Flowers overlooking Lake Mead

I'm not sure when the last time the differential oil was changed and it was on my list of priority maintenance items. There's been a noise in the drivetrain that I've been trying to figure out and I've

Time for one of my sporadic book posts. I saw that Peer-to-Peer - The Commons Manifesto is coming out towards the end of the month. Michel does a lot of good work at the P2P Foundation. Should be an

It's been fun watching the flowers bloom. They give a whole different vibe to the environment. Quite a few are still maturing so it'll really be something before long.

Was about to get breakfast going this morning and heard what I thought was a whining dog. I looked out the van and saw the culprits walking by. As far as I could tell there were three of them. I grabbed

Three Different Flowers Next To Each Other

The cold weather continues and once again the mountains got some snow. There's still a winter weather advisory until tomorrow then it's supposed to be warming up. I'm looking forward to it after this week.

Breakfast is my biggest meal of the day and also the best. I've been refining it a bit. I start by pan frying a bagel (usually sesame seed) in the cast iron skillet with some California olive oil. That

There was a winter weather advisory yesterday and this morning some of the surrounding mountains had some snow. Wasn't expecting that. The temperatures lately have been well below the monthly normals.

For anyone with a Ford van who wants to do their own maintenance, there is a good resource on Youtube I've used a number of times. FordTechMakuloco has a bunch of videos with a lot of insider knowledge.

I've had the Van-O-Meter development board sitting around and finally put it to use the other day. We've been getting some cold nights lately and I wanted to see what the temperature was getting down to

Anyone know what this is or any good resources for identifying plants in the American southwest?

Anyone else a fan?

Colorful Sunset Tonight

Anyone else done this? I remember @vanholio writing about sprouting beans which has a somewhat similar process, but a fairly different end product. It'd be a good way to have a steady supply of fresh leafy

Close up Wider shot And I'll throw a morning bird in on the house

Look, A Bird

Big moon on the horizon approaching sunset Found an area with some birds and was able to get kind of close

I was hoping to run into some wildlife but it didn't happen and instead I got a few landscape shots.

The rain broke just enough this evening to get out for a quick hike. Very cool sunset with all the rain fog hanging around.