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Coconino
@coconinoite.bsky.social
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Retired wetland/stream/404 in NM. Part-time consulting. Geologist. Daughter is a badass Marine. The Guy (who eats dinner across the table from me) did the same thing I did before he retired. I photograph wildflowers and make jewelry.
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From Glorieta tonight. The first frames Orion’s Belt in the pines.
Pinkish red auroras on the left definitely de and green eyes n the right, with Orion’s Belt in the middle of the pine tree silhouettes. Aurora pinkish red sky as seen through pine trees. Pinkish red aurora seen through pine tree silhouettes
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Evening view of the Bosque and Sandias. Took a walk while the guy was getting a CT in RR.
View of the cottonwood bosque, the Rio Grande, and the Sandia Mtns in the setting sun. The cottonwood leaves are orange and brightly lit.
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Little doggo wouldn’t settle and was pacing back and forth while I was in the bath. I put a blanket on her and am petting her to sleep while I finish a prosecco and maybe have a cognac. She really just wanted company (not letting her sleep in the bed anymore).
Little black and white dog on a faux sheepskin with a beige fuzzy blanket on top of her. Only her face and ears are sticking out.
November 1, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Cute sugar skull cookie I got while waiting for my haircut.
Cookie on a blackish metal table that is skull-shaped and has some sparkly black eyes and pink and orange flowers across the forehead.
October 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Entirely on my side of the bed. Not a lick of shame.
A small black-and-white dog on a colorful quilt on top of a gray velvet comforter, covered by a blanket and looking at the photographer without a lick of shame
October 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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She says: Get up, mama! You have to paint!

It’s the last night in the room with the ugly-ass teal carpet, finally! When I finish painting the spare room we move into it and get the main br redone. Our saviors are coming tomorrow to work on the flooring.
Little black and white dog staring at the camera holder accusatorily in the middle of the bed, as if to say “get up”
October 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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I GOT A ROCK THIS IS AWESOME! says Charlie Brown trick or treating with green hedges and a jack o lantern in the background
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Morning! The fog is dropping down the mesa. Going to ABQ with a friend to go to Costco and other places.
A view of a ponderosa pinyon juniper forest covered mesa, with fog covering the highest trees on the side of the mesa.
October 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Cute lil nüdl in the driveway just now.
Very small snake (maybe 1-1.5 ft long), light grey-brown in pattern and color, on a gravel driveway.
October 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Fergawdsakes, do not sit down - you just become sitting ducks. Get the fuck out of there.
NEW: Proud Boys & Trump's incels plan to attack cops at "No Kings" protests, so Trump can send in the military. EVERYONE must hear this: If you see violence, SIT DOWN. Leave only the provocateurs standing. Do NOT let them win!
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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I had forgotten how jaw-dropping this photo near Ragged Point was this summer. Calochortus luteus, in profusion
A coastal bluff, with little yellow flowers in the grasses, everywhere.
October 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Whoa! Screenshot from fb with picture credit.
Flooding in Pagosa Springs, CO yesterday evening. 380 people were evacuated in La Plata County. Sandy Eriksen Picture of San Juan River at flood stage through downtown Pagosa Springs. Numerous trees and park infrastructure are underwater and the water appears to have reached multiple buildings.
October 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Friday cocktail. Prosecco, St Germaine, and Liquid Alchemist passion fruit syrup with a slice of lime. Had it in PHX at a brunch place and decided to re-create. Pretty tasty, though I do prefer an Aperol or yuzu Dry Curaçao spritz.
A yellow-orange passion fruit syrup cocktail in a large wine glass with ice and a slice of lime on a brightly colored Suzani style placemat on a round wood table with pumpkin decorations in the background
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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A set of bright orange, faceted spessartine nuggets overland with a string of tiny black faceted spinels and two black spinel briolettes to the side on a black wooden desktop.
October 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Dog
Little black and white dog facing away from the camera sitting on a southwest themed charcoal, patterned rug
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Looky what came in the mail today!
Lego ideas mineral set, still in box, on a wood table and a red place mat, with a fall-colored napkin in the background
October 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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I needed to get out and see far and get some fresh air. So I drove up to Monastery Lake to see fall colors. Not too far, not too taxing, and very soothing.
Cottonwood trees and other riparian trees/shrubs along the Pecos River in yellows and greens across a field in the setting sun.
October 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I’m sure Miss Pinkie would be happy to drape herself across your shoulder to help make you feel better.
Content calico cat face with closed eyes. She’s getting petted.
October 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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I scored a number of cocktail and wine glasses with uranium glass feet this spring. I love them so!
Cocktail glass with an Aperol spritz in it that is pink with a glowing green uranium glass foot
October 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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The Pismo clarkia of the Holy Ghost of Halogetons
A small field of Pismo clarkia flowers in dry grasses with white centers and magenta petal edges.
October 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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Bella
Little black and white dog wearing a pink patterned sweater looking into the camera. She has a gray muzzle and very big ears.
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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View of Telescope Peak and Ballarat and !! mushrooms growing in the roadside in Panamint Valley.
View across desert pavement and dry lake of Ballarat and Telescope Peak. A mushroom growing in the roadside. Panamint Valley. Mushroom growing in the roadside in Panamint Valley.
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Tonight, life is easy.
The view over the pool at the Inn at Furnace Creek. The pool is surrounded by a stone wall with archways for pool lounges. In the distance are palm trees and the sun setting over the Panamint mtns. Two glasses of sparkling wine on a table with an endow view of the palm trees at the Inn and the Panamint Mountains silhouetted in the distance.
September 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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On our way to Death Valley. Red Rock Canyon sure looked pretty from the car. We want to spend more time closer to DV so we did not stop.
Looking north try on Hwy 14 within a canyon of finely bedded buff and dark red, loosely consolidated sedimentary rocks. Blue cloudy sky. A few vehicles in both directions.
September 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Happy cat
Content calico cat after receiving petsies.
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM