Llano Estacado

This is the view in any direction from outside of the town where I live. Some of my relatives (by marriage) were among the first settlers in the community during the early 1900's. They are dead now, but often referred to the early years when I was around them. The grasses were taller, and more dense in the beginning, and even during my lifetime we have occasionally had wet years when they would shoot up and spread out, but generally during the daytime for much of the year, the plains appear to be worn out. Green is rare. We really only have two seasons, and the primary colors in the landscape, grey (Winter), and brown (Summer), reflect that. The sky is where the colors are and most of the action takes place. Sunsets and Sunrises are stunning, and some of the storms are magnificient.