Picking up the slack: Darrell Olson waters his grass and flowers on Friday afternoon at his home in the Indian Hills subdivision on the east side of Gallup. Olson, who took over the job of keeping the yard green because of an injury to his wife, waters about three times a week. "It's a lot better to water by hand than by sprinkler. You get it more even that way," he said. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

Dirtboarding: Trenton Gomez, 8, pulls his friend Joe Tracy, 10, on an old snowboard behind his four-wheeler on Friday afternoon near the Indian Hills subdivision. The boys called their new activity "dirtboarding." [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]