NOMAD DREAMING

Always beautiful drama in the sky just before sunrise in the monsoon season.

After this week’s three days of good rain at the tail end of June, the garden is so happy. I love the way Black Crowder cowpeas (Vigna...

Doing a Sundown* Silver City, New Mexico. *Sundown, ©1973 by Gordon Lightfoot I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress In a room where...

Dolichos aka Hyacinth Beans (Lablab purpureus) are blooming by 1st July. This trellis area was not originally in the garden plan but...

Took a little road trip to Tucson at the tail end of June to fetch this small handful of seed bank Sonoran White Tepary beans (Phaseolus...

Snuck in a tail end of June overnight camping at my fav oasis in the desert: Faywood Hot Springs en route back from picking up seed bank...

Full strawberry moon sailing serenethrough the night and setting behind sunflowers in the morning. I ate all my strawberries straight...

Two pollinators busy ensuring continuity of life on Planet Earth. We love the butterflies (and the moths and birds) and the bees at...

June 25th morningharvest: the first ripe Roma tomatoes, a couple of Black Beauty eggplant, New Mexico green chile (oops I let one get to...

Silver City. New Mexico.

The abstraction of practicing presence. Bear Canyon Wildlife Area. Mimbres. New Mexico.

A little sunrise walkabout. Bear Canyon Wildlife Area. Mimbres. New Mexico.

Mooooving through the morning. Bear Canyon Reservoir. Mimbres.

Sunrise at Bear Canyon Reservoir to celebrate midsummer. Water is currently super low so not much to dip a paddle into, but there is...

Comparison shopping: the day I first met the hacienda in October 2018 and #6thavenueshala this week. The south facing front and south...

The gift of this long really hot spell is really hot chiles. I picked this handful of NM Green and Havasu chiles for my usual weekly...

Looking at life from both sides. It’s not google, but my street view this summer solstice is happy and colour full. Just what I wanted...

The sneaky gem squash Cucurbita pepo var. pepo patch has been busy hosting pollinator parties it seems. The young vines, just on 28 days...

Summer Solstice greetings from #6thavenueshala where birds gather in noisy conference, marigolds for garlands are plentiful and...

4 bottles of a bright and tangy tasting plum and green tomato chutney. Two and a half pounds of Santa Rosa plums from the Farmers Market...