My sweetie has been working in the yard this evening. And three times now she’s been interrupted by a passing shower. I don’t think we’ve had a measurable amount of rain between all three of the showers, but each one has settled the dust a little and made the air smell a little better. It’s a nice evening!
Beautiful sunset, too.
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On my morning walk today, I noticed this cholla with its yellow fruits. It was a nice splash of color on a cloudy morning, and something I remember seeing here on some of my first walks after we moved to Santa Fe.
Hard to believe it’s been a year already, but it has. Time flies when you’re having fun!
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Looked out this morning to see this spectacular sky to our northeast. It’s quite a #sunrise. There’s a little hint of smoke left in the sky, but mostly we’re back to our normal #NewMexico skies. Yay!
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It seems like it’s been quite a while since we’ve had a normal #sunset here. Between the smoke from the fires, and then the storm last night, there was always something. But tonight we got back to normal, after a fairly normal day. There was a storm that threatened around 5pm, but all we got here was some wind.
Sometimes normal can be awfully nice.
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A storm hit just before #sunset tonight. The rain is super welcome since we just finished working compost into the area where we’re going to put in some plants tomorrow.
The sunset was kinda pretty, too.
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We spent a bunch at the local Farmers Market yesterday. Got tomatoes, peppers, and a bunch of other goodies. Then supplemented them with a trip to the grocery store today for some green onions and cilantro. Mixed up a batch of salsa that’s pretty tasty to us! Here’s a picture of our “taster bowl” which didn’t last very long…
And this morning, our neighbor who has been leaving us care packages of tomatoes said he has more than he can eat again, so we should expect a visit with more garden-fresh tomatoes later today.
Guess we’ll be making more goodies!
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Today we went up to the Dalton Picnic Area on the Pecos River for a picnic lunch to celebrate my birthday.
I was a little worried that the smoke from the Medio Fire would make it too smoky up there, but the winds were in our favor, and the air was fairly clear.
It wasn’t anything too fancy. A couple bowls of food (I had a chef’s salad, and my sweetie had a bowl of rice, beans, corn, chicken and salsa) from the deli at the local grocery store, and a couple Mexican cokes to drink.
We ate our lunches, put the cooler back in the truck, took a few photos to commemorate the day, and then headed home.
We need to get out like that more often. It was good for our spirits.
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Another pretty one out there this evening.
Or a narrower view:
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Another pretty #sunset tonight, but it changed fast. Glad I have time to sit and watch it most evenings.
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It’s a pretty pre-sunrise morning out there.
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