
Simple Dawn

Standing on the bank
One smells the muddy water
Rio Grande running red


Transfixed by the scene
We watched the storm rolling in
Were fools in the rain



Knee-deep in red mud
Geese forage in the shallows
Sunlight streams through clouds


Morning sky. White hot flames.


There were six beavers on the other side of the bank, eating, grooming, and lounging around. It was dusk, so it was too dark to see them in the above photo. We could see them clearly with binoculars.



Spunk dreams

We had thunderstorms roll through this afternoon. We got 4/100 of an inch of rain. The temperature dropped from 92ºF (33.3ºC) to 68ºF (20ºC) in a matter of minutes.