At twilight there was an afterglow on the yellowing foliage, making the bosque look like it would glow in the dark once dusk had finally put the sun to bed. Capturing what my eyes see at twilight with a camera is difficult. The camera wants to create a uniform exposure, whereas our eyes can adjust to the low, soft, almost imperceptible light seeing detail and subtleties in the landscape that the camera can only see by exaggerating the light. The lead photo is a rough representation of the bosque in twilight.

The other two photos are panoramas of the river, bosque and Sandias just before sunset, and the Sandias in purple just before the sun fell below the horizon, about 15 minutes before I took the lead photo.

I made two 18 pound green chile, pulled pork enchiladas this morning. We’ll freeze them in lunch-sized portions.  I spent the rest of the day helping Laurie with her paper, herding cats and processing photos.