kaydee777
Paddling into the sunrise
For most people living in the USA, summer is bookended by the Memorial Day (May) and Labour Day (September) holiday weekends. For me,...
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kaydee777
- Sep 6
- 3 min
Re-seeding the canoe plants
With markedly shorter and cooler days (that’s temperatures in the nineties not triple digits) I decided to refresh my Calendula plantings...
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kaydee777
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Jewels of the desert
More rose quartz than ruby or garnet, the arils of the first pomegranate which I open are lightly sweet and refreshing. It might be a few...
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kaydee777
- Sep 2
- 1 min
Enchantment: bait for jacalope.
Datura wrightii (sacred datura) is discovered this morning, blooming in the jacalope and rattlesnake indigenous garden which I’ve been...
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kaydee777
- Sep 1
- 1 min
Hello September
September is a beautiful month in the garden. Pollinators are busy in the Allium tuberosum (aka Chinese or garlic chives) which are...
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kaydee777
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Pelican pause
Recently I watched a video which I found online about a small Mexican coastal town. The vlogger is a young British person currently...
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kaydee777
- Aug 23
- 3 min
Deluge delight
Those meteorologists weren’t wrong. The most significant monsoon rains of the season deluged us this weekend just past. In the first...
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kaydee777
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Dictionary differences: scones or biscuits?
Meteorologists are predicting a serious monsoon moisture event this weekend for the little piece of Chihuahuan desert where I live....
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kaydee777
- Aug 15
- 1 min
A feast of colour and light.
My favourite time of day, any time of year, is just before sunrise. Monsoon season in the Chihuahuan desert, however, adds a special...
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kaydee777
- Aug 14
- 2 min
Peachy kitchen alchemy
A gift of 5 pounds of ripe peaches came my way yesterday. After spending some time last night reading through South African peach chutney...
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kaydee777
- Aug 13
- 3 min
Motherlode at the end of town
Today I stumbled on the motherlode of vintage embroidered household linens in a rusty, dusty, hot almost to point of unbearable, junk,...
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kaydee777
- Aug 8
- 2 min
Roommate troubles
I don’t mind wildlife sharing this little piece of earth I occupy, and I believe we can cohabit reasonably amicably. However there is,...
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kaydee777
- Aug 7
- 2 min
Birds, bees and butterflies
Buzzy bees and butterflies are delighting in what the Garden of Earthly Delights currently has to offer. Tithonia (Mexican sunflowers)...
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kaydee777
- Aug 1
- 2 min
Oops! Did it again
Went outback to close up the shed for the night, because, when we coincide in the predawn twilight in the garden, I’ve noticed a skunk...
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kaydee777
- Jul 31
- 2 min
A Gallery of Grape Feasting
Regardless of how they are billed (deliberate word play) just about every feathered roommate is hanging out at the two grape arbors these...
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kaydee777
- Jul 28
- 2 min
Tulbaghia for the win
Out watering this morning, because the promised overnight storm didn’t even bring enough raindrops to register in the rain gauge, a...
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kaydee777
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Living with birds
For several days now, I’ve been noticing high bird activity in the grape vine. Today I looked closer and found a fair smattering of empty...
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kaydee777
- Jul 19
- 1 min
Cactus and rattlesnake days
The dead tarantula (Aphonopelma chalcodes) at the hacienda driveway entrance raises some questions. When first I stepped out and over it,...
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kaydee777
- Jul 17
- 1 min
Sunday breakfast: a celebratory corn story
Last year, after corn earworm ravaged my corn crop so thoroughly, I decided not to plant corn for a few years. Come spring this year,...
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kaydee777
- Jul 15
- 2 min
Of fruits and shoots, but mostly fruits.
Harvesting in the garden this morning, a bird eaten fruit under the tree alerted me to the ripening of the first Santa Rosa plums on the ...
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