Ahhhh, I so love seeing your photographs, Daryl. New Mexico does indeed have beautiful skies and sunsets as well. I love traveling south and seeing the mesas before you get to Santa Fe. Especially right before sunset. Breathtaking. So are your photographs and the words you weave to create pictures in our minds. Thank you, once again, for sharing.

Former Adams State College history professor Luther Bean wrote a book called Land Of The Blue Sky People. The Utes called themselves the Blue Sky People. Mt. Blanca, a sacred mountain to the Navajo, has a dusting of snow accentuating its peaks and valleys, but it's alarming to see so little snow on that great mountain range. The Sangre de Cristos, since they are much higher peaks, usually have more snow that the San Juans. I'd venture to say that I'm not the only one praying for rain. One can wander through the valley and see the results of drought in former years, with dead limbs entangled in green growth in the summer. The combination of a closed basin (water-wise) and the obligations of water compacts made long ago to send a certain amount down south, makes it rough on the major industry here, farming. One year, I worried about my well going dry, as did others. I know we might see some winter kill in the trees, for lack of moisture, but it is cyclic, but it seems to be more severe than ever here this year. We just have to learn to survive it. The eastern U.S. is getting all the moisture, for some reason. I have never seen the jet stream so crazy and segmented as I do, now, when watching weather forecasts. The Earth's magnetosphere is probably just as crazy as the jet stream, by now. I have no answers, but I will continue to pray for snow and rain for all who need it. (Oh dear. I have written a book. Removing my hands from the keyboard, now.)