Canyon de Chelly, April

A beautiful April day in Chinle

led me to take a stroll down White House Trail in Canyon de Chelly.

Wading in the wash was a refreshing treat.

The sky and clouds and cliffs delighted me throughout my leisurely walk.

I returned refreshed and ready for life above the rim.

Early Winter Scenes

 Please enjoy a few miscellaneous photos with the flavor of our everyday life on the Rez.

The current winter is milder than the last, I think. The warmer temperatures melt the snow and allow it to soak into the ground. The mountains above brood in the early morning light near Dilkon, Arizona

Llamas make pretty good sheep guardians; they're cranky and big. This haughty, disdainful guy ran away from the sheep, though, when we came near his charges below Carson Mesa.

It seems that something is always burning down on the Rez. The firefighters managed to keep this trailer fire from spreading to the homes and businesses nearby as they watched it burn in Chinle, Arizona.

There's always an exciting happening involving livestock here on the Navajo Reservation, like this long-past event advertised north of Many Farms, Arizona.

We didn't attend, though we might have been tempted by a chance to win da big bucks.

 Some among the ubiquitous Rez dogs are pressed into duty as watchdogs; 

we consider ourselves duly warned though little intimidated by these lazy fellows.

I succumb with pleasure to the lure of roads like this one leading to the top of Carson Mesa.