Haven't posted for awhile, so here are some garden pictures. The news from our insurance company is good. We have already received a check for 3 months lost rent to enable us to pay the mortgage while renovation is taking place. Ken Swisher has pretty much torn out the interior of the third floor and we're waiting for final numbers on how much they will allow for rebuilding. It should be sufficient to completely gut the building to the studs, re-insulate, wire and plumb everything.
Meanwhile, we continue our life in the sun. We picked our first zuccini a few days ago. Peppers and tomatoes are almost ready, and we've been making pesto from our basil for a month now. (That's basil with the purple flowers.) We went into the desert a couple of days ago and brought back a bag of clay/sand that's perfect for making adobe. I made a little ball and let it dry in the sun. Now I have a perfect little clay marble. Can't wait to try a pot. Not quite ready to set up an adobe brickworks for a house yet, but that may be in our future. Who knows?
We plan on taking a trip to Las Cruces this afternoon. It's about 30-45 minutes south of TorC, and is the nearest big shopping center, with about 80,000 people. It's also near of the Organ Mountains, which we have only seen from a distance, but they are impressive. It's in a lush agricultural area. Can't wait to see what's growing down there.
I'll try to rememer to take the camera and post some photos of that area.
Susannah, Bea and Dotty arrive September 8th for a weeks visit. Can't wait to show them the sights.
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