life unexpected in common hours

A book titled "The Spell of New Mexico"

This book caught my attention. The state does have a spell of sorts. The lights of the rainbow just seem different. The reds and the blues are so strong. We often walk on Saturdays and the sky is something that never fails to get our attention






"New Mexico is a state which has the East on both sides of it, and much of the West on the east of it. The presence of California on the other side, with only our close sister state Arizona between, is what puts us in the posititon of having the East on both sides; for Californians in outlook, speech, habits, and in their less effulgent forms of raiment, are definitely Easterners.

As to a large part of the West being to the east of us, I have reference to the sovereign state of Texas. " These thoughts come from the book, the spell of New Mexico.




Why write a blog about New Mexico?

Well were here.



Thoreau had a couple of things to say that I think of when I look at the New Mexico sky, and the colors of the land.

"Only that day dawns to which we are awake"

&

" If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected

in common hours"

These days and years in New Mexico have indeed been unexpected in my common hours.