Voting on the Rez

                                                        FLOWER OF THE WEEK
The Desert Paintbrush is blooming and makes a pretty splash of color on the desert.

Election day on the Rez.  We had never seen this before when the different candidates had booths where they offered  information and things to eat before the voters went into the chapter house to mark their ballot

We thought this an interesting name for a sheriff. Rather intimidating.

We haven't seen many of these colorful creatures so we welcomed this California Sister to our garden.

On Friday we decided to visit a few more of the sights in the area. We went down to Zuni on the Zuni reservation. Many homes had these ovens in the yard. They use them to make their Zuni bread.

This picture of the pool was taken at El Morro National Monument. This pool is the only water for miles so it was where travellers stopped to camp. While their they inscribed their names and some writing in the rocks. We saw writings in Spanish dating back to 1605 when the Spanish came to conquer  and convert the Zuni Indians. Also writing of the early pioneers after the Mexican-American war which ended in 1848. It was very interesting seeing the history written in the stone for centuries.

Its end of the month and beginning of month week so its a needy time and then nobody home time but we were able to have some good visits. We do find that as we study the scriptures and the gospel that we have greater understanding than before even though we thought we already had a pretty good understanding. The gospel is true.

Love to all,
Elder and Sister Lybbert