About Us

Hi I'm Melanie and I created Out West Threads to showcase the beauty and bio-diversity of the Arizona and Southwestern Desert where i live.. Many species of plants and animals live here such as the mighty Saguaro cactus , that are found nowhere else on earth.

The West has called to me ever since I graduated high school. ( over 60 years ago). I have lived most of my life in Arizona and New Mexico) The wide open spaces, a sky bright blue filled with summer's  dramatic monsoon clouds, the open road and rock formations, wildflowers in the spring and a night sky bejeweled with stars, clear and cold ,due to little light pollution.

I love the that wild horses and donkeys still roam free, the collective howls and yips of coyotes at night, and the clickity- clack of trains with 100 or more  freight cars snaking across  the desert .

I hope your travels take you to these deeply spiritual lands.

Various tribes like the Tohono O'odham, the San Carlos  and White Mountain Apache, the Salt River Pima- Maricopa Indian Community, the Pascua Yaqui, the Navajo and Hopi all settled here and thrived for a thousand years or more before Spanish missionaries arrived.

Come visit and let the heart of the desert spread its joy and magic into your soul. (and yes its a dry heat, bring chapstick!)

 

Got a question ? email me Melanie@OutWestThreads.com