Garden update: February 29, 2024 HAPPY LEAP DAY EVERYONE! Many of my plants are waking up from their winter slumbers. An aloe shooting up its flower stalk. Pomegranate tree waking up. Borage flower. Given how big the plant stalks are, it always surprises me when the flowers bloom so tiny. Euphorbia flowers. A pair ofContinue reading “Early Spring Blooms”
Author Archives: Krista Marson
Goldfield, AZ
This video makes the place look super cheesy, which it is, but it’s admittedly a really a fun place to visit: There’s genuine history to be found here, and the photo opportunities are endless. Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Goldfield Feb 14, 2007—back when I went through a heavy sepia phase. I’m notContinue reading “Goldfield, AZ”
Daisy Time!
Garden update: February 19, 2024 The African Daisies survived the frost and have started to bloom. Spring is here in the Sonoran Desert suburbs! May these cheerful colors brighten your week! My books Memory Road Trip (e-book or paperback) and Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) are both available! You can also find them at most major international book sites.
Western Horses
“Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” -John Muir Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Goldfield Feb 14, 2007. My books Memory Road Trip (e-book or paperback) and Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) are both available! You can also find them at most major international book sites.
Goldfield Ghost Town
This month’s retro photo album is titled: Goldfield Feb 14, 2007. Located at the foot of the Superstition Mountains, Goldfield was a boom-and-bust town built on the riches of the Mammoth Mine. The gold vein soon played out, and the city lasted only five years, from 1893 to 1898. The buildings standing there today are allContinue reading “Goldfield Ghost Town”
Garden Birds
A small collection of photos documenting the birdies that visit my garden. The Mourning Dove finally figured out how to jump onto the brick to get to the new seed dishes. I used to just scatter the seeds directly on the rocks since they are ground feeders, but it makes such a mess and theyContinue reading “Garden Birds”
Victor Hugo and The Gothic Age
When the time came for Victor Hugo to be born (1802), most of Europe’s cathedrals were falling into grave disrepair. Unlike man, cathedrals do not have a voice of their own, and no one was speaking for the aging gothic buildings. By the early 1800s, many cathedrals fell out of favor, became forgotten, and wereContinue reading “Victor Hugo and The Gothic Age”
Where The Lemon Tree Used To Be
Garden update: January 31, 2024 For 12 years, I watched a lemon tree grow. Last summer, I watched that lemon tree die. The relentless heat got to be too much for it, and I couldn’t give it the bottomless supply of water it craved. It was sad to see this beautiful tree pass, but climateContinue reading “Where The Lemon Tree Used To Be”
Our First Trip Together
Selections from this month’s retro photo album titled: Malibu Nov 7, 2006. Malibu was our first trip together. I knew Ryan for all of one month when I took this photo of him: He, in turn, took this photo of me: I’m generally camera-shy and rarely pose for pictures. I feel way more comfortable being behindContinue reading “Our First Trip Together”
I Know Where You Can Buy A House In California For $255,000
You just have to be okay with it probably burning down. Okay, I kinda fell in love with Claremont, California, after recently attending their October Home Tour. I learned a lot about Claremont’s artistic history and how it embraced “California Scene Painting” (a regional style of painting developed by a group of American artists who flourished from theContinue reading “I Know Where You Can Buy A House In California For $255,000”
Krista Marson 