I keep pushing myself to keep the trees alive a little longer. Just water one more time. Pump one more time. Realistically, I know I'm b...

The oasis got another big monsoon last night, and more rain is in the forecast. This one wasn't as bad as the one on July 3rd, but bad e...

 A few days ago I stumbled upon a comment by a birder in an unrelated ebird checklist that he had a flat tire visiting CMO. I dread hearing ...

Second day group Every single afternoon of the festival the oasis got a big rain. The groups came to the oasis in the mornings, so the rain ...

Finally got someone out to work on the road. It's still a rough road, but not as scary, in my opinion. I killed myself raking and pickin...

I have to face the realization that neither I, nor the oasis, is a forever thing. I'm just hoping to keep the oasis going for the rest o...

I'm hoping my sons will fix the road. If not, I'm prepared to hire someone. Meanwhile, I'm working at repairing the severely, ne...

  The BIG ONE is the one I never want to get.  I watched it from town on radar. It concerned me because it's the first time I had seen t...

Lower dirt tank brimful Broken tank More accurately, deluge or drought. This afternoon, it deluged again. The good news is that everything i...

Lately, the oasis has gotten a couple of nice rains, which means pumping water if everything doesn't fill up from a huge monsoon. I hadn...