First Salsa

A moment to celebrate, the first bunch of tomatoes went in to a batch of salsa this afternoon.

Cactus are still blooming

The Prickly Pear are still blooming up at the ranch. Here is a lovely yellow one with apricot buds. If you look closely you can see a tiny bee relative hovering in front of it.









Also the Lupines are blooming up there, they don't survive here in the lower desert, but are lovely wild up there.


















Have begun reading the words of Sufi poet Hafiz. His yearning for the rich wine of the spirit of god resonates. As does the desolation of one from whom that joyous pleasure has been withdrawn. My heart is a lined sheet of paper, nothing is written there.