oh my god.  the rain. smells. so. good.

fresh fresh freshness!

floral earthness.

mmmm.

Today is the first ‘real rain’ of the season!  hooray!  oh New Mexico’s dry, cracked earth rejoices!  oh New Mexico’s parched plantlets rejoice!

What a glorious thing is the rain.  The rain is so wise.  Nature is SO WISE.  It rained for a few a hours, a gentle rain.  There is nothing like the rain.  I cannot simulate the rain with a hose.  I cannot simulate the rain with drip tape or flooding.  Today, the rain slowly seeped into the soil, not too fast, not too slow.  hmmm.

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This morning Daniel and I ran the Las Vegas Fiestas 10k!  Fun fun!  Sun sun!  Rejuvenated!  Followed by soaks in the Montezuma Hot Springs…which just about wiped us out with their heats!  Put me to sleep…

And then the fiestas…If I weren’t already wiped out, I longed longed longed to dance dance dance.  All day today and yesterday there were live performances from local artists.  Puro Nuevo Mexico.  Mariachi.  ay yi yi.  And then there was a raised dance floor!  oh to dance to dance to dance.  I look forward to the Mora Fiestas at the end of this month, to dance to dance to dance.