Nature

Soft Surrender

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

3 months ago

Cactus Guest

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

4 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…

4 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.…

4 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…

4 months ago

Ghost Flower

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

4 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…

4 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…

4 months ago

Pollen Dance

My 05/20/25 postcard captures a bee buried in the heart of a cactus flower along Crest Ave, hard at work…

4 months ago

Morning Lookout

Bathed in morning light, my 05/19/25 postcard captures a Curve-billed Thrasher keeping watch atop a wall along Washington Street. Its…

4 months ago