Rain Rain Go-Away... SNOW!!! OH NO!!!!!!!

We've had more rain here in this part of Arizona this month of February than has been seen in over 20 years.  The good news is that it has broken the drought.  The bad news is that those of us that came here for the warmth? Well - we're C-C-C-cold!
There are rewards though...  The rain and snow stopped for about 30-45 minutes at sundown and we were treated to beautiful snow covered mountains (and soggy desert)..
Here are the pictures that Chuck and I were able to capture just before it started raining again...

God's water color paintings.... Tonight's sunset and a surprise!

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It's cool here in Arizona.  Cool as in not ~warm~...  With rain coming over the next couple of days, Darlene, Chuck and I headed out to the flying field on the north end of the park to launch.  We flew about 1/4 mile out on the first battery and managed to grab a few shots of Superstition Mountain and some sky shots about 15 minutes before sunset.
One of the Saguaro Cactus was my favorite, but it had a strange lump on top.  As it turns out - that strange lump (when looking closer) was a Hawk, watching Chuck!  We had flown within 30 feet or so of another Saguaro with a nest in the hollowed out main trunk.  I suspect it was the Hawk's.  Nothing in the nest - yet - but straw..  She watched Chuck for about 5 minutes as I slowly rotated Chuck around her perch - she would step around - always facing Chuck.  I was roughly 50 feet from her and I slowly moved Chuck toward her to try and get a better look as light was rapidly fading.  I was probably within 35-40 feet of her when she had enough and just flew off to the top of another cactus.  Chuck's battery was running low and we had a few minutes of flying to get back to the field and land.   Enjoy the pictures!

What's that on top of the Saguaro Cactus?

Chuck - The Camera-Drone caught in action!

My friend Jerry Kutsche was out at the flying field with me the other night taking sunset pictures with his DSLR camera. Jerry saw Chuck flying out in the desert and managed to capture a spectacular shot with his telephoto lens.  Chuck was 800+ feet away from us and at about 15' off the floor of the desert when he caught Chuck being carefully watched by a Red Tail Hawk sitting atop a nearby Saguaro Cactus..  The second shot is Chuck coming in for more gas (battery) so he could go back out there for more pictures..

 

Testing 1-2-3 phhhht - phhhht - phhhht, hey is this mike ON?

So do we try to revive the old Blogspot Blog? 
A number of our friends and family don't use Facebook, so sharing with them has proven to be somewhat difficult and even complex, not to mention problematic.
SO!
I am going to see if I can post updates to my Facebook page here first, then share to Facebook. 
If you have access to both, you may see these updates in both places.  Actually, it *should* work that way...
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Here's some photographs I shot with "Chuck" my DJI Mavic 2 Camera-Drone the other night.

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