Yesterdays

We went through many packets of old photos yesterday. At one point, floyd became so immersed in what we were doing that he forgot where he was..it only lasted for a moment; scared me though. I can't seem to find my digital camera, so I will probably just buy a new one. I haven't even tried out my printer/scanner yet,well, I've used the printer, but not the scanner; like floyd said, when we first moved to Deming, we took pictures all the time but the past couple of years we have both lost interest. Probably just our age/health issues.

Today was a beautiful day locally. Our peaches are ripening and they look so pretty. The wind took most of our fruit, but we have some plums and peaches left. Maybe I will get some pictures when they are ripe:)

Cholla season

All of our cactus is in bloom, but the Cholla is really pretty here and all over southern new mexico.

Early summer in the desert!

Summer always comes early down here in the SW Desert. Since we have retired, we enjoy the nice warm weather. Used to be that many residents moved away back to their northern homes for the summer; not many do that these days. People from southern California and Arizona have moved in and they are not afraid of the heat.

The poppies were fabulous this year due to a wet winter. Life is good living quietly in the desert.

Memorial Day, 2010

Wild Things

During the 1960s, New Mexico imported some exotic animals. Nothing dangerous and I believe they were brought here to improve tourism and hunting. We have natural wild things as do most states like, bears, coyotes, wolves, mountain lions, wildcats, pronghorn antelope, ringtail cats, Javelin, lynx, bighorn sheep, and many, many more. The imports are: the ORYX,and the IBEX. We are also concerned about the jaguar that keeps creeping into our state from Mexico.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day was great around here, heard from all my kids and a few grandchildren. I have a fridge full of sweet goodies, should last a while! It was a lovely day all the way around. I don't know how I raised such considerate people.:)

We have had great weather, not really hot yet although the temps may seem like it feels hot. We only turned the cooler on twice for a short period each time. We have a canopy cover that we need to assemble but we are going to wait until we are guaranteed a calm day. The big wind we had a couple of weeks ago tore our old canopy apart. We can't really complain though, we had the old one for 12 years, lol. I think we paid $125 for it at Sears. This canopy should last as long if we can anchor it somehow.

We are enjoying this nice time of year and sure hope that everyone else is too.

Really summertime

Today will be about 90F for a high and it just delights me. Warm weather has been elusive this Spring. I do believe that it is here to stay. I love living in the desert. Low humidity, no mosquitos and clear skies, no smog. I love the clear night skies when the Milky Way is so pretty and it seems there are a gazillion stars in the sky.

Even though our weather has been a bit odd, our Spring flowers are doing just fine. My pink poppies are thriving and are spreading a little more each year. This year there was a really bumper crop. They are so pretty.:) They were a gift from my neighbor Connie who passed away last fall.

Today is Cinco de Mayo and normally I would be preparing mexican food, but not today. I am upset with the illegals and the assistance they get from the semi-legal mexicans who live on this side of the border. Oh well, things generally work themselves out.;)