Nature

Cactus Work

My 06/06/25 postcard comes from a cactus along Summer Ave, where I caught a bee hard at work, harvesting from…

9 months ago

Garlic Fireworks

On my walk home along Garfield Ave, a burst of purple stopped me, round-headed garlic in bloom, standing tall and…

9 months ago

Soft Surrender

Rain kept us in until evening, but after dinner we wandered out. Along our way, I spotted a yucca bloom…

9 months ago

Cactus Guest

On my walk home, I passed the Albuquerque Indian Health Center and spotted a bee hard at work inside a…

9 months ago

Summer Glory

Along Solano Drive, a Lance-leaved coreopsis caught the morning light just right, its golden petals reaching out like a burst…

9 months ago

Cactus Crown

Near Cleveland Middle School, I spotted a cactus crowned with new growth—its bud wrapped in color and guarded by spines.…

9 months ago

Starburst Bloom

My 05/27/25 postcard captures an onion bloom I spotted near Alvarado Park—its globe of tiny white flowers catching the morning…

9 months ago

Ghost Flower

Beneath the morning shade of a tree, a nightshade blossom still lingered, its bloom open in the early light. It…

9 months ago

Desert Jewel

My 05/23/25 postcard captures a Red Hesperaloe bloom in the morning light, spotted along Valencia Drive as I made my…

9 months ago

Early Promise

My 05/21/25 postcard comes from across Ridgecrest Park, where I spotted this cluster just beginning to wake. Each bud was…

9 months ago