NOMAD DREAMING

Wanting to spend some time outside in the winter-thin, afternoon sun, I cleaned out years of accumulated trash from the mesquite, yucca,...

My dawn view from the little adobe casita: full moon sneaking below the horizon as the dawn chorus hold the line. #moon #fullmoon...

Slowly removing the eyepatches - the painted window glass. The southern bedroom now receives the beautiful view of Turtleback Mountain....

Watching YouTube videos on how to remove popcorn ceiling and learning a lot about domestic architecture in the USA. Popcorn...

First load of trash is on the curb. The first weekend’s haul: all the tattered old blinds from southern rooms and kitchen. Over the...

Sunday morning seva. Removed the ratty blind and cleaned white paint off the glass of a south eastern window. Letting the light in....

Took down a ratty old blind from the kitchen window. In the process, removed this many nails, screws and piercing devices. Voodoo doll...

Most of the front facing window panes had been covered in white paint. While waiting for contractors who are bidding on the reroof...

it is still Day 1 of 6th Avenue rehabilitation and after the nails, the screws. 54 of them plus plugs. Much wrist exercise. Took down 9...

Day 1 of 6th Avenue shala rehabilitation: taking nails out of interior walls. More than 33 in the front south bedroom, half that in the...

Late season lavender attracts a black swallowtail (papilo polyxenes) in early November. With frost in the forecast for mid November for...

It seems that I bought a yoga studio with living quarters this month. Meet the 6th Avenue Shala. A few weeks ago I became the officially...

How to eat vegan in deep southern New Mexico: order the huevos rancheros , replace the huevos with avocado, substitute vegan chorizo (yes...

Opuntia diaries: exploring the alleys of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico #opuntia #TorC #cactus

Opuntia diaries: exploring the alleys of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico #opuntia #TorC #cactus #pink

Critter encounters. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico #TorC #art #wallart

Graptopetalum paraguayense #succulents #ghostplant #Graptopetalumparaguayense #TorC

Little Chihauhauan desert town adobe casita has been getting some colour recently. Not quite finished yet but the main shala room ( ie...

Today’s harvest from the front gate cactus at the little desert casita. Possibly Opuntia engelmannii. These fruits are not nearly as...

Chihauhauan desert abundance in dawn light #cactus #opuntia #food #Chihauhauandesert #TorC #dawn