I haven’t posted much these past months…. well, actually I’ve only posted twice since the beginning of last July. I’m on a mission to fix that. I hope you’ll all hang in there with me! I left the Pacific Northwest
Playing Catch-Up
There Be Critters in the Desert!
No matter where you go, there’s bound to be critters around, especially if you’re out in the boonies somewhere, or in a campground, or even in your own backyard. Sometimes those critters are ones known to us and other times,
The Ocotillos are Blooming ~ and They’re Gorgeous!
One of my all-time favorite desert blooms is the ocotillo. Tall and reaching for the sky, the dead-looking branches fill up with little bright green leaves, and the tips sprout these gorgeous brilliant red flowers that stand out against the
Scenes from a Desert ~ Out Geocaching in Quartzsite, Arizona
A couple of weeks ago, over the period of a couple of days, I found thirty geocaches. (It’s not really as spectacular as it might sound – my all-time record in one day is 84, found in New Mexico at
Quartzsite in March ~ What to Do in an Almost-Ghost Town
If you’ve ever been to Quartzsite, Arizona, in any January, you would never recognize it today. The huge RV lots with hundreds of monster-sized high-dollar all-the-bells-and-whistles motor homes, trailers and fifth-wheels, are gone, empty asphalt slabs now in their place.
Let’s End This Accidental Hiatus
It’s been almost three months since I last posted anything I wrote. Oh yeah, there’s that Christmas message with the Christmas tree I designed on my iPhone, but I think that was just some attempt at convincing myself I was
There’s a New Labyrinth Near Quartzsite, Arizona
There’s a new labyrinth out in the desert just outside Quartzsite, Arizona. Conceived by Ella and built mostly by her own efforts over the course of a week or so, along with a few volunteers who placed a rock or