The morning after...

Dawn after some rain

Yeah- the morning after. The morning after a bit of rain here in the San Pedro Valley. 

July & August, normally the first and second months of our three month long monsoon season, were disappointing. Then along came September...

September (if I remember the rain gauge readings!) managed almost 2" of the wet stuff. Excellent! Not enough to fix the drought but much appreciated none the less. The photo above is looking East toward the Dragoon Mountains as the sun was about to put in a wet-ish appearance. You can see the wet streak down the road-center of the 300 row.

And yes... I'm a sucker for sunrise and sunset photos!

Here are a few more gratuitous sunrise/sunset shots from San Pedro Valley...

The Dragoons in the distance, to the East across the San Pedro Valley

Another morning shot off to the Southwest.




Our back yard neighbor is Paula who enjoys these 'pixie-lights' around her lot

 

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