New Mexico Skies

In California, at least where I lived, the temperature and weather today was, with high probability, the same as yesterday. Not so here in New Mexico. We seem to have all 4 seasons in one week: Sunday, the high was about 45. Monday up to the low 60s. Today, the prediction is 70, Wednesday 61 again, Thursday 52 with a chance of snow showers in the evening… It is quite beautiful here, especially the sky. The picture for this post is a spread from Phil Zimmermann’s new book Sanctus Sonorensis. Like me, Phil is new to the southwest — he’s lived in upstate New York for many years and moved to Arizona in 2008. On his blog he says

I had the idea for the book, and did some little sketches for it, during my sabbatical in 2003-2004. I was in a year-long residency at the Border Art Residency in La Union, New Mexico. I was taking a lot of photos of the incredible skies in New Mexico and Arizona while there, and they made their way into a lot of the work that I made during my year there.

You can read more about the book here and see more spreads of that beautiful sky here. There’s also lots more on Phil’s blog.