Orchids

We drove over to the New Mexico Tortilla Company this morning to stock up on blue corn tortillas and they didn't have any. I inquired, and the cashier said they quit making them. She claimed they were having trouble with the blue corn meal they were getting so they decided to quit making them. The NMTC was the only place I could buy blue corn tortillas in bulk — 12 dozen at a time. We bought some yellow corn tortillas, a bag of chiles rellenos, then headed up to Trader Joe's because Laurie saw on the Internet that they had blue corn tortillas. They had what they called blue corn tortillas, but they are very light blue compared to what I'm used to. We bought two dozen to try, and made some chips with them tonight. They are certainly different, but not too bad.

We also got a couple of orchids at Trader Joe's, which are the subjects in tonight's photos.  I looked up how to keep orchids in a dry climate, so I'll see how we do. I have them hovering over my computer, which adds a nice touch of color and texture. I also was able to match the color in the photos pretty closely to the flowers since they are right in front of me. How the camera perceives color under a mixture of natural light and the overhead lights is different from how my eyes adjust and compensate for the mixed lighting.

The program for the Men's Breakfast this morning was the Metropolitan Homelessness Project. The MHP is also heading up the Mayor's Heading Home initiative. Michael Wilsher, Director of Development, and Dennis Plummer, Executive Director of the MHP spoke. Both men have lead interesting lives. Mr. Wilsher is from England and played with the group that recorded the hit song "Winchester Cathedral" in the 60's. They sold over 7 million records and won a Grammy Award. He came to the US and sold real estate in Rio Rancho for 20 some years before joining the MHP. Mr. Plummer started helping homeless people when he was in college, and walked across the US as part of his homeless ministry at one point. I don't remember how he ended up in Albuquerque, but he has a hypnotherapy practice along with heading up the MHP. The MHP is working to eliminate homelessness and seem to have a good set of programs to help them reach their goal.