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Tag: New Mexico

  • Magnificent Small Wonders

    Magnificent Small Wonders

    Have you ever taken a closer look at Bluebeard flowers? It always blows my mind looking at those delicate, intricate shapes and forms. Not to mention the color, which has always been my favorite when it comes to plants.

  • Impermanence 無常

    Impermanence 無常

    Today a friend whom we haven’t heard from for almost two years sent me a long email. It once again reminded me how impermanent everything is. At one point I was ready to let go of this friendship since it felt like a one way effort.

    A missing card in the mail. That was the cause of a whole chain of doubts. Received his message this morning certainly made my day. All the memories came rushing back into my head..

  • New Beginning Awaits

    New Beginning Awaits

    Although today’s temperature continues to be oppressively hot, I feel light and without restraint. That invisible heavy weight has vanished. While my companion was resting in our bedroom with the AC on, I sat alone outside on the porch watching the sunset slowly turn into night. It’s so beautiful.. and my heart is full of gratitude and hope.

  • Backyard Goldfinches

    Two Lesser Goldfields at a bird feeder with yellow tray.
    Backyard Goldfinches

    Today I dug out my old tele lens from the closet and tried it on my Nikon Z fc. I needed an adapter, which I have purchased when I bought the camera. However I have never used it until now. Headed out on the porch, what would be the ideal subject? Those goldfinches, of course. They are our frequent visitors and it calms me every time I see them.

  • Standing Tall Fabulously

    Agave flowers in bloom. The sky is blue with some clouds in the background.
    Standing Tall Fabulously

    Lower half of our agave flowers are fully bloomed now. This agave, as I probably have mentioned before, is too young to bloom in my opinion. Its flowering stalk stands only about seven feet tall. Still, it stands straight and reaches the sky as high as it can.

  • The Disappearance of the Farm Windmill

    The Disappearance of the Farm Windmill

    Remember the farm windmill I mentioned a while ago? I was thrilled that the community finally replaced it and went there often just to admire it. About two months ago we noticed that the windmill was gone. At the time we thought it needed repair and would be back up spinning again soon. Everybody here knows how unpredictable and wicked strong the wind can be in Eldorado. I start to think that it’d never be back..

  • A Rather Quiet Day.

    A Rather Quiet Day.

    In order not to let the parcel exposed to the heat outside of our door, my companion wanted to wait till he had it before going out to do some planned shopping. He got a message that said it’d be delivered between 1:30 to 3:30pm. Then another message saying between 5:30 to 7:30pm. When it finally was delivered at 7:42pm, it was delivered to a wrong address..

    So we wasted the whole day waiting for the parcel and never left the house.

    The image was captured shortly before sunset, when I felt I could no longer stay inside although outside temperature was still around 85°F..

  • A Almost Normal Day

    A Almost Normal Day

    It’s hard to believe that we were at the ER till two o’clock in the morning, and 14 plus hours later we were at the Harry’s Roadhouse having early dinner.

    After dinner with our out-of-town friends last night, we got home and watched TV as we usually do. Suddenly my companion sat up from the couch, coughed nonstop, and couldn’t catch his breath. He’s been coughing every day since more than a week. But this time he almost panicked because he had difficulty breathing normally. His instincts told him that a visit to the ER was needed. It turned out that his lungs were infected. He always has COPD, and this experience brought back memories when he needed inhalers to control asthma..

    Now he’s got the medication he needs and is already feeling much better. He even suggested to have an early dinner. For me, having appetite is always a good sign.

  • Another Beginning of an End

    Another Beginning of an End

    Do you know that this particular type of agave, commonly known as the century plant, once they bloom, they die soon afterwards?

    This morning when I dragged our recycling bin to the curb, I noticed that some of the flowers are opening. This is our second agave that has bloomed. I still get this mixture of happy and sad feeling.. “Soon it will be dead..” I said to myself. “but it certainly is putting on a great show.”

  • If Those Clouds Were Speaking..

    If Those Clouds Were Speaking..

    If those clouds were speaking, what would they be saying?

    We were on our way to town. This particular cloud formation caught our eyes and we immediately pulled over to the shoulder..