Fresh snow means lots of animal tracks and happy peoples tromping about!
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Ten Years of Holiday Kitties
Merry Christmas & happy final night of Hanukkah!
If you've been paying close attention to our Christmas cards, you may have noticed that I draw a "holiday kitty" illustration every year. This year, amazingly, was the tenth! I've drawn one of these every year since 2013 (!!!)
It's fun to look at all the previous ones together, since you can really see my art progression over time:
And, of course, here's this year's:
Saturday, December 24, 2022
Christmas Eve in Santa Fe
We really enjoyed the festive, yet chill, vibe walking up Canyon Road this evening. The street was closed to traffic and all the shops and galleries were lined with lights and farolitos, punctuated by the occasional bonfire or group of musicians. It seemed like the entire town was out!
Friday, December 23, 2022
Not pretty
It’s not pretty, but this fire grate is a lot more functional than the loose pieces of rebar that were in there before! They’d fall apart in the course of every fire, and generally were poor at their one and only job.
I finally got the garage squared away enough that I could get at the welder, so I affixed these suckers permanently to each other (and added one more cross piece, as I had some extra rebar lying about.) Should be a lot more functional now.
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Cozy
The cat has figured out that a fire has merit. Chad, of course, already knows this. (Credit to Kean for the photo.)
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Lights on the Plaza
We enjoyed the festive lights on the Plaza earlier this week when we went down to town for a holiday brass and carol concert in the basilica.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Sunroom
I’m definitely going to hang out in the sunroom this morning — it’s gorgeous! (even if I do need to wash the windows)
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Street names
As I ride my bike, I’ve been noticing some entertaining street names. Or in this case, lack of name?
Other good ones include “Notorious Way” and “Camino del Destino”.
Monday, December 5, 2022
Lights
We started to put lights up tonight. I still need one more strand for the bottom of the tree (13-ish feet is tall!!). Somehow lights ended up on the cd rack and out near the soaking tub too.
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Festive outing
We tromped about the Santa Fe National Forest until we found a Christmas tree this afternoon. I must have picked a good spot to go, as there were quite a number of cheery people scattered about the woods doing the same.