Born and raised in Brussels, Belgium, I lived 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area and have been living in Sierra County, NM for the last 20 years. I have been taking photographs for 40 years as a way of sharing my point of view. Beauty surrounds us, we just need to pay attention. I believe in the power of images as they say “One Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”. ”Local” is very important because we can engage in a more personnel way whether reading the news or buying food. That’s why I was sorry to see the Sierra County Sun go and want to support the Sierra County Citizen by being on the board of the Sierra County Public-Interest Journalism Project and posting local images.
One of the most amazing and useful thistles is the common Artichoke! If you let a few of the ‘buds’ bloom you will be rewarded with an outrageously purple blossom as big as your palm. And you can eat the rest! We grew them successfully in Albuquerque but I suspect they would grow well here as well.