Jewel of Mingus

In the middle of arranging and hammering pictures on the walls I noticed that the afternoon rain [with it's still lingering grey clouds] had left a gorgeous view of Mingus Mountain. The sun was out spotlighting the peaks at the perfect angle for every crevice to be laced with it's own shadow. He brought out the lounge chairs from the garage onto the back porch [which we had just emptied of the wooden dining set into the dining room-they had been on the back porch where we ate all our meals from the first day in our custom built home]. I sat in [daily] repeated awe over the luscious beauty of it all that was perfectly jeweled with the promising rainbow. He asked me if I wanted him to prepare a cup of coffee for me to enjoy with the view and I responded with, "well, if you want to miss it. As the sun slowly goes down by the second you will miss every visually changing moment...." So, he took my apparent advise not to move and just let his naked eyes take it all in. We sat there we two. We sat and sat. We watched and watched. We enjoyed the moment. After a few minutes, the Arizona monsoon induced green landscape of Mingus was frosted with the sun's pink "shade". All the while I was thinking, there are people in the "mini vally" below my house [below my porch] that miss this view everyday because of the hills and houses slightly above them on the otherside. Do they have any idea just exactly what they are missing? Would their eyes salivate over it's beauty as mine do? Then with nearly a flash, it had all surrendered to the greying sky turning black into the night. This was last evening's cherishable experience. After a restful night, I've been graced with the morning's lung and skin soothing humid-filled sunlight. And look forward to enjoying what today brings. Tonight.....oh, yes....tonight I look forward to reliving the visually festive moments on my back porch......