Grandparents Day in Santa Fe

We drove from Provo to Santa Fe on Sunday, 20 November, arriving a couple of days before Grandparents Day at Santa Fe Prep where Lucy, Tucker, and Anders go to school.  The school is beyond impressive with wonderful facilities, great faculty, and very fine students. November 22, the day of the school visist, also happened to be Lucy Jane's 17th birthday. So that evening we had dinner at Tomasitas, a Mexican restaurant next to the train station. Back at home, we finished the celebration with brownies and ice cream. Wednesday, Anna took me and Anders on a hike through the piñones above Santa Fe during a break between cooking sessions.

 Morning view from our bedroom

 Santa Fe is blessed with lots of good eateries

 Lunch at Vinaigrette 

 A skiff of snow in the night

 Off to school

 They treat grandparents right

 Santa Fe Prep

 Ditto

 The beautiful new LEED-certified library

 The fabulous ceramics studio

 Print-making facitility

 The kiddos giving us a tour of the Meem Art Building

 The mad scientist

 A lovely lunch with the Hastings binkers

 Birthday girl smiling for her momma at Tomasita's

 Party around the chimenea

Cozy

 Happy birthday to you

 Sweet 17

 Grammy's salon

 Santa Fe below

 Piñones

Turquoise lichens

 ATH and ATH

Headed to the store

Today is Thanksgiving, so there will be more, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

Early November 2016

The most earth-shaking event of the month was the election of Donald Trump which left us all in a state of disbelief and, for some, shock. Guy Fawkes Day is always a bit of fun, and a visit from Alison and John added interest. A super moon was interesting, but not as large as I expected, and a new Brazilian restaurant in town was a happy thing.

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A visit from the Reeses

We always remember the 5th of November

It was a beautiful Bonfire Night this year

It was Evelyn's second GFD/BN, and this time she enjoyed it

Magdalena, Megora, and Katy Kathryn

Katy read the "remember" poem

The Colver girls glowing in the firelight

A happy encounter with Nephew Brad on my morning walk

Drowning our election sorrows in a bit of meatloaf

Cutie Patootie

Catch Me if You Can at HCT

Evy and Ollie enjoying each other after Sunday dinner

Super moon

A little cuddle with Grammy

An evening with Rod and Vic

A tasty Brazilian nosh

I am posting from Santa Fe, so there will be more from here, but this is all for now.

OXO

D.

Back Home for a While: October 2016

Since returning from England, life has been rather normal with a birthday or two and Halloween stirred into the mix. Kris, who says she hates Halloween was fully engaged in helping create costumes with her mad creative genius and sewing skills.

 Delta 51 direct to SLC ready to board at LHR

 Headed home

 Northern Canada

 The mountains of home

 I was happy to see the new paint job on this Provo house

Breakfast with the cousins

Dinner with Chip and Sandy

 Max's 17th-birthday celebration

 Sibling love

Evy having a look at Will and Jamie's little Thea

 A beautiful Sunday morning just before sunup

A cake for Grammy and Max at Sunday dinner

 Kris helped with these great costumes

And this amazing costume

And this sweet little gnome costume

 Happen Yalloweh!

Ready for trick-or-treaters

Some cwazy pumpkins

That's all for now.

OXO

D.