NOMAD DREAMING

Gluten free savory waffles with avocado and (homemade) red cabbage caraway sauerkraut. #food #sauerkraut #fermentedfood #probioticfood...

First shrub leafing and budding early March at #6thavenueshala. A tentative id puts this as Lonicera tartarea . Honeysuckle family....

#TorC #Chihauhauandesert #airstream

Early March and the brief blossom season in the little desert town. #spring #blossoms #TorC

Carrizozo dreaming. Ghosts and yucca. Defining the shadows of dereliction. #carrizozo #yucca #dereliction

Nimbu ka achar (Indian lime pickle)in the making. When it has matured, this lacto-fermented pickle makes  any meal come alive with heat...

The oil extraction stage of chaparral salve. Dried creosote bush ( larrea tridentata ) leaves in olive oil (extra virgin, organic, non...

Little birds of the night or rather dawn’s first light. This pair of white winged doves ( Zenaida asiatica) have adopted the porches of...

A pair of white winged doves ( Zenaida asiatica )  have decided to call the porch rafters of the little adobe casita home, roosting there...

Spent a beautiful few early Sunday morning hours wild harvesting Larrea tridentata , aka creosote bush, to make chaparral salve. This...

Arrived this weekend to find holes opened up in floor of kitchen and another room, piles of debris, the old gas furnace and humongous hot water heater tank gone, (yay!) the lantana all excavated on west side.   The sewer lines need replacing before we satisfy code for plumbing. Apparently.   I await the quote.  The good news is that a shiny, new, on-demand water heater is now installed. Not connected, because no electricity. Yet.  Debris piles. Uh huh. I expected this when I

Flowers in February. In the desert. #TorC #flowers #vygies #gazania #spring

Eish! Iodine stings just as much as it did when I was a child and father used his vet medicine kit on daughter. Inadvertent attempts at...

Annapurna’s World Vegetarian Cafe. Portobello wrap, masala fries, vegan chipotle sauce. Worth not eating all day for this. #food...

Lunar New Year blessings of the Earth Pig. I had some challenges - baggage to deal with -  this year. Squeaking in under the wire at the...

First reroofing project done. This new metal roof over the gabled sections has a guarantee on materials longer than my life expectancy....

Playing in the light of the buttery moon. Full wolf moon, January 2019 edition #moon #fullmoon #wolfmoon #TorC #cactus #opuntia

“...But sometimes when the night is slow/The wretched and the meek/We gather up our hearts and go/ A thousand kisses deep....” Leonard...

La Migra. Just anothe day in the southern border zone #lamigra #workingdogs #borders #borderpatrol

Sometimes one just needs to drawn the line. Lea Lake, Bottomless Lakes State Park, NM #NMStateParks #BottomlessLakesStatePark #LeaLake...