DRY COUNTRY

FINE ART CANVAS PRINT OF DAILY PAINTING  DRY COUNTRY , BY JOHN FARNSWORTH "HARDY SOULS Life isn’t easy on the Chihuahuan Desert of Northern Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Neighbors can be few and far between, winters cold and summers hot, and there’s scant shelter from the wind. When rain does come, it’s usually instant, heavy, and gone as fast as it came, disappearing rapidly into the parched earth. The wildlife, clean air and clear skies, the open spaces, quiet and serenity combined with the privacy, and freedom and the satisfaction borne of self-reliance and tenacity make it all worthwhile for the hardy souls who choose this challenging life. And that creaking, clanging old windmill, peeking up from behind the rare tree, drawing water from deep below the inhospitable surf...