window treatment

Helpful storage hint: if your closet or your linen closet is too full, consider storing your excess items right in the window. An added benefit is that the stuff that’s been stuffed in the window will help keep the cold winter drafts out of your house!

San Jon, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025

ladle + coil

As awful as this fire scene was (was the family at home?) (was anyone hurt?) (what happened to cause the fire?) (how long ago did it happen?), I greatly enjoyed finding that mostly-intact ladle on top of a burned/melted/disfigured stove. It added a bit of mystery on top of all the other questions that came to mind.

near Milnesand, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025

brown + purple

I found this beautiful purple glass shard in the rubble of a burned-down house. It felt like I’d found a gemstone.

Also, according to all of the internets, a fire would not have turned the glass purple; apparently only prolonged UV exposure does that. And, so there’s today’s science lesson, which I am sure you were looking forward to.

near Milnesand, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025

the sky has a big personality

There was a lot of weather going on that day: it filled up the whole sky, which is saying a lot.

Inez, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025

ira’s

If, after the long drive from Dalhart, Texas, to Nara Visa, New Mexico, you were hoping for a nice spot where you could have a drink and hang out with the locals – and you were even prepared to offer bonus points to a place that had a cool name like “Ira’s” – you are setting yourself up for ongoing thirst.

Ira’s is no more…

Nara Visa, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025