These photos are the sunset of a few days ago as a storm blew in. We got our first sprinkle of snow the next day, our first freeze, too.
For some reason I love being able to actually see the rain (or in this case, maybe it was snow) falling from the clouds miles away. Sometimes you can stand in the sun and see it raining all around us on the mountains. After this storm, there were white caps on the surrounding mountains – so they got more snow than we did.
I love being able to actually watch a storm move – here it is coming in from the south. It seems odd, but then remember that many of our storms (including this one) are the last remnants of hurricanes coming to land south of us in Mexico.
This one is my favorite though. The colors in the sky here never cease to amaze me.
There is a Traditional Navaho prayer that suits this place perfectly:
Today I will walk out, today everything evil will leave me,
I will be as I was before, I will have a cool breeze over my body.
I will have a light body, I will be happy forever,
nothing will hinder me.
I walk with beauty before me. I walk with beauty behind me.
I walk with beauty below me. I walk with beauty above me.
I walk with beauty around me. My words will be beautiful.
In beauty all day long may I walk.
Through the returning seasons, may I walk.
On the trail marked with pollen may I walk.
With dew about my feet, may I walk.
With beauty before me may I walk.
With beauty behind me may I walk.
With beauty below me may I walk.
With beauty above me may I walk.
With beauty all around me may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty,
lively, may I walk.
In old age wandering on a trail of beauty,
living again, may I walk.
My words will be beautiful.
Blessedbe
Summer Fey Foovay
