pic of me 'n Lotte Mar 21 2019 on the occasion of discovering me 'n Maisie are going to be in Big Bend for the Mar 3 🩸blood moon🌙🩸!
flic.kr/p/24GMnji

A digital illustration of a seemingly Kaiju-sized pangolin attacking a ant city. Cartoonish looking ants panic in the foreground, one is holding an ant larva.

#WorldPangolinDay

#2026sketches Day 8
#art #illustration

Since Darth is in hibernation, allow me to say

INNOCENT

@mrbtx.bsky.social a thank you for something you reposted that is rtm gift-giving i

Great read on a great movie that still feels dangerous

High desert! Just east of Roswell, NM below the far W edge of the Llano Estacado. Fort Davis, TX next week - there will def be a day trip to Marfa.

*zoolander voice* WHAT IS THIS? A WASTE TREATMENT PLANT FOR ANTS?

(Bad Bunny + infrastructure = exceptional content)

Screenshot of a weather station app showing temp at 50° F and wind from the NW at 8.5 mph.

Truck with tailgate down, ramada sheltering a gas griddle and a bike leaning against a support post.

Sunny, cool (45° at breakfast time) and breezy here -> ube mochi pancakes to start the day.

Sign in the window of a community library in Cornholme: NOTICE WHOEVER IS PLACING THE COPYS OF PORNOGRAPHIC LITERATURE IN HERE, STOP! CORNHOLME IS A GOOD GOD FEARING CHRISTIAN VILLAGE. IF THIS FILTH IS TO YOUR LIKING MAY WE SUGGEST THAT YOU MOVE TO THECESS PIT THAT IS HEBDEN BRIDGE

What's the exact opposite of 'the empty set'?

Look, now that we're trying for real consequences for the Epstein files, maybe we should also take another look at the Panama Papers

Related, for the uninitiated: when someone posts a silhouette and asks, "what pokemon is this?" the canonical answer is "Jigglypuff from above!!"

Another thing that makes me happy: Lady Gaga singing Jigglypuff's song.

screenshot of a map of National Natural Landmarks in SE NM

Not to the original question ("how do I get to the Mescalero Sands south dune?", but in continuing to chase a route down, I got a better solution. The goal was "see a sand shinnery" and there's an easily accessible place just north of the dunes!
www.nps.gov/subjects/nnl...

Never misses.