I spotted this dainty little beauty while hiking along the trail in Spearfish Canyon. The Yellow Lady's Slipper (Cypripedium parviflorum) is a rather rare terrestrial orchid here in South Dakota but

I headed up to the high hillsides on nearby Mingus Mountain to collect some specimens of Banded Iron Formation (or BIF as it's often called) which litters the surface around 7000 feet on the mountain top.

The late seasons snow has finally melted from the lower elevation in the Bradshaw Mountains and Lynx Creek is flowing well and the warmer days are coaxing forth some pretty little wildflowers into bloom.

In my (almost) 30 years of emergency nursing it never ceased to excite me when the aero-medical team would come in to transport a critical patient. Only once did we get a late night dust off - here an

Amazing what a difference a couple of years can make - Top is June 2022 and bottom is June 2020 here in Prescott, Arizona.. Hmmm, I wonder what happened in those 2 years. The government better crank up

My sweet little Lulu loves nothing better than to go out exploring the back country here in Arizona. So much to see and smell. A day trip to Turkey Creek near the old mining area around Cleator was our

With the coming of some snow here in the higher hills and mountains of Arizona it's memory time to look back at my sweet Bella having fun in the white stuff. Hopefully she's enjoying beautiful Winter days

My years of doing rescue transports has taught me one very important thing - 😀 Be flexible 😀 Lucky little heeler Pickles was dumped at an animal shelter in San Antonio, Texas but this little girl had

Poor little Stella is a sweet 2 year old Chocolate Lab found herself surrendered to the local animal shelter to face an uncertain future (I don't know her whole story but how anyone could dump this beautiful

Lucky little Phoenix is a 4 month old Belgian Malinois/German Shephard puppy who was rescued from a high-kill shelter as a baby along with his mother from El Paso, Texas and brought to Arizona. Now he

I know,I know - it's a silly pet video that I posted on crappy f'ing You Tube. But with all of the insanity going on around us with covid, the elections and generally the world in a state of total fucked

It's a long, long way from Beaumont, TX to Willits, CA but this past weekend these seven adorable fur balls started that journey. Seven 3 month old puppies rescued to find their way to new homes.3 days

When I was a full-time RN I became involved with several dog rescues in New Mexico. Now 6 years on and over 130 transports under my belt I'm going to blog about some of my AZ rescues and share my experiences

Spotted these clouds back lit by the setting sun on my drive through central Arizona. The southwest may be an arid region but it also has great vistas and plenty of "big sky" country. I tried

Had to drive a ways down to Phoenix yesterday to enjoy a true NM style green chile cheeseburger. Nothing improves any dish (well, maybe not ice cream) than Hatch, New Mexico green chiles. Ahhh, life is

I have the fun job of caring for our friend's three huskies while they put on a seminar up country. Here the two pups are busy trying to get my Lulu to play but she just wants to rest and enjoy a bone

Not much to brag about or live on but it's nice to be able to enjoy some nice organic zucchinis. Now I'm just waiting to see i my tomatoes and tomatillos bear fruit.

Chiles are New Mexico and the dried pods can be crafted into these ristras to hang as symbols of good health or good luck as well as adorning your kitchen. In the southwest everything tastes better with

Had my magnetic stirrer arrive on Friday from Amazon. My 99.99% fullerenes from SES Research down in Texas has been sitting in a jar of EVOO for a couple of weeks already but the constant magnetic stirrer

I always wonder what the people who carved these petroglyphs were thinking or visualizing all those centuries ago here in the Southwest. The effort involved and their prominence in the Ancient Puebloan