NOMAD DREAMING

Three weeks after The Storm that Ate Downtown, the back garden has recovered. The removal of the towering sunflowers has allowed okra to...

At play in the fields of the night blooms. Just before dawn, when the waning crescent moon dances with the stars in the eastern sky,...

A brief moment of repose for a tiny hummingbird who is normally a blurred whirligig while feeding daily at the flowers of the...

Painted Mountain rainbow (grinding) corn has a little sister. The first ears of Painted Hill sweet corn were harvested today, having...

What’s on the table? Morning harvest of Royal Burgundy beans, tomato, okra, a hot pepper, leafy greens, and a watermelon was transformed...

Sunrise is easing later each day but early mornings are still my favourite time of day. Today I noticed a lot of purple flowers in the...

And a happy International Cat Day to you too. I must admit when I sited the birdbath in the kitchen sink window view, I expected to be...

Hyacinth Beans (Lablab purpureus) are putting out lovely long sprays of purple blooms, adding to the catalog of purple in the garden and...

It’s been a long road to persuade Madame Moonflower to grace the medicine, meditation and mountain view garden but She blooms at last!...

Good Night New Mexico. Goodnight Sun. Goodnight light. Goodnight sunflowers. Goodnight Milagro chiles. Was so hoping for a rainstorm this...

This week I scored some Iris plants at a local animal shelter fundraiser. I have no idea what colour or variety they are but they have...

It’s National Watermelon Day (apparently). "When one has tasted watermelon, he knows what angels eat“ (Mark Twain) I spent an inordinate...

It’s the festival of Lammas (mid point between summer solstice and autumn equinox), the moon is swelling to full again and harvest of the...

The mystery melon was showing signs of deterioration so I plucked it this evening. She is, indeed, what I know as spanspek - much of the...

Harvested the first watermelon for breakfast today. It is super juicy, making a distinct pop sound at the first cut, cells filled to...

Much time this week was given over to processing batches of spicy spaghetti sauce Tomatoes, especially the Black Prince were discovered...

The fig tree, planted early September 2019, shows signs of giving 3 figs this season. I believe it is a Brown Turkey fig (ficus carica)....

There’s got to be a morning after. We held on through a night of fierce monsoon storm on Sunday. At sunrise Monday I did a walkabout and...

A monsoon storm in the Chihuahuan desert. It started with the emergency alerts and a sky growing increasingly darker late afternoon. The...

What’s on the table? This mornings harvest is chard, okra, Royal Burgundy beans and tomatoes. The tomatoes are splitting from the recent...