Silent Saturday ~ Part Thirty-Two!!

Sunrise

Window shopping in Santa Fe!!

Fiesta!!!!

Sunset

Have a magical and blessed weekend!!


Hugging you,

SueAnn

Old Route 14 to Sante Fe!!

Rt.14 - Madrid, NM

Madrid, NM

Madrid

Madrid, NM

Art shop...Madrid, NM

Madrid Mining Station

As we traveled to Sante Fe...we took Old Route 14 or The Turquoise Trail!  Know for it's mines for gold and turquoise.  We come upon Madrid, NM.    An old mining town now artist community.  All the original buildings are still in existence.

This particular town was very famous.  Walt Disney used this town to try out his new ideas.  Christmas lights for the outdoors.  Pilots used to fly their planes over this area just to show their passengers the lights in the nighttime sky!!   Madrid still lights up the night!!  It is not as big a display as days of old but still something to see.

Madrid is the perfect place to go to do your Christmas shopping!!  There are probably about 100 to 150 artists who live and work here.  It is really something to see.  They even have a working Saloon complete with stage where musicians and actors perform.

Also along the way is Golden, New Mexico.  Known obviously for the gold they discovered within the mountains there.  They have an original adobe church which sits up on a hill.  So beautiful!!

Golden, NM

rock formation outside Madrid

Hope you enjoy the pics.  Have a magical and blessed day!!

Hugging you

SueAnn

Write a blog and feed a dog!!! Simple

For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive through September 19th, PEDIGREE® will donate a bag of their new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide.

It’s simple: Write a short blog and feed a dog!

•Each year, more than 4 million dogs end up in shelters and breed rescue organizations. Pedigree created The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive to help shine a spotlight on the plight of these homeless dogs.

•This year the PEDIGREE Adoption Drive is raising awareness for homeless dogs by donating a bowl of food to shelter dogs for everyone who becomes a “Fan” or “Likes” The PEDIGREE Adoption Drive on Facebook. So far more than 1 million bowls have been donated.

•Special for BlogPaws West: For each blog that posts about the PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive through September 19th, PEDIGREE® will donate a bag of their new Healthy Longevity Food for Dogs to shelters nationwide. It’s simple: Write a post, help a dog.

•Thursday, September 16 through Sunday, September 19, the Pedigree BlogPaws bloggers will host a Blog Hop, to help raise awareness for the “Write a post, help a dog” effort.

Write a post and then go to LIFE WITH DOGS Thursday through, Sunday, 9/19 to leave a link to your post so Pedigree can find it and count it! It's just that simple!

If you can, take 5 minutes to write a post like this & you'll know that a pup will go to bed with a full belly because of you!


Have a magical and blessed day!
Hugging you
SueAnn

Random Tuesday....baby it's cold outside!!!

Fall winds are blowing already!!  It has been around mid-40's here in the morning!  Brrrrr!  Makes for a cold, cold walk.  So I wear a flannel coat; ear muffs, and gloves!!  Oh and long pants!!  No more shorts!  Dang!!!  I was working on my leg tan too!  Sheesh!! 

Sunrise, September 2010

My walking has progressed to 4.2 miles per day....around 6 days a week.  Sometimes 7 !!  Weight wise, I am on a plateau!  That sucks!  Stuck at 158 lb. weight loss!  Sigh!!

See the white dot in the mid left on the photo?  That is one of the Guinea Hens!!  Just as I was taking it's pic...it moved away!  Figures!!

Took down my 4th of July and Labor Day decorations and am now working on Fall/Halloween!!  I love Halloween!!  Here is my tree!!

See! Not scary at all!  But the rest of my decorations are!!  Ha!  Will show them when I have them all set up!  Hopefully by next week.  Oh!  And you can see our new big screen TV in this pic.   52 inches!!  So sweet !!!

Went to Santa Fe on Friday and it was a beautiful day.  And they were in the midst of a Festival!  How cool is that?  Here are a couple of pics.  I will show more later on in the week.  Too many for today!!

Cathedral on the Square

LaFonda Hotel Restaurant

Indians selling their jewelry

The Cathedral is right on the Square and it is huge!!  And as you can see; beautiful as well.  We ate at LaFonda's restaurant and hardly anyone was in there.  It is usually packed!  But due to the Festival, people were all crammed on the square listening to music and eating from street vendors!!

The Indians' sell their jewelry and pots under the portico of the Governors' Palace.  So they were in their glory during this street fair!! Tons of people walking through the portico oooooing and awwwwing over their fabulous creations!!  We had a blast!!

Well it has been two weeks!!  Count them!   TWO WEEKS!  And instead of this....

We have this....

Our dryer...bless it's heart!!  It is all dismantled and still not working.  They are having trouble getting the right parts!!  So now if they can't jerry-rig a front inside panel, the whole new panel will cost over $250.00!!  I can get a new (although boring) white dryer for around $350.00!!!  Decisions...decisions!  Or do we suck it up and get a whole new pair!!??  Red ones!!!  Oh don't tempt me!!!

We have a locust tree near our front patio wall called Golden Rain.  Right now she looks so beautiful.  Seed pods have formed and when the wind blows...it sounds like rain is falling.  So cool!!

Isn't she gorgeous!!  I am going to harvest some of the seeds and see if I can start some new trees.  Sure would love to have more of these on the property!!

Well, have to go do a load of towels now!  Get to hang them on my back fence!  Sigh!!  Nothing like stiff towels to invigorate you after a nice hot shower!!  They may smell nice but oh are they scratchy!!  Ha!

Don't forget to stop over to The Un Mom and visit with Keely and all the other Randomizers!! 

Have a magical and blessed day!!

Hugging you
SueAnn

Silent Saturday ~ Part Thirty-One!!!

I walk through this world, with a pen in my hand;

and a paint brush in my pocket,

looking for colors and words that refresh.

slommler

I walked through a sunset, tawny and gold;

savage yes, scorching,

searing my soul;

melting ideas and dreams.

slommler

I walked through a forest, tall pine trees;

cool and mysterious, 

shadowing my mind;

halting my step with a sound.

freepicturesfreepictures.com  Free InterWeb pic

I walked on the oceans, beaches of sand;

softly textured and bronze,

suffocating my thoughts;

grasping my music and songs.

stumbleupon.com  freeinter web pic

I walked through a garden,

flowers bending with dew;

dazzling colors,

crushed and forgotten;
faded like days long gone.

slommler   Tiger Lily...

I walked through this world,

with a pen in my hand,

and a paint brush in my pocket;

the pen was forsaken,

the brush dried and worn,

all I have left is my pocket.

craigmarble.com...free interweb pic

Ode to a Peach

Have a magical and blessed day!

Hugging you

SueAnn