Tucson to Tumacacori

Goodbye cactus, canyons, taquerias, roadrunners, baby scorpion...
Back to cool, green, rain.
(More soon.)

a quick hello from New Mexico

Saint Pascual, adobe, chiles, fresh tortillas, new friends. 

Heading into the mountains today.

cottages and roses, Yountville

In late spring there are dozens of rose-laden cottages in the little town of Yountville California in the Napa Valley. My father and stepmother lived there more than 20 years so I was lucky to spend a lot of time in that sweet town that has more good restaurants than most cities. (But my favorite is the taco truck--they put radishes on the veggie taco.) The first picture is actually the verrry famous French Laundry restaurant, not officially a cottage, but cottagish in its demeanor if you know what I mean. Anyway, in May the roses are everywhere.