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On the Purgatoire River Walk in Trinidad, CO
(digitally manipulated)
Mike Schoonover, 2007
You can hold something that does not hold you back, but can you love something
that does not love you back? Who draws the line between passion and burden? Can
you cross from one to the other and never realize the difference? In time the
tree and it's unrequited love will fade away. The stone will remain, perhaps to
be embraced again, perhaps not. It matters little to the stone. Can we learn
never to offer love to that which does not fear to be alone? When you cast your
image upon the water, do you see a tree or do you see the stone?
Dead Tree in Yankee Canyon near Raton, NM
(digitally manipulated)
Mike Schoonover, 2007
Tired Windmill near Capulin, NM
Horseshoe Mound in the Background
Mike Schoonover, 2007
Sea of Sunflowers near Folsom, NM
the year of much rain
Mike Schoonover, 2004
Fog Rolling Down from Johnson Mesa
10 miles east of Raton, 9:00am
Mike Schoonover, 2007
Hot Air Balloon Rally in Raton
Mike Schoonover, 2006
Birds and Mud Nests Under a Cliff
Lake Carl Etling
Mike Schoonover, 2007
Possible Dinosaur Track in Folsom, NM
September 2007
Feral Couch between Clayton and Boise City
May 2007
There is a very devoted lady in Raton who runs the local branch
of the "Feral Cat Network", an organization dedicated to caring for and
neutering wild cats. She can be very outspoken in her work, and equally
defensive. After discovering this couch, I wanted to write an article
about the "Feral Couch Network" for the Raton Range. The paper's editor
agreed that it might be amusing. I didn't really want to poke fun at the
"Feral Cat Network", but I was afraid Ms. Cat Lady would take it wrong and start
a war of editorial submissions to the paper.
One must admit that feral couches are a serious problem. If their
population is not controlled, they could spread quickly and overrun the natural
resources. Worst of all, they are notorious for pilfering small change
from unwitting travelers looking for a comfortable seat on which to perch.
I did check this one for change and found not a cent, but it is surely to be
only a matter of time before this wild couch strikes. As you can see from
the broken leg on the right side, this couch was wounded which makes it
especially dangerous.
Interestingly, I found another feral couch on the highway between Folsom and Capulin just a few months later. Prior to this, there had NEVER been a documented case of a feral couch in the Folsom area - proof that they are breeding and spreading.
View from the top of Mount Capulin
looking west from the northwest corner
Mike Schoonover, circa 1990
Wild Clown Donkeys in Ute Pass
I call them Clown Donkeys because they look so funny.
Mike Schoonover 2006
Bear on Mud Hill
five miles from Folsom
Mike Schoonover, 2007
The Alamo in San Antonio, TX
Mike Schoonover, 2006
Cactus, Telephone Poles, and Pump Jacks
Midland, TX
Mike Schoonover, 2006
Windmills near Rankin, TX
Mike Schoonover, 2006
Hand on Stone
(digitally manipulated)
Mike Schoonover, 2005
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