{"id":122,"date":"2025-08-09T01:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2025-08-09T01:33:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T01:33:46","slug":"122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/09\/122\/","title":{"rendered":"Desert Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-16-913_deco-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" style=\"width:275px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-16-913_deco-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-16-913_deco-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-16-913_deco-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-16-913_deco-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-16-913_deco-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-16-913_deco-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Quinta Mazatlan, July 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-33-10-107_deco-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\" style=\"width:272px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-33-10-107_deco-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-33-10-107_deco-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-33-10-107_deco-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-33-10-107_deco-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-33-10-107_deco-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-33-10-107_deco-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Olmec head at IMAS, July 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-38-758_deco-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" style=\"width:271px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-38-758_deco-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-38-758_deco-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-38-758_deco-768x1366.jpg 768w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-38-758_deco-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-38-758_deco-1151x2048.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/deevaldes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/25-08-08-15-32-38-758_deco-scaled.jpg 1439w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The artist waiting for car locksmiths after museum hours, July 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For approximately 2\/3rds of my life, I have had the privilege of living in a small thorn forest that skirted city limits. 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