Saturday morning, and I'm missing the farmer's market. Actually, I'm still on vacation and have been since Christmas, but there hasn't been much going on in the greenhouse, and of course everything outside is frozen. But I'm getting anxious to get back, so I'll probably cut tiny amounts of chard, sorrel, and mizuna for next week.
I had wanted to post a couple of photos for the last post, but not only was I unable to find the ones I wanted, I had trouble with uploading them, and I was also not able to edit my draft post. Oh, well. So here are a few I took from the house this morning before the fog rolled in. We had about three inches of surprise snow overnight, and though snow always makes more work for us, it's good to see it. We need whatever moisture comes, however it falls.
South Mountain is our iconic horizon feature in any season. We are about six miles east of it, on the north edge of a large draw. So while a lot of the area is mostly flat, we have the benefit of slopes and gentle hills, and we don't notice too many of our neighbors to the south.
The righthand photo is of the little front garden with its birdbath, with bird pens and barns in the background. The left one is the back yard from my bedroom door; how charming the weeds are with snow on them! Later on when I steel myself to go wondering outside I'll take a picture of the house itself--it's also charming in snow.
Amazing how you can spend hours trying to get the photos arranged properly, and they still come out in the wrong order. At least they're here! --Barb
ReplyDeleteYour snow is so blue! Like crystals, it is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI'm dirt poor, too, but rich in satisfaction, friends, family and philosophy. Money can't buy happiness.
Barb, these photos are beautiful. I have only been in New Mexico a few times and it is one of those places I always mention as somewhere I would like to live someday. The night skies there, especially in the winter, are so amazing. You do have that little lack of an ocean problem, but I do think the night skies thing might make up for it. I am in your age range- ( found you on The Golden Puppy) and it is so nice to find people of our advanced years ( ahem) in the bloggy world. Nice to "meet" you.
ReplyDeleteThe ocean problem: well, I've seen the ocean, and it's lovely. I worked in Monterey for a decade or so and used to go watch the waves in Carmel; that can be hypnotic. But I grew up in New Mexico with nary a wave, and I missed that so much I had to come back. Besides, it was a cold ocean, and then there's the fog...
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