The Gurdwara with the orange clouds from the sunset.
This was the same evening that Prabhu Singh got these amazing pictuars of the red clouds. The thing about New Mexico is that you have so much wide open space and AMAZING skies. There are always some beautiful skyscapes. We don’t have lush green…. but we It is very beautiful in a whole different way.
The trees and deep red clouds during the sunset when I was leaving the office to head home.
Heading back home after work in the evening. The sun has just gone below the mountains.
Well…in preparation for spring this past weekend I got back into my “gardening” mode and worked the soil. Tilled up the rows with a pick axe (some good manual labor!). I was pretty tired out by the end. It’s some hard work…but felt really good.
I love having a garden because it is so “grounding”. I work all the time on the computer in another world and working my hands in the dirt is relaxing. Plus, you get yummy fresh vegetables. I’m starting out with cold season things like lettuce, kale, spinach, etc..which do fine in the early spring and don’t like the heat.
I have been composting all our organic waste since last year so I had a good amount of fresh compost soil to mix in the rows. It gives the plants lots of stuff they like to grow big and tasty. I have a big black composter at the back next to the fence in the picture. It is amazing how much composting has reduced the amount of trash/waste that I produce. Everyone should do it if they can.
I also have drip watering system which saves lots of water and gives water directly to the area of the plants. You can see the drip lines in the rows. Espanola is in the high desert (6,000 feet above sea level) and lately we have been in drought conditions, so we have to all be very consious of our water usage. Most people take water for granted. Me and Arjan do whatever we can to conserve water. This weekend I got a fountain pump from the hardware store and it has a connection for a garden hose. Narayan takes baths every day…and we always felt bad about wasting that much water every day. So…When he is done bathing and I take a shower I drop the little pump into the tub and connect the hose (which is just outside the bathroom window next) and it pumps all the water out onto the lawn. You can see the hose coming from the window in this picture. Pretty cool eh? Some people might think it extreme…but I think if we all do a little to conserve water then we will be ok. It’s a few extra minutes but I think it helps reduce waste and re-use water.
Narayan taking a little break on Saturday and sitting on our chair swing on our back porch.
Picture of the back of our house with Narayan swinging. I know the swing isn’t “to code” or anything…but it’s safe enough with some adult supervision. As long as he doesn’t try to swing all the way horizontal.
Narayan is quite the active kid and now that spring is coming we have to have things for him to do outside. It is needed much more now that Arjan is pregnant so he needs more things to keep entertained with. So…I finally setup a little swing outside that he could go on. This was a fun little weekend project and Narayan was thrilled about it.
This is a funny picture of Narayan with a plastic bag on his head in the shower to keep his hair from getting wet. He doesn’t like to take showers….(Just baths) but he thought it would be funny to take a shower with a bag on his head…so was adventurous and took the plunge. He had quite a fun time.
SEATTLE, Washington USA (2006-03-21)
“It’s uncomfortable to be stared at because of how you look. But what if your religion requires you to stand out in a crowd? It’s something thousands of people living in the Puget Sound area deal with everyday. They are Sikh. They say while they’re very visible, people don’t know who they are. KPLU’s Paula Wissel went to find out.” (Original Article Here) -
© Copyright 2006, KPLU
The exhibit “Sikhs: 100 Years in the Pacific Northwest” will be at The Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle through April 16th. If you are in the area definitely go check it out.
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