Rain or Shine, But Mostly Shine

This is a recent (taken late this morning) photo of a fairly typical New Mexico sky, summer or winter.

That was taken through the car windshield; the black foreground is our dusty, dusty dashboard.

And this was my face, despite the blue sky, because it was too fucking hot outside and Dave and I were driving a pretty unremarkable stretch of road. (Dave was driving so that I could concentrate on being hot and miserable.)

I was definitely not amused by the heat. (And that photo was taken after we stopped for a cold, caffeinated drink. That's what my face looks like when I'm thrilled to be driving through the desert in a black car without air conditioning. First world problems, yo.)

It's been in the upper 90's the past couple of days, with a ridiculous 8-10% humidity. Last week we crossed several times into 100+ degree territory. But welcome to New Mexico, because day before yesterday, there was this:

That's my doorstep. The red arrows are pointing (roughly, ugh) at two (of several) hailstones. Yes, hail. It was followed by a buckets-full-type of downpour that lasted about ten minutes. Soaked everything. Then came the humidity, 50%, a rarity in our little state. It was fun while it lasted of course, because high humidity renders moot our beloved swamp coolers.

Not fun.