http://lascrucesblog.com New Mexico Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:40:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every visitor to Las Cruces is struck by the beauty of the Organ Mountains, east of town. But there are numerous other mountain ranges in the area, including the Robledos and the Dona Anas, both north of Las Cruces. The Robledos are on the east side of the Mesilla Valley, ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2009/robledos-and-dona-anas/ The last post (Sunday) noted that rain was predicted. Monday we got it. It rained almost all day, an unusually long rain at an unusual seasonal time. Tuesday morning the clouds completely obscured the Organ Mountains. There had been a very light snow during the night, so it was reasonable to ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2009/rain-granted/ It has been raining today and the forecast is for quite a bit more rain. We'll see. Here's what the Organ Mountains looked like this afternoon: Tags: Las Cruces, Organ Mountains http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2009/organ-mountains-rain-expected/ The site known as Apache Wells is located north of Hwy 10, about mid-way between Las Cruces and Deming. About one mile north of Apache Wells is the old route of the Butterfield Overland Stage. The Apache Wells site is marked here: As a source of water, the site was used ... http://lascrucesblog.com/history/2009/visit-to-apache-wells/ The structure known as the Mine House is located on the west slope of the Organ Mountains, not too far from the foot of the mountains. Not much is known about the house, except that it was used by the Hayner Mine while the mine was being worked. Some sources ... http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2009/mine-house-spring-hayner-mine/ Yesterday was a bad day for dust over most of this part of New Mexico. Here's what sunset looked like at White Sands National Monument: The sun dropping below the crest of a dune: Tags: Sunset at White Sands, Misc Images, Weather http://lascrucesblog.com/weather/2009/dustset-at-white-sands/ The clouds whorled over the mountains. The air was gelatinous, it was so packed with moisture. The desert fragrances were a blast of consonance and dissonance. A few drops... And a few drops... And not much more. A tenth, less than two tenths, but still the mountains devoured it. Tags: Las Cruces, Organ Mountains http://lascrucesblog.com/las-cruces/2009/under-no-rain/ I SAW with open eyes Singing birds sweet Sold in the shops For people to eat, Sold in the shops of Stupidity Street. I saw in vision The worm in the wheat, And in the shops nothing For people to eat; Nothing for sale in Stupidity Street. - Ralph Hodgson, ... http://lascrucesblog.com/literature/2009/stupidity-street/ Four photos of the Organ Mountains taken today. Compare this to how green the mountains were 5 months ago. Tags: Las Cruces, Organ Mountains, Windmill http://lascrucesblog.com/organ-mountains/2009/organ-mountains-4-photos/ Somehow the driver of this car managed to crash into this fence in mid-day on a 35-mile an hour city street, just missing on-coming traffic. According to people at the scene, he immediately jumped out of the car carrying two paper bags and ran off. A blow up of the interior ... http://lascrucesblog.com/odds-and-ends/2009/car-crash/