Had to make a trip to Taos, N.M., Sunday to pick up some materials to repair a damaged saltillo-tile floor at the ranch house. Ran into a little snowstorm on the way home from just south of San Luis to Fort Garland. As we drove out of the storm on the way up La Veta Pass, some of the most surreal mountain lighting I’ve ever experienced was provided by the sun setting below the ceiling of the clouds and illuminating the surrounding vegetation in a surprising last-minute display of color on what otherwise had been a drab winter day.
