Over and Out

The Caretaker's House Residency is officially coming to an end.  We have survived Fall, Winter and Early Spring.  It has been beautiful and challenging.  I am very thankful to all the residents who came out and worked and shared this place and to the Cottonwood Gulch Foundation for being here and being open.  This is a picture of the kimchee I made last week.  It is GOOD!

Thank You, Sally!

Landscapes of Late

Base Camp Sunset

The Mud Season has begun.


Thoreau with a dusting of snow.

Wooooo-Hoooooo WOOD

On Friday Gaea, Dava, Gil, Genna and Sally went to the Crownpoint Rug Auction. Here are the auctioneers in action. We gorged on Navajo tacos and saw many beautiful rugs.

The Ides of March

This is where I was last year on this date. The Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn.

A beautiful storefront in Gallup.

The Gallup Cemetary.

This loaf is underproofed, but I like it a lot in its funny snouty form.

Spring Cleaning

Early Spring?

The snow has melted. The creek is very full. The birds wake me up in the morning. Small plants have sprouted in the yard. The wind is always blowing. The clouds move very fast with the wind. The tumbleweeds move very fast too. They wave from where they get caught all along the length of the fence. I saw two sandhill cranes above the creek.

CHACO CANYON

Goodbye Sweet William

Our dear sweet beast Lasse/Willy Zorba Howie died last night. He was a great companion and a good joker. We miss him very much. Godspeed, little guy!

Crownpoint Rug Auction

Beauties

Teff/ Wheat wonder loaf

Golden Golden

Rye and Spelt, yesterday

El Morro Sky

El Morro

Today we went to El Morro, which is a white rock bluff sticking out of the pinon and juniper forest to the south of here and just west of the Continental Divide. It was the site of an ancient Puebloan community and later of anglo and Spanish explorers and settlers carving and graffiti on the rock wall itself.

This is a painting in the small museum of a Spaniard drinking (?) from the oasis, which has been this site's center of activity over the centuries. Today it was partly frozen, but full of green algae and quite a sight in the middle of the dry winter landscape.

what is this?

Does anyone know what this is for? I found it in the middle of the forest. Please post any possible answers!

The snow is melting here. We have had a few very warm days. Now for the MUD! If I get out early enough in the morning I can have a walk on solid ground (the first in months!) before everything has warmed up to be squishy, soggy, slushy or just plain muddy.




The warm weather has been doing wonders for my sourdoughs, which are all very active. I have a hard time keeping up with them. We don't eat enough bread to justify a new loaf everyday. If anyone out there would like a Zuni Mountain Sourdough delivered to their house, please leave a comment here and I will make it happen.

-Sally

Blazing Tree

Teamwork in the Petrified Forest

Breakfast

The crew prepares for a day at the Petrified Forest.

reka and andrew have arrived

willy versus icosahedron