Santa Fe, Early June 2021

Clara's 8th-grade promotion and Anders' graduation were scheduled for early June, so we headed to Santa Fe for the celebrations.

Clara received her promotion

Happy to be with her

Adobe homes on Canyon Road...

On the way to lunch at...

The Tea House

The group, joined in the photo by my eggs Benedict

Anders' birthday dinner at Tesuque Village Market

German chocolate birthday cake

Brennand Field at Santa Fe Prep

Anders receives his diploma

The graduate

The Hastings at Santa Fe Prep

Lunch at El Chile Toreado

Hysterical jumping photos

Porch sitting on the portal

Loretto Chapel on the Old Santa Fe Trail

Ladies mariachi band on the Plaza

The Rainbow Man did beguile us, and we did buy

Painted portal at the MoCNA across from the cathedral

Relaxing before Anders' graduation dinner with the fellers; 

Rob made udon requested by the graduate

It's a race! (edamame with chopsticks)

As always, this was a fun visit in Santa Fe. There will be more of June to follow. This, however, is all for now.

OXO

D.

End of May 2021

The end of May included a reception held by Tom and Katy because it wasn't possible during the pandemic. It is nice that we are vaccinated and things are loosening up a bit. I laid out the stones for our patio rebuild after installing our water feature, the guys came, and now our deck/yard project is almost finished. The last day of the month was Memorial Day, which coincided with our 49th anniversary. We visited the cemeteries on Sunday before the actual day, and on the day, we hosted a family dinner for the SKT and DAT families in our newly upgraded back yard.

Marshall and Zoe Gibson

I did the puzzle, and the landscape guys finished it with grout

Kris spraywashing the bench prior to linseed oiling

SKT with our floral offerings 

Peonies and bearded iris: shades of long gone Decoration Days

Dickie doing the old-man squat to place flowers for Tony

The Easter Cross has been rebuilt in this new location at Eastlawn, the 

cemetery where Annie's dad is buried -- I'm happy to 

see it standing again: childhood memory

Memorial Day gathering with some Taylors, Ensigns, 

Soelbergs, and one Hastings

We are off to Santa Fe for Anders' graduation and we will have house guests afterwards, so there will be more to follow in June. This, however, is all for now.

OXO

D.

Mid May 2021

After returning from Arizona we hosted Tucker while he waited to get in his new dorm/apartment. The Group got together in person for the first in many moons at the Ostergars. We spent the end of a week in May with the little Colvers in Vernal while their parents attended a conference in SLC.

Mothers Day flowers from Dickie and the Hastings

Back in business

Home Depot for flowers

Tucker helping Grammy with the back-yard project

Getting Tucker settled back at the University of Utah

Post-move-in lunch in SLC

A tasty and beautiful bedside welcome to Vernal from KKTC

Katy Kathryn making some fine chilaquiles before taking off to SLC

Reading with the binkers

Big Arthur and little Arthur

Coloring was good fun

Supper from the fish and chips truck (it travels all over Utah)

Evelyn Alta is a capable kiddo just like her mother was

A trip up Enchanted Canyon

Dry Creek isn't dry right now

With Grandma (these kids alternate calling her Grammy and 

Grandma) on the bridge to the Dry Creek Flume Trail

It is a beautiful spot

The binkers spotted deer tracks

They found a little Hobbit hidey-hole

Back down the trail to the picnic spot

Food always tastes better in nature

Fall-off-the-bone chicken for Sunday dinner

And the kids helped make banana bread (needed a couple

of more minutes in the oven)

The rest of May will be in the next post, so this is all for now.

OXO

D.