the directions say to  "fill carrier to full capacity,  while carrier is on the roof".    What constitutes Full Capacity?    so here, on the bed.   All the winter(Rain)season clothes i found so beyond useful.  the Wool blankets.   the "sandpaper" sheets.   one  under bed blanket storage container with a few oversize books,  some art of …

the Beach.  over in the shade above B.   Probably the last year.  She's grown.  a plastic mat, kiddie pool,  sprinkler fountain.  Butterflies came,  a very small caterpillar.  Goats came and went.    we built  "architecture" with big rocks.  103 degrees forgotten.    had this maybe 30 years,   from a National Geographic.   Sudan.   She was fleeing…

sarah O's pot,   Nancy's Boat with Emrie's dry blossoms.   Packed.  

Liz….mentioned in passing that she'd received this as a gift.   I googled and  ordered on impulse.  Am so glad i did.        It's a Beauty FULL book.  BOOK.  with covers and paper pages of photographs amidst printed word.  I love so so much books.  Holding them.  turning the pages.  writing in the margins. …

starfish walking.  screen shot.    i visualized this….me as h/ir  fullbody sense of the Sea…just a little away,  walking,  to get there   i remembered.    the shelves in New Mex.   and the many baskets.  How i'd done it there.   Forgot.  Remembered.    went through each bag,  rolling and tying,  sometimes with string sometimes with…

only two of the zip locks were still functional.    It's 100 degrees today…outside.    Inside,   i don't know,  but more.  There turned out to be the EXACT number of unused bags for the transfer.         they sent forward these three pieces to act as representatives.   their choice,  impeccable.   i could look upon…

so.   here we are.  the CampOven.   it can accommodate the  large pyrex casserole for the Zucchini Pizza! etc.    2 stove top burners.    !!!!    and….bake a potato.   what more is there to want?   it's on the metal stand that belongs to the Wood Splitter that was brought from N Mex.   The wood splitter…

the Madia.   double click or enlarge the photograph.  Such an elegant plant.         Down in that small area by the Plumcot and on the other near side of the beginning of the road up…the side by the creek.   only there.   Alyssia and i brought it up now and then,     that the Madia…

i sat staring at that first released photograph from Webb telescope….. mesmerized,  leaning forward into it,  leaning back,   to distance from it.   i woke this morning to repeat  and looked for this ….threaded the needle with Deb's thread and finished the butterfly's antennae    retreating   into a small cloth about seeds and cocoon,   genetic codes…

part of the evac prep that's been ongoing,   was to clear off the kitchen counter…things collect.  Spice jars,  little empty things,  small bowls.   So i cleared them…put them where they actually are "supposed to"  be.   and here was this.   my salt shaker.   It had gotten useless during winter…all the moisture in here,  the salt all…