Rainy Start

Low-hanging clouds over the Chihuahuan Desert

Becca and I got sprinkled on twice during the morning hike, but it could have been a lot worse.  Just look at those threatening skies.  Because of the high humidity it felt unseasonably warm out on the trail, and I was a tad overdressed.  Becca stuck to her usual fur coat.  We ran into Jimmy on the way back to the car and when I told him about my mother's recent death he expressed his condolences.  He has an elderly mother in assisted living/hospice care.  When we talked about the brutality of old age, I told him of an Italian saying:  "La vecchia e bruta." (Old age is ugly.)

Blog star Becca Cardashihound

Clouds vs. blue sky

Road to the mountains



Western flank of Tortugas (Tortoise) Mountain



Clouds descending on the Organ Mountains

Shadow and light

Ominous sky

A bleak-looking landscape



Rainbow over Las Cruces, New Mexico