Winter colors, Dec. 16, 2015. New snow, evening light, top of Del Agua Canyon.
Winter colors, Dec. 16, 2015. New snow, evening light, top of Del Agua Canyon.
No wonder there were so many expeditions. Gold everywhere: rose, white, yellow. Cooper and I go looking, too, and are always rewarded.
I felt like sitting around and drinking coffee, but fresh snow meant it was a Cooper kind of a day. So, after a protracted exchange of glances, we set off in the Sunday snow. He’d had his breakfast. Mine apparently could wait. Not quite like it was in the old days, with Cooper, newly …
When it turns dark and cold out my way, I often think of Coronado parking his expedition two winters in Bernalillo. Fortunately, for Cooper and me, there was a break in the weather Saturday for our evening walk. You could sense the storm coming Friday, although neither cows nor volcanoes looked disturbed. Still, we were …
I had just vowed to lay off the sunset photos for a while. Then, tonight …
Widely available.
from 2015 Here’s a sure sign at my house of the season coming: An old Christmas cactus is blooming once again. It’s a relic of a former partner and because I am neither a very good mate nor a plants-inside kind of a guy, it doesn’t get much care. It must like my kitchen, though. …
Can’t say what’s more invigorating this morning, bluebirds or coffee. Just glad to be here. Thanksgiving update — I have a confession to make: My garlic and ginger alternative to green bean casserole, plucked from the New York Times, was a flop. The beans were tough, the garlic overwhelming, the ginger not chopped fine …
Because I like it. Will learn how to take it better.
Desperate for an easily transportable and reheatable green beans recipe not involving canned mushroom soup or French-fried onions, I looked up from my New York Times research to find that Cooper, as usual, had my back.
dream ranch 