NOMAD DREAMING

Two benches and a small table have sprung from the (sizeable, sprawling) recycled lumber pile. I have been meaning to make these for...

Well good morning to you too. A new variety of hemerocallis (aka Day Lilly) is blooming at the back door. Unidentified at this point -...

Yes it is possible to have a vibrant backyard food forest in the Chihuahuan desert. However, with daytime temperatures consistently in...

I *might* have planted the callaloo (amaranthus viridis) a little too densely. It is about 15 inches high now and obviously leaning out...

A little close up visit to the eastern front Milagro Pepper Patch reveales a pomegranate bud (and there I was not thinking I would get...

Looking deep into the heart of sunflower buds. The seeds were sown the week the New Mexico pandemic shut down was announced, and the...

Inca, White Winged and Ring Necked doves visit the birdbath in succession. #kitchenwindowcamera

First thunderstorm of the season was brief but with enough rain to confirm that the recently installed rain chains work at the task of...

Hemerocallis (Day Lillies) are budding and blooming. Apparently all parts of the plant are edible from tubers, first spring leaf growth...

A mothers day bouquet from the garden: Shasta daisy, lantana and chamisa (rabbitbrush - Ericameria nauseosa I think. Stand open to...

Full Flower Moon? Yes, we have flowers at #6thavenueshala . Not as many as we will have later in the season, not enough to pick for the...

Full Flower Moon plays hard to get, teasing tangled in the neighbours’ tree

Installed rain chains and rain water barrels at the back today. Slowly getting monsoon ready. #6thavenueshala

Variations on a basic banana bread recipe. Chocolate cardamom banana bread breakfast muffins: vegan and gluten free (almond flour). Note...

Haven’t an id yet on this little feathered relative blending in so beautifully to the fresh growth on the mesquite tree. Maybe warbler...

Desert archaic: enchantment unfiltered. Blooming ocotillo reaching for the sky just to surrender.

What blooms in a Chihuahuan desert garden on the 1st of May? Mexican folk art metal cactus #6thavenueshala

May Day and, though I don’t have a lot of flowers (yet), in the northern agrarian calendar we are at Beltane, or halfway through the...

Today’s early morning hunter had to go without catnip. The dispensary was closed (with mesquite prunings) due to low stock. Mood was not...

First 2020 chile pepper harvest. The three stubby fruits are a New Mexican heirloom Sandia, reputed to have mild heat. The long thinner...