Mostly Musing: All right....

Lorne says I need to put some pics of the house up. ... so:

Here is Lorne happily ensconced in his office. This doubles as a guest room.

This is my office, we have the same desk, such a deal. My office also doubles as a guest bedroom.

Another view of my office with the stuff I do in my office and the guest closet.

More of my stuff.

Guest bath. We have some glass blocks in the ceiling to enhance the available light.

Guest shower wall and floor is all acid wash with inset slate tiles.

Guest bath onyx sink and counter.

View from the front door into the living room and kitchen.

The carpenter Martin from La Ribera made this beautiful door from smoked glass and Mexican Mahogany.

View from the kitchen into the living room. The counter in the center is also our dining room table.

View from the kitchen into the living room. Center is a propane fireplace.

The most comfortable bed I have ever slept in. Truly. It is a California Kingsize tempurpedic memory foam mattress look alike on top of this concrete bed.

Built in Mexican cedar cabinetry.

Master bath with a larger onyx sink and counter and the same acid wash on the floor and walls of the shower. The trim in the shower is onyx.

Looking out the window of the kitchen to the winter patio and the neighbors houses. It is difficult for us to get used to having neighbors so close by....

Another view of the kitchen.

Outside the house: the views off the summer patio deck

The acid wash on all the floors and decks turned out really well.

The garden: there are a number of Ciruelo (wild plum) trees in the yard.

More Wild Plum with the trunk of an Elephant Tree (Tarot) on the left and in the center bottom a Cholla Cactus.

The tallest tree on the left is a Palo Blanco, its a beautiful graceful tree with a white trunk and generally has leaves, even during a drought. It has a very long tap root system that searches for water. In the foreground on the left is a Wild Plum and to the left is the Pitaya Cactus that was growing in our bedroom before we built the house.

On the right is a Tarot and the center is a large Pitaya Cactus with another cactus and a flowering vine growing inside it

Panorama from Lorne's office window.

Across the street South South West

Across the street North North West

Same view only telephoto.

Grapefruit on the kitchen counter from a neighbors tree.

North North West corner of property. Our electrical post on the left and a Palo Blanco and a Cardon Cactus center.

Across the street - how many goats do you see?

The goat dog. She was just a puppy last year living with her goats, and now she is a graduated goat dog. She takes very good care of her goats, and can be seen frantically searching for the occasional lost ones.