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Welcome to my rainy day kitchen …
It is an overcast and rainy day. Me and the dogs are keeping busy inside. As you can see I have plenty of kitchen help. That view of the hills and mangos above is what I see from my kitchen sink… not a bad view from a scullery, heh? I can wash dishes and lose myself in the…
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Meet Kevin…
Okay, it’s not a common name for a dog. And it’s not a name that ends in “-ie” like ALL our other rescued dogs. And this makes 8… NOW my son says I’ve got a problem… I know, I know. He can’t reconcile the mom with white furniture to the mom with a crazy amount of dogs. But, my…
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Another start…
Well, it’s been a year since we last blogged and like many areas where one lags the best thing to do is just start again. I feel inspired to pick up on the blog because my sister and I spent the first week of June with my dad’s wife and her family…our crazy, fun family!…
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midnight rambler
It’s election time again in Mexico, lots of loudspeakers blaring all the good reasons to vote for one candidate or the other. One of the candidates for governor had a pretty nice pitch. He offered a free outdoor movie with equally free popcorn and soft drinks. I’d vote for him if I could. We’re busy getting ready…
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This evening’s pickings…
Sweet and succulent homegrown tomatoes… I like eating them right off the vine. It’s been a long, cool growing season since we planted vegetables last November and nary a bug or drop of rain. There are different challenges growing organically in the tropics. ach year we refine what vegetable varieties will work and what is too…
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The season of palms…
One of my favorite Mexican traditions is the celebration of Palm Sunday. Each year San Blas artisans weave a variety of Christian symbols woven from palm fronds and grasses and sell them in front of the church. Some of the weavings are embellished with glitter and plastic flowers, or sprays of chamomile and rosemary. Beyond the bling…
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Alive
Today I heard an interview with a man from Japan who had been trapped in his car by the tsunami. He nearly died. As the interview went on I learned that he’d lost everything. There were no details about what “everything” was but I think it may well have been every thing he owned.…
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Elves and Owls and other things
During the day we share our farm with familiar creatures but when night falls the cast of characters change. I was putting the chickens to bed for the night when my headlamp picked up a flurry of activity. A small bird had gotten into one of the pens and was in a frenzy to get…
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Valentines grow anywhere…
Heart-shaped leaves are everywhere on our farm. It always amazes me how many plants have leaves in this shape: large and small, new-green, or purple, veins like the palm of a hand, some carrying flowers and some with roots like feet that scoot across the rocky terrain. Hearts take root and abound in unexpected places…
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From deluge to delight…
While Wally was delirious with dengue, I was with my mother in Tucson. The rains at home were so heavy that the rivers swelled into the area villages taking out bridges and breaking up the roads. There were several big mud slides too. I worried about Wally, but it wasn’t possible to get home. Others tried to get…