Nature

Purple Heart

While wandering through Albuquerque's Old Town neighborhood, we came across several artichokes in bloom, plants my wife hopes to add…

1 month ago

Cactus Sentinel

My 06/27/26 postcard is a wasp pausing atop the dark center of a black-eyed Susan, its body dusted with the…

2 months ago

Rio Rambler

While walking along the Rio Grande in the southern part of Albuquerque, I heard the unmistakable call of a killdeer…

2 months ago

Quiet Encounter

My 06/25/26 postcard comes from outside my dentist’s office, where a bug with distinctive red shoulder markings pauses atop an…

2 months ago

Patient Fisher

My 06/21/26 postcard features a cormorant we found perched on a sun-bleached log at Tingley Beach. Standing motionless above the…

2 months ago

Quiet Perch

My 06/19/26 postcard features a black-and-white macro photograph of a common fly resting on a dried stem. The monochrome treatment…

2 months ago

Morning Passage

My 06/18/26 postcard features a jackrabbit moving through the open field near Bullhead Park in Albuquerque. I spotted the rabbit…

2 months ago

Tiny Explorers

While walking through the landscaping at the VA, I noticed a flower head just beginning to open. Its tightly packed…

2 months ago

Morning Serenade

My 06/16/26 postcard features a Curve-billed Thrasher perched atop a dried stalk against a New Mexico sky. As we walked…

2 months ago

Quiet Perch

My 06/14/26 postcard features a white butterfly resting on a leaf along Alvarado Drive. The morning was windy, and after…

2 months ago