El Paso: Spring in Sunset Heights

Sunset Heights, Prospect Street, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

On a soul-warming sunny day in March, I walked to downtown El Paso by way of Prospect Street in Sunset Heights.

On my left I heard the burbling water sounds of a fountain or waterfall, accompanied by the melody of one of my favorite birds, a mockingbird. Oh, what a small oasis tended by the owner of the sweet cottage! A minute of Spring below:

Creeping succulents shot pink and yellow flares to catch the attention of tiny, flying pollinators.

Sunset Heights, Prospect Street, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

Another cottage's reflective window captured the image of its neighbor across the street.

Sunset Heights, Prospect Street, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

Gosh, El Paso is so pretty.

Sunset Heights, Prospect Street, El Paso, Texas. March 2017.

Opelousas: Outside My Window #3

Northern mockingbird. Photo credit: Manjithkaini

For the longest time, crows have been my averred favorite bird, largely due to the influence of Carlos Castaneda in my teen years.

But I think now I've got to go with any form of mockingbird. Today, it's all about the northern mockingbird outside my window here:

The good fortune to have a mature crepe myrtle outside my living window, with its slender muscular trunks, the promise of flora to come, and the added bonus of a long, complicated melody by mockingbirds is great.

It reminds me of another mockingbird on the other side of the world, also outside my window, in Rustavi, Georgia here, in this case, accompanied by a dog: