Celebrate our Mother Earth every day.
I am still in the desert. The trees and cactus are blooming, the colors are a treat in this dry, dusty land. They only last a few weeks but long enough to give you thoughts of gardens. I have a small garden in assorted pots and containers. The ground here is just too hard to deal with and sucks up too much precious water. My plants are thriving and I have already enjoyed a few tomatoes from it along with basil and chives. I will be sad to walk away and leave it all to dry up in the heat but there's no one to water them. I plan to bring back a timed watering system this Fall when I return. But that is just a small note on a looong list of repairs and wants.
This is Ember, he is a good travel companion and very little bothers him as we travel. When stationary he is quite a hunter. He brings lizards, desert bunnies and ground squirrels into the house and turns them loose. Sometimes he will catch them and take them back outside. But generally they are gifts-- he drops them and lets me chase and retrieve them. Oh gee, thanks Ember! You shouldn't have---really you shouldn't.
It is time for us to be heading for a cooler area, as the temperature here has hit over 100 degrees in the past week. Shoulda, coulda,......there are so many details to work on before pulling out for the Summer months.....it is so much easier to say "tomorrow" and sit under the A/C with a book. But the Pacific coast is calling to me so I had better get the van prepped and loaded soon.
