Tag: courtyard

Grand Opening

The Red-tipped Yucca are just coming into bloom in front of our courtyard wall.

In the back, our neighbor’s Yellow Ball Tree is in full bloom. Difficult to see in this photo, but the blossoms are perfectly round spheres. I love the way the branches hang over the wall into our yard. On the right, the Blooming Plum Tree is hiding tiny fruit. It’s supposed to be a decorative tree, but in recent years I have found the fruit on the ground.

This year we’re going to eat them.

Gate(ways)

In Southern New Mexico, gates are very important. New houses often have custom-made iron gates with scroll designs or geometric cut-outs. Those are nice, but my favorites are the wooden gates that grace the historic adobe houses in the area, especially when they are surrounded by flowers. They hint of something even lovelier within the hidden courtyards. They seem to say, ‘What dwells inside is good‘.