NOMAD DREAMING

Sunday can’t-go-to-fav-coffee-shop pandemic substitution: vegan, gluten-free, chocolate rhubarb muffins. Made with a bunch of backyard...

Monsoons are here with high humidity, warm temperatures, strong winds and some heavy rainstorms almost daily. It almost feels like...

Discovered this magical array growing out of the oregano in the medicine and herb garden today. Research tells me these are probably ...

An early morning visitor loving the zinnias. And the sunflowers #naturalpalette #pollinatorgarden

Bhindi masala: it’s on every Indian restaurant menu and it’s what’s for lunch today. Homegrown. #6thavenueshala #growyourownfood...

What’s on the table today? First of the yellow sweet corn from under the wind horses, with a great view of the mountains. Lots of good...

After a few dawn hours taking on weeds and asserting some authority (ha ha as if) over the wild domain, a shower and yoga, I’m ready for...

Good morning moon: waning moon, crescent dawn. Good morning mountain. Turtleback Mountain, dreaming in the pre-dawn light Good morning...

Made from scratch horchata. The hardest part was straining it. At first I thought I could use my cheese making muslin sack but that...

They are just everywhere these days. This one has positioned herself on the boundary wall at the fire hydrant corner. #6thavenueshala...

Good to see that the night pollinators have been doing their moonlight work. At least three swelling calabash can be found under dense...

Just when I thought it was all dark outside: a brief flare turns the whole world gold and indigo

#6thavenueshala

She stopped by one of my wildlife watering stations this morning . By the time I thought to take a picture she was heading out. Apologies...

Even though the hummingbirds love them, I have begun harvesting Beebalm (Monarda didyma) flowers to dry for tea, and to make a healing...

Pulled fresh from the earth today: a bunch of roots. Carrots (oh so sweet!) will be eaten raw. The beet will be lightly steamed, chilled...

These little whirligigs move so fast that it’s hard to capture an image. Hummingbirds are currently loving all the blooms at the shala....

This morning’s harvest is pretty purple. Royal Burgundy beans, an ear of Japonica corn and blue potatoes. The potatoes and beans are...

Good morning Turtleback Mountain, Good Morning New Mexico, Good Morning World. Another triple digits, record breaking, hot one predicted...

There’s a whole lot of swelling going on under the melon leaves on the western mesquite edge. On a 108 degree (f) day like today, I can’t...