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 November 1, 2020  Sunday

This has been a week. After all my talk of still feeling the summer, even though nature has been showing me the signs of fall, we got snow on Tuesday. The earliest recorded snow in Las Cruces. And it wasn't just a flurry that didn't stick. It was inches. about 4 in some places, more in some others. I think we got 3-4. It snowed most of the day, even though the snow was melting, too...

Snow falling at 5 AM

So, you may ask, why was I up at 5 to see the snow? Well, it was the first time our new heater ran, and it blew out all the coatings and stuff, and set off all the fire alarms in the house. Those footprints were Ron's. He was in the car, ready to leave and I waved him down and made him come back in. We made sure there was no fire, and he took down the alarms and we opened doors for a little fresh air and let it vent, then warm up the house. Of course I did the last part after he left for work. Not the best way to wake up, actually, but I did enjoy the snow. No snow day for students or teachers, though, although there were power outages around town off and on. 

Snow in October!

In true New Mexico fashion, it was gone by Wednesday. Still, no doubt, winter just made a little preview in the last week of October.

One of the other amazing things I got to see this week, was the full moon rising behind the Organ Mountains. I noticed a glow behind a couple of peaks, and it was so beautiful and amazing, that I took pictures even though I knew my phone camera couldn't do it justice. Still, I couldn't NOT take them.

The glow

coming up over the Organs

Beautiful

There was a couple coming down the street as I was walking up it, and I called out to them to look, and they even said thanks for telling them, because they thought it was beautiful, too.

Then there was Halloween, that wasn't much of a Halloween, really. I mean I walked around the neighborhood, as the sun was going down, when the little kids should have been out and about, but they weren't. Neither were the older ones. I sure hope that the parties were small, and all that, because the numbers are threatening to overwhelm our healthcare here. El Paso has run out of hospital beds, and has some tents set up, and a temporary hospital set up in the Civics Center, downtown. Hospitals in the surrounding area can no longer send patients who need more care to the bigger hospitals/cities because there is no where to put them.