close to the sun in lonely lands

we saw the most amazing sunset the other night, after picking ben up in Santa Fe after his 24hr jaunt into Colorado. The Entire valley between the Jemez and the Sangres was covered with clouds and grey, except one large window which revealed a blue-gold sky in the distance. to the west it was raining, and the light from the sun was filtered through the raindrops, spreading the sunset along the ridge. it was like the ridge was on fire, or the volcano had become active again. on top of that, there were several rainstorms in the valley, purple from the light of the sun, and lit up with bolts of lighting. It was an amazing sight, and hard to keep my eyes on the road because of the beauty of the sunset. We would have stopped to gawk, but the babies were tired and hungry and crying.