Todd Gerstenberger

That is as pure an example of “clusterfuck” as you will ever find.

Purple eggplant blossom

“Asian Delight” eggplant blossom. Lots of new growth and blossoms in the garden, the plants dig this cool moist weather. Now comes the suspense of waiting for the first frost— average used to be around 10/20 here in Albuquerque, but has been receding with the changing climate.

Holy gods I expect Ben Bradlee to dig and scratch his way out of his grave and strangle the non-existent printers ink out of the chosen who penned this mess in the name of the editorial board.

Rusty, Abe, Paul, and Brian on stage at the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque, 10/7/2025

Went to see Paul McCartney and band in Albuquerque last night. What an experience!
Here is a screenshot of my text response to a friend who was also there—

Yellow and white gazania flowers in Albuquerque garden

Keeping it in the yard, good ol gazanias providing colorful mandala blooms in our fall rock garden

Can’t say I blame those students. The advantages of the experience are outweighed by having to put up with ICE up their asses. Sad. 😞

Backlit northern sea oats seed pods

Closer to home, the setting sun on northern sea oats pods

A view through the golden aspen leaves in Colorado

Peeking through the aspens, near Telluride

Photo of Lizard Head peak in Colorado, 9/25/2025

Lizard Head Peak, graphite drawing from 2018

Old friend Lizard Head peak, on the road to Telluride CO, from 9/25/2025, and my graphite drawing from 2018

More colorful aspens and majestic mountains near Telluride

The beauty and majesty really does take one’s breath away

Aspens turning gold in the high country near Telluride

Here’s some mountain color, near Telluride CO. Amazingly, the aspens were not at their peak yet!

Ted chile ristras in Albuquerque NM

The Great Wall… of red chile

Sunflower

Morning glory

Late season sunflower and morning glory

Just a footnote, I refuse to use the term the Grifting Old Party uses for itself, since in no way shape or form does that party reflect the classic definition of the word “republican.” Hence my use of * when I’m forced to reference it.

He didn’t write that— too many 25 cent words.
But it raises an observation and a question: democrats may have a low approval rating (hell, they rate pretty low in my mind, not for ideals, for inaction) but in what alternative bizarro world does the republica* party have any “highest” rating level?

If, as the nattering nabob announcers were saying, the NFL has a new “show respect” doctrine, then Dak should get punished too.
Unless he was imitating Sylvester the Cat saying “sufferin’ succotash!,” then it’s okay. 💦 #salivagate

United States of Dead Tshirt, back

United States of Dead tshirt, hand tinted with fabric markers

Before & after—

🎶 Comic book colors on a violin river 🎶
(From a set of fabric markers 😃) 💀🌹

Watch out now
For soft shoe shufflers…

You want to get to heaven? Give away all your money to the poor, like Jesus would. That’s a start.

3 year old grandson pushing a wheelbarrow in our garden

My best garden helper ❤️

I, personally, am in awe 🫡

💀🌹

“I’m having a bad hair day. Does this hat look okay?” 😑

A bunch of red, orange and pink tomatoes

Red paste type tomatoes, all from one Burpee Gladiator plant

As usual, I *may* have planted too many tomatoes this year 🤓

All of the paste types are from one Burpee Gladiator plant!

Female hummingbird feeding on orange agastache bloom

One of our favorite garden guests sampling the 2035 vintage orange agastache

A cloud east of Albuquerque catches final rays at sunset

I don’t have a great vantage point for sunsets at my home, but every so often there will be a big old cloud over the mountains that catches the fading rays and makes me sigh.

Female Lesser Goldfinch nibbling on agastache

A female Lesser Goldfinch nibbling on some agastache in the garden today

Good old Oxford… Back Street Rovers 😉🫶🏼

“Dr Melfi, your next patient is ready” 🧐

Sex Pistols tshirt circa 1980

And can’t forget Los Pistoles 😳

Also from our time capsule chest: a couple #theclash tshirts circa 1980. London Calling blew me away 🤯

Indy car with Grateful Dead paint job crashes into a tire barrier at Laguna Seca racetrack

🎶 I had a run in
Run around and run down
Run around the corner
Run smack into a… tire barrier!😉
#gratefuldead