Besides good visits with old friends in familiar towns like Santa Fe and Albuquerque and Gallup, I had good visits in college towns like Las Cruces and Portales and Socorro, and good first visits in towns like Carlsbad and Roswell and Farmington. When I reached Albuquerque spring flowers were blooming in the gardens, and I reached Farmington before the frost and saw the apple orchards in full blossom. In the field of peace among groups New Mexico sets a good example, for many groups live together there quite harmoniously and apparently all groups have equal opportunities. When the temperature is high and the sun is hot there is nothing so welcome as shade. There is a special coolness about the shade of a tree, but unless it is a big tree some shifting is required to stay in the shade.
Clouds provide shade as they drift across the sun.
A rock provides what I call deep shade - so does a bank early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Sometimes even the shade of a bush is appreciated - or the shade of a haystack. Man-made things provide shade, too. Buildings, of course, and even signs which disfigure the landscape do provide shade. So do bridges provide shade - as well as shelter from the rain.