At the solstice looking back

We just passed the winter solstice. I hope you are all having a happy and healthy holiday.
I'm pretty lazy so I'll just post dome pictures from this past fall.

Monsoon Season was a bust as far as rainfall was concerned but we got a late reprieve  from the dry weather and had some impressive rainfall a month or so later. The skies are not cloudy all day but when they do cloud up it is often impressive.

 These are front porch pictures...

Balloon Fiesta 2017 -- more front porch pictures.

Fall up in the Jemez Mountains and on the Ojito Wilderness and White Mesa.

Old dunes

Battleship Rock

 Jemez river

Winged Victory

 Red rock - Jemez canyon

Botanical Garden (Biopark) -- the last roses of summer still blooming as they installed the Christmas lights.  The Japanese Garden is always a treat.

Trip to Deming and Las Cruces...Organ Mountains National Monument -- Trump and his minions want to diminish the monument.
RESIST!

The basilica church in Mesilla

Giant Roadrunner watches over Las Cruces.

The opulent Amtrak station in Deming, New Mexico.

Twinkle Light Parade -- Albuquerque's quirky Christmas parade. This really is a small town.

Hasta la vista