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Heaven in Hell
I happened to visit my Facebook Page (yes, I do that occasionally) and I happened to read about Amber’s French houseguest and her quest for exotic Anne Taintor sightings.
First, I would like to thank Amber (thank you! thank you!) for managing my page (since I am so obviously social-media-incompetent). Then I would like to ask – am I too late to submit my own most exotic sighting?
Desert Flowers
We’ve had a ton of rain lately, so the desert is blooming madly, and my house is full of flowers. I love it.
I love it, but I know it won’t last.
But now I know what to do when the wild profusion of blooms is past!
On Sunday, Nathan and I had lunch at the Santa Fe home of our friends Arian, Godfried, Iza, and Jan. Great company, great food… and a great new idea! Arian had told me about the “flat flowers”, created by Dutch artist Suseela Gorter, that she had recently imported. On Sunday I finally got to see them in real life, and they are fabulous!
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My windows will soon be full of them… and all my friends will be enjoying them as well. They also are – or soon will be – available in greeting card size. It’s the only way I know of that you can send a bouquet for $5.95 plus stamp. Check out Arian’s website and fill your home with flowers!
http://madebyoots.com/flatflowers.html
I love June. I hate computers.
Especially new ones. I took a zillion pictures of my gorgeous June garden, or our beautiful June sunsets, and of the bluebirds nesting on my front portal… but I can’t figure out how to load them onto my new #%&@*!!!!! computer. So I hope you won’t mind a few pictures of the same scene a couple years earlier. The flowers are bigger this year, but the bluebird looks just about the same.
I Love Not Camping
When my partner and I first bought our dream land in New Mexico, we visited it in our tent (that little blue dot) for several years before we built a home. I loved camping! The air! The stars! Being totally immersed in all this rugged Northern New Mexico beauty! I even loved camping in the rain!
It was so wonderful I swore that even after we built our home I would still camp out several times a year. We moved into our home in December of 1999. Guess how many times I’ve camped out since then?
(If you guessed 0 you are correct.)
Signs of Spring
There’s still snow on the north slopes, and the mercury still hovers below 30° when I head off for my morning walk… but yesterday, while hiking in the canyon, I saw a sure sign that our Northern New Mexico winter is at last coming to an end: the first lizard of spring! Who knew I’d ever be so happy to see a reptile? And that means…
YES!!!!! My garden is about to start kicking some serious ass! Time to break out the gardening gloves and my favorite spring Shopper!
