I’ve been feeling behind on cat shots. It’s nice to be able to catch up in one swell foop.

It feels like that alright. Exceptional place.

Fascinating place. ... and as always, superb photos that capture it so well. The Cat Faction of TA must have really liked this!

Scratching a habitation out of the very bones of the earth...

Rapunzel's house?

What a striking statement it is!

Fantastic pictures. I loved the sense of everyday life being lived they conveyed.

You made me laugh out loud. You are right!

Yes, the common ones you see in Europe and America anyway. They’re surprisingly colorful and iridescent birds when you see them in the right light. Here’s an example: https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/TASpain23/good-things-come-in-threes-so-they-say/#49299_8l3sfi8t2j8ps7s216dtjck4amy

I was just going to comment the same thing that Keith wrote. I really admire you, Scott, for the way you see the world around you.

Does that mean that most starlings have spots? I’ve never noticed…

Or gypsum.

Finally got that "double century!"

Looks much like seams of borax I saw as a kid in the hills around Mojave.

I didn’t notice, but I think fire. There’s a photo further down that makes it clearer.