I forgot to mention about the previous fire-water posts. Although the pairings all suggest devastation, violence, etc.. and look somewhat apocalyptic, the pairs actually reflect more healthy stewardship of ranch land. In response to the drought, which is serious, mesquite and cedars were cleared into numerous brush piles to be burned. The cedars, which grow quickly and invasively consume a lot of what little water there is and I believe are a non-native species (the mesquite I think are native). Apparently this allows for the prairie grasses to cover the soil instead and promotes groundwater recharge, more volume and better flow into and through the limestone below the topsoil. Since learning of this, I wanted to see the pairings between the two related activities, the drought and conservation, water and, curiously, fire. A bit of a creator-destroyer mythology that got my attention. Of course it was acknowledged that the smoke from the fires wasn't the greenest solution, but given the conditions was an interesting lesson on several interconnected topics between water conservation, soil, geology, native and non-native species, and....fire. The area had just received some rain prior to and during our visit, and the washes were running well with water.  It was pretty beautiful since the area dramatically reflected the impact of the drought otherwise.

Here's a couple of other over&unders. I'm probably getting a little repetitive here, but so it goes. For filing purposes I have to title all these things, some pretty free associative or goofy, others bland and descriptive, and this top one, with the hands, I titled on a whim, "dusk knot" which I now think should be a band name. Obviously, I like the play of lines between the knot and the horizon, large hand and small land, and a very faint yellow-violet complementary action, well almost violet.