We’ve got a small tree cholla growing outside our east-facing bathroom window that reminds me of a prickly baby Groot. As summer turned to fall, it’s been turning more purple and I’m not sure if that’s normal or if it’s sickly. I guess we’ll find out next year.
Edited to add: my sweetie read up on chollas and says they turn purple in the fall and that’s normal. Glad we don’t have to worry about the little guy being sick.
There was a pretty #sunset this evening. Not a ton of clouds or a ton of color, but still pretty. And I was out working in the shop to see it, so you get to see it, too.
A strong cold front came through last night. Around 40F for my walk to the mailbox, with a 20mph wind. Pretty chilly. But the wind is from the northeast and brought clean air. I can actually see the mountains around us, and can see details on the hills to our south instead of just a hazy blur.
We’ve got a new food truck in the neighborhood. Mami and Papi’s is here seven days a week from 8-2. They don’t seem to have a website yet, but they’ve got a reasonable selection of breakfast choices. We got here at 11:30 today and they weren’t quite ready for lunch yet, but it sounds like they have sandwiches and burgers for lunch.
In the past couple days, we’ve had some purple flowers appearing. They’re known as a Tahoka Daisy, or the tansyleaf tansyaster. They’re kind of pretty and hardy here. Guess we’ve got another plant that I need to recognize and not kill as a weed.
I wonder if we were out of town when they bloomed last year, or if I just didn’t notice them. Hard to say for sure. Last year, I thought chamisa in bloom was kinda pretty. This year, it’s just a source of allergens.
When we moved to #NewMexico, one of our new neighbors told us that the official state hobby was rearranging rocks.
Well, I guess we’re officially New Mexicans now. Heading to town in the morning for a second two pallets of rock, another two yards of topsoil, and a bunch of plants. But I think the place is looking a lot better with the work we’re having done.
