by Kelli Donley | May 9, 2011 | Colorado, Flora and Fauna
Have you seen Thor? Well. If you are interested in a Brazilian all-you-can-eat meat buffet? For $12, this is a steal. Because the meat? It’s well done. I have no idea who the blond actor is, but he is a Legends of the Fall-esq Brad Pitt and he’s so easy on...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 11, 2011 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie
We’ve had crazy weather in Phoenix this spring, including uncharacteristically cool and rainy nights the last few days. After a lengthy hike on the Peralta Trail in the Superstitions, we reached Weaver’s Needle Sunday morning to find it dusted with snow....
by Kelli Donley | Apr 1, 2011 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna, Happy Hippie
A bit of time wandering the Desert Botanical Gardens as the sun set is exactly what I needed yesterday. And of course, with a wet winter, mild spring and warm weather upon us, the gardens couldn’t have put on a more vibrant show to welcome visitors. When people...
by Kelli Donley | Jan 25, 2011 | Africa, Flora and Fauna, Photography, Travel
It’s the craziest thing, being tucked in to bed in my tiny home in the middle of a 3 million person city. The silence is making me sad. In contrast to the chorus of tree frogs that sang me to sleep each night and the staccato of bird song to which I woke to each...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 5, 2010 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna
Yesterday was the Phoenix Permaculture Guild’s annual tour de coop — a city-wide tour of more than a dozen backyards of families raising birds. To say this is kind of day — one spent with girlfriends, laughter, gardens, animals and lots of...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 12, 2010 | Community, Flora and Fauna, Fruitful Harvest, Good to Great
A little more than a week ago, I was given a chance to speak about Fruitful Harvest — a new community program in Phoenix to plant fruit trees on irrigated lots to supplement food banks. The ASU Ignite talk was just five minutes and it took more than a few hours...
