We're east and south of the Wallow Fire in eastern Arizona, but that's close enough to be getting a lot of smoke from it; some say they've seen ash falling in Silver City and there's bad air alerts in Albuquerque, 200 miles from the fire. The bottom picture shows the eerie sunset we had last night.
We always try to make the First Friday celebration downtown. This week that included Wally Lawder singing folk songs in the Silver City Museum yard, plus the young director of the MainStreet program on a mechanical bull downtown (the Silver City MainStreet program is 25 years old and just received national recognition).
We've been watching a pair of curve-billed thrashers build a nest in the cholla behind the house. The picture shows one egg and two hatchlings; today they're all hatched. Fun to watch this little family drama from our dining table!
This is the weekend of the Wild West Pro Rodeo, so we went out to the arena Thursday night. It was fun, pleasant temperature though a little dusty and windy. The light levels were low enough that we didn't get much in the way of photos, but we got a taste of another major area event.
Monday, we went out to the Memorial Day ceremonies at Fort Bayard National Cemetery ... very moving.
Sunday we finished up the Blues Festival ... very laid back, as you can see.
We've both noticed that Silver City is a very diverse community ... in public settings, like Walmart, the Blues Festival, the rodeo, etc. At the same time, organizations - clubs, churches, etc. - seem to be more self-segregated ... all-Hispanic or all non-Hispanic. There was a time, in the 50s and 60s, when local schools and some other facilities were segregated, so there's some remnant of those times, I guess.
We're looking forward to going up to Ghost Ranch Wednesday through Sunday morning for our annual Quaker retreat. Such a beautiful place to spend a few days with Friends young and old! TV
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