Reflections, Rio Grande
Drought in the Southwest
It’s another warm day in January
Too warm
too many such days
I sit by the river
It’s ice-free
the ducks and geese
have only to duck their heads, or dive
to find food
This is their winter resort
The breeze agitates the remaining cottonwood leaves
Tomorrow I will drive uphill
to teach skiing on scant snow
So is this the “new normal”?
Warmer winters, scorching summers
and no longer enough snow
to raise the river
come run-off
I walk away
leaving the river to the waterfowl
their only worry now
not to get nabbed by a bald eagle
Ice Cone, Rio Grande Spring
Porch pattern
Canyon towhee
Song Sparrow
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About Evensteven
I am a photographer and author, and live in Embudo, New Mexico, alongside the Rio Grande. I have published a book of photography and accompanying text on running the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. The first (print) edition is out of print, but a second edition is available as an iBook (eBook) through the iTunes bookstore. All Grand Canyon, river and nature lovers will enjoy my book:
The Grand: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-grand/id672492447
I have also published six additional iBooks:
1. The Salt River: https://books.apple.com/us/book/the-salt-river/id12449222822.
2. Coyote Buttes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/coyote-buttes/id1271773201
3. Four Cornered, the Land: https://books.apple.com/us/book/four-cornered/id1384038899
4. Four Cornered, The Rivers: https://books.apple.com/us/book/four-cornered-book-two-the-rivers/id1402287568
5. Rio Marañon: https://books.apple.com/us/book/four-cornered-book-two-the-rivers/id1402287568
6. Rio Grande: https://books.apple.com/us/book/rio-grande-new-mexico/id1469126321
The ice cone rocks!
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good words, good images…….
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