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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

Sunset on the trail, Rockhound State Park, Deming NM, February 9, 2009
Sunset on the trail, Rockhound State Park, Deming NM, February 9, 2009

It's cool in the park today - yesterday morning's light snowfall is gone except for a light dusting on the mountains across the valley.

Night camp

Site 27 - Rockhound State Park, Deming NM

The Trespasser's Eyeshine

She put the butt end of the flashlight against her forehead, just above the space between her eyebrows. It was something she'd learned long ago about seeing at night. A light shined from there would reveal nothing of herself to a trespasser, and from that spot on her forehead a beam would go straight to the retinas and return to her own eyes the characteristic color of the trespasser's eyeshine. If it had eyes, of course, and if they were looking at her directly.

Prodigal Summer, Barbara Kingsolver

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