1945 Diary Big Bend National Park Texas Mexican Folk Art RoMy,Paintings,Painting,Desert,Santa Elena Canyon,Photographer,Photography,Mexico,Hot Spring

Hola ~ Another gorgeous morning here in the Big Bend National Park area ~ on the Rio Grande ~ a great place to be! The rains came again yesterday ~ in the late afternoon I took a break from painting and hiked in the rain to the mesa top ~ the sun was shining ~ the rain was light and gentle ~ and an awesome rainbow covered the sky from north to south ~ I knew I should have carried my camera!!

This morning is sweet and cool after the rain showers and all the desert critters are refreshed and happy!

~ ~ ~ and here is the next entry in the 1945 Diary of Peter Koch from his time spent in the Big Bend National Park:

Thursday March 29

Went to the window prospecting for scenes in which to film the kids on horseback.

Down at the lower end near the junction raised a pair of white winged doves.

Several deer are in there and one agave is up about half way with its bloom stalk.

Found, near the place where a tree is blown down the nest of a woodpecker being cut out of a tree. Looks like soft wood of some kind. Was unable to identify the bird but his dark bill was entirely surrounded by white and then a black area thru the eye and over the head - an odd clownish effect.

Returned and at 4 p.m. filmed the growth of an agave. That is I started on it. Must get several more.

End of this day's diary post

To read the start of these diary entries and the explanation back of them please refer to my blog post of September 3, 2009

Have a great day everyone! RoMy