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Thursday, July 14, 2011

What's Not to Love, for Skywatch





Here in southern New Mexico, land of 

little rain 
big sky 
and sizzling green chile

We love our water
We love our blue skies
And we love our chile fields

When we see all three together
We stop and take pictures 

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See beloved skies all over the world at Skywatch Friday. 


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28 comments:

  1. Sylvia KJuly 14, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    Beautiful captures, Clairz! Love those blue, blue skies and I, too, love the chiles!! Hope you have a lovely weekend!

    Sylvia

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  2. OmaLindasOldeBaggsandStuftShirtsJuly 14, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Glad you got some of the wet stuff. These are wonderful vistas for New Mexicans.
    I must have angered the rain gods cuz we (my neighborhood) hasn't gotten anything except sprinkles. Other parts of Burque got great buckets and splashes, but alas, I musta been a bad girl. Linda

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  3. RajeshJuly 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Wonderful shots of the fields.

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  4. LizJuly 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    Beautiful scenes. Happy sky watching!

    Liz @ A Simple Life

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  5. EG CameraGirlJuly 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    And I'm glad you DID stop to take this photo. :)

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  6. Kim, USAJuly 14, 2011 at 12:35 PM

    Great country side landscape. ^_^ And the sky is so blue looks like it going to be a hot day.

    SWF

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  7. AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    love the first shot a lot. happy skywawtching.

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  8. SteffiJuly 14, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Beautiful captures,Clairz!have a great weekend and enjoy it!

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  9. Mark KreiderJuly 14, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    There's going to be one heck of a pile of chilis when that crop comes in. I have one thai chili and one habanero plant in this years garden lol!

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  10. beckyJuly 14, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Clair, I just LOVE this post! :)
    BTW, on my way back in Aug, I plan to drive thru Hatch- I believe it was "Sparky's" that you said had the best green chile cheese burger- am I correct?

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  11. clairzJuly 14, 2011 at 2:11 PM

    Yes, Becky. Don't miss Sparky's! When you order a green chile cheeseburger they just call out to the cook: "One world's best!" Don't forget the green chile cheese fries. And the pineapple cole slaw. Oops, and the green chile mango shake. That ought to hold you!

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  12. JamesJuly 14, 2011 at 2:51 PM

    These are great shots! I was just in Northern New Mexico and I think it's a beautiful state.

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  13. Sallie (FullTime-Life)July 14, 2011 at 3:03 PM

    You have got that exactly right Clair! (Travelers would stop and take that picture too... because we love all those things as well).

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  14. EmzkieJuly 14, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    wow! those are beautiful pictures.

    A SAHM Reviews.Net

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  15. Kay L. DaviesJuly 14, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Beautiful photos, Clair. I love the second one, with the mountains!
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  16. DhemzJuly 14, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    awesome shots! love your header btw...thanks for dropping by @ explorerminded.com

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  17. genieJuly 14, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I am always shooting our fields here in the country so I really appreciate the beauty of these captures. Lovely photography. Genie
    M

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  18. KarenJuly 14, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    Terrific blue skies!

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  19. Jidhu JoseJuly 14, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    lovely shots
    happy SWF

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  20. JoyfulJuly 14, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Beautiful and the skies are so blue.

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  21. BirdmanJuly 15, 2011 at 5:37 AM

    That looks like a lot of water. Farmers happy?

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  22. clairzJuly 15, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    Birdman, nope--the farmers are desperate for water. Their allotment from the irrigation district was something like 1/12 of what they would get in a normal year, and they still have to pay the same amount and then pay to pump from ground wells (or buy well water from neighboring farms). It's a dry, dry year.

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  23. OwlfarmerJuly 15, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Central Market puts on a Hatch Chili festival every year. These shots assure me that it's not far off, and maybe makes the summer feel a little shorter. Maybe.

    It's a good thing them there peppers can take a bit of drought--mine are about the only denizens of the garden that haven't completely given up the ghost.

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  24. RandyJuly 15, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    I can almost smell the aroma of green chili being roasted here in town! Thank you for you wonderful comment.

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  25. ArijaJuly 15, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    Beautiful shots, but what a waste of water where there is little rain! Flood-irrigation was phased out here quite some time ago. Water is a precious resource here and not to be wasted in needlessly being evaporated in this way.

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  26. KateJuly 16, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    Wonderful photos to illustrate your commentary!

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  27. Nancy JaniolaJuly 17, 2011 at 12:07 AM

    Awesome captures!

    Here's visiting late for SWF.
    Hope to see you at my blog. :)

    http://www.thedtour.info/2011/07/skywatch-friday-gloomy-skies.html

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  28. GeorgiaJuly 17, 2011 at 6:20 PM

    Love your photos (and would love some chilis)! Always so pretty. Just wanted to let you know btw finally got the post up about my chicken nipples :0)

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