Snow!

Fresh snow means lots of animal tracks and happy peoples tromping about!

Cat cat

 Kitty can be very photogenic, and also simultaneously trouble…

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:

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!

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.

May be a college student…

…but still my goofy kid!

Cozy

The cat has figured out that a fire has merit.  Chad, of course, already knows this. (Credit to Kean for the photo.)

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.

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)

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”.

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.

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.