What we did Saturday

Does anyone that is not on Facebook still look at my blog? I am going to wait a while and if I don't hear nothin' I am probably gonna just stick to that other thing.

Anyway, these beautiful brussel sprouts we grew in our garden...the last thing to harvest. And so I put up many, many bags full in the freezer after David spent hours harvesting them. I have a great recipe if anyone is interested. Maybe that is a way I will know if you are still looking here!

architecture

David painted this Zia on a shed that belongs to long lost friends of ours...not really, they were just gone for the summer!

They asked him to do it before they left but didn't know he did until they drove up and saw. Surprise!

This is a home in Albq designed by an eclectic architect.

The next door neighbor. Pretty cool huh? My dad and I stumbled across these 2 homes one afternoon while Mom was in hospital so I got out and acted all touristy. They probably get that a lot.

a perfect storm

We got wonderful thunder and lightning yesterday and then this pea size hail and rain storm.

In no time at all the ground was covered with white and it looked like snow.

The temp dropped to 49 degrees and I am sure my florida girl cousin was glad to be safely home. I bet this plant wishes it was with her!

This sunrise took place the day before and was what we could see fixing coffee out the kitchen window...nice.

Cousin comes to visit

Definitely a cat person but she grew to think Roly was okay too!

My Florida girl on a hike on RWM...with all of this I don't know why David and I ever leave home!

Bubba bath!

The view from RWM...that is "mobutu" in the background.

Hey you two and you know who you are

Does this view look familar? Oh, you haven't seen it so green before? Come home soon...before it reverts back to brown!

What a nice house with all of that green grass in the yard. And how you might ask is it green? See that sky...rain actually produces color in the otherwise Brown State!

hiking in the Datil area

My cousin Michele with Crosby Mtn in the background. She is actually on our friends' Jerry and Judi's property in Datil. It is about to rain but wanted to show the green.

Rocky point...revisited. We went here in February and it has a bit more color in September. It was a great easy hike.

One side of the walk is rocks and the other is these groves of oak trees.

My cousin, Shell, with the rocks in the back.

Greening of my world