I haven’t posted here for over a month for a good reason. We sold our house in the mountains of Colorado and moved to the desert of southern New Mexico!
For the past 6 weeks or even longer, we’ve been packing, selling, giving away, and throwing things away. It’s been a long process, but we are beyond happy that we made the move. We have a beautiful property here (at the base of the Organ Mountains) and the weather is gorgeous! I know it gets hot here in the summer, but we have mitigated for the hot days, no problem.
So why did we move? It’s a fair question. We entered our fourth year there this year. We loved it. We thrived there. Our lives changed for the better. It’s such a beautiful place, too. However, the winters were getting very long and cold. It seemed we chopped and hauled wood 10 months out of the year. The snow came down hard this year too. We had over 40” of snow just two weeks ago and we literally snowed in for four days. You put all of that with the remoteness of the property and you find yourself wanting more freedom for more months of the year. I want to paint, write and do photography. I don’t want to do much else other than spend time with Jeanne doing walks, cooking, and exploring southern New Mexico. I had to shut my studio/darkroom down in Colorado from October to June every year. Here, I can work all year, no problem. We have modern conveniences again, too. We don’t have to drive two hours for groceries or wait a week for a delivery. Super convenient here. I’m really happy about that. Those are some of the reasons we made the change.
We are close to Mexico here and want to travel there often once we’re settled. I have some inspiration for photography and painting, too. We live about 10–12 minutes from a university; I may reach out to them in the future as well. We’ll see. There are a lot of possibilities, which is very exciting for us.
Jeanne snapped this photo of me on our walk today. We live very close to this spot and can see the Organ Mountains from our house—a wonderful sight.
Quinn and Jeanne in Old Mesilla buying green chile and pecans.