There is a flock of wild turkeys that live out behind my house – about ten to fifteen birds I would say. I don’t know how many of you have ever experienced wild turkeys before but they are VERY big, heavy, lumbering birds. I particularly love the huge footprints they leave behind in the snow or mud – as big as my hands, I swear.

Almost as suddenly as it appeared, winter seems to be leaving us pretty much over night. We’ve had 60 degree days, and now this week, 70 degrees. So our much-needed precipitation has turned from snow to rain.

Truchas Peaks, actually a series of three peaks to comprise what most of us think of as one mountain, stands 13,024 feet at its highest point, making it the second highest peak in New Mexico. A part of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Truchas Peaks majestically watches over my little village of Truchas.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Adam Wimsatt yet, he is the techno brains behind the blog. Put simply, the blog wouldn’t exist without him. There’s no way I would ever know how to do what he does, period. End of story, quite literally.