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Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Chilly, but Beautiful

Becca sees two runners heading up the mountain road
39F when the Beckster and I hit the trail this morning.  A slight breeze made it feel somewhat colder.  But the abundant sunshine kept us warm enough.  Had we been out longer than 90 minutes I would have had to remove my jacket.  Today looks to be a beautiful late-November day in the northern Chihuahuan Desert:  high in the mid-60s, low in the high 30s.  Wish it could stay like this all year, though Dr. K would complain about it being too cold. :)
Omnipresent yuccas

Bushwhacking in a different direction

Soaptree Yucca stalks

Somebody has a few big trees

Getting ahead of things

Wait!

Funky photo of two hikers

aka "weeds"

What am I going for here--artsy photo of weeds?

Same weeds, different perspective

Why they're called "Paperflowers"

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

Weeds are in the eye of the beholder. I like the sunshine on the delicate stems

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