Proud to live and play in a County and City that the #DHS considers a #SanctuaryCity! Bring it on. #USpol #KrustiNoem #Trump #NM #NewMexico #BernalilloCounty #BernCo #Albuquerque #ABQ #SantaFe

https://www.dhs.gov/sanctuary-jurisdictions

Aspen saplings only grow in the mountains of southern New Mexico if you protect them from deer and elk.

This sapling was ravaged last year by deer, but this year it's got a chicken wire cage. Now the sapling is not only growing but already putting out a second wave of new shoots and leaves even though the first leaves are less than a month old.

In two weeks — 7000 BC returns to Slice of Life Anime and Manga in Albuquerque for our monthly meeting. Everyone interested in making comics is welcome: https://www.7000bc.org/2025/05/june-2025-meeting.html

The doctor convinced me to get a pneumonia shot yesterday even though I'm low risk, and today I'm feeling sore and headachey and good for nothing from the shot.

But at least there are flowers to look at. Two more blossoms open on the big hedgehog, and the other hedgehog has opened its solo bud. Plus one blossom on the prickly pear nearby, but it doesn't look very impressive so far, so I'll save that for a later post.

This city is giving residents cash thanks to weed https://www.greenstate.com/news/albuquerque-cannabis-tax-basic-income/ #Albuquerque #BasicIncome #NewMexico #Marijuana

#NewMexico "Starting June 1, New Mexico teachers can apply for up to $6,000 a year in student loan assistance through the state’s Teacher Loan Repayment Program. " #StudentLoans

https://hed.nm.gov/news/new-mexico-teachers-can-now-apply-for-up-to-6000-in-student-loan-help

Globe Mallow Leaf Beetle
Alameda, NM

Work in Progress Sunset, Diablo Canyon Oil On Linen 12" x18"

Let's see if this works. I'm going over each unfinished painting and working a bit, then moving on to the next until they're finished. Still rough, but some progress...

Ml 2.60 earthquake (automatic) occured at 2025-05-31T02:23:35 UTC, 51 km S of Whites City, New Mexico #quake #earthquake #newmexico
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2025kogi

Southern New Mexico today is a battleground between dry desert air on the west and humid air on the east. It makes the likelihood of thunderstorm development more likely.

The first graphic is a surface dewpoint map: https://www.usairnet.com/weather/maps/current/dew-points

The second graphic is our neighborhood weather station. Note how the dewpoint today has gone up and down, quickly, several times today. We are right in the middle of the mixing zone.

The Fendler's hedgehog opened another blossom since this morning.

Our prickly pears have started flowering. Pretty! #cactus #BloomScrolling #NewMexico

Roswell expected to be the location of new Amazon facility. I guess this will be good for the city by adding jobs

https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/roswell-expected-to-be-the-site-of-new-amazon-facility/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KRQE_News_13

Never done one of these before, and I don't know their names. I just thought they were pretty :) #BloomScrolling #NewMexico

Hooray -- the bigger Fendler's hedgehog actually opened two of its buds this afternoon. Those closed buds had been there for weeks and I was starting to give up hope. Fingers crossed for seeing all the buds open at once!

I just learned that the county is changing my address of the past 20+ years to something completely different to comply with the next gen 911 system.

I'm grateful that I have an address at all and I can deal with the hassle of updating a bunch of accounts etc - but the change is imminent and right now online maps show my address as a patch of scrub a few miles from where I live

Any other #rural folk in #NewMexico or elsewhere, have you gone through this yet? How did it turn out for you?