Lord…! I’ve not often come to tears in my life (and that lack it is a flaw) but when I have teared it has often been over an heroic animal; the stretch run of a horse race, the “putting down” when I was thirty of the 31 year old mare...
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According to James, Vladimir Putin, the "Geopolitical Grandmaster", may not be thinking enough moves ahead. I agree with a lot of the points of his analysis.
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Because of extra rain and snow received in the Northern Chihuahua Desert during the winter, the desert wildflower climax this spring is said by some to be a 100 year event. These photos were taken as we entered Big Bend NP from Marathon with the Chisos Mountains in the background; then on the Cattail Falls Trail below the Window, and finally along the River Road from Lajitas to Presidio. Photos by Tom Thom (Canon G11 and iPhone 4S)