Some rather more inspiring pictures: we had a brief but delightful visit to Magdalena this weekend. After a hideously dry March, we've finally had rain in the last few days, and snow higher up. Here is the village of Magdalena at the foot of its eponymous mountains on Saturday morning (click to enlarge):

And here's the view to the north:

Even the normally rather dreary drive up I-25 was beautiful in this weather. With some snow and clouds, Sandia Peak above Albuquerque is absolutely spectacular:

Update: Due to Blogger's size constraints, I have replaced the top panorama of Magdalena with a tighter crop. It should look much better. I'm definitely still on the steep end of the learning curve when it comes to image editing.

Update update: Really ought to point out that the bottom shot of Sandia is Mrs. Peculiar's.