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bee logo Documenting my daily hands-on education in how to live a healthy, thoughtful, slow, connected, fulfilling, empowered, and delicious life in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

I am a 24 year old doula, holistic health counselor, web designer, photographer, property manager, and aspiring herbalist and urban farmer.


Topics

Holistic Health and Nutrition
Herbalism & Home Remedies
Food Recipes
Homesteading
Beekeeping
Birth

i love

Spontaneous Overflow
Browns Downtown Bees
Mother Nature Gardens
Sunstone Farm
For the Love of Bees
ABQ Old School
Holy Scrap Hot Springs
Jaunty Dame



Albuquerque is so amazing in that THIS is only a 30 minute drive away… I am still getting used to snowy outdoor activities, and it is so exciting to have a whole new world opened up in the winter that didn’t really exist in Las Cruces. 

My first time snowshoeing and my first time hiking on top of the Sandias included a mountaintop hot chocolate break at the half-way point, as well as walking the last half of the way back in the dark with a headlamp (which revealed that I am a big scaredy cat).

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A chile field in Las Cruces.

A chile field in Las Cruces.

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After lots of changes and both animals and people coming in and out of our lives, it’s back to being just me and Dahlia.
I like it, just us girls.
And she’s happy to be an only child again. 

After lots of changes and both animals and people coming in and out of our lives, it’s back to being just me and Dahlia.

I like it, just us girls.

And she’s happy to be an only child again. 

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Me and my friend Iain playing cowboy in Old Town Albuquerque.

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salsapotatoeseggsveggiestortilla. all the good things.

salsapotatoeseggsveggiestortilla. all the good things.

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An attic story: after.

I’ve been playing “this old house” for the past month.

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Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, marking just over my first year living in Albuquerque.

Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, marking just over my first year living in Albuquerque.

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Fresh salsa made out of Sean and Mimi’s tomatoes. The best salsa or chile sauce is the kind you could just straight up drink. Mmmmmmmm….

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This weekend my friends Sean and Mimi celebrated their wedding reception by camping in the Chama River Wilderness near Abiquiu. It was great fun and a very peaceful, relaxing time…congrats Sean and Mimi!

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Watching fireworks over downtown Albuquerque from my attic window.

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