little things are big

We awoke to a generous dusting of snow this morning. I wasn’t expecting it so it was a real treat to discover.
I don’t know why, but snow in the desert just seems magical to me. It’s like they should belong together, but it is just so beautiful.
The great thing about snow down here is that it never gets too cold to get out and enjoy it!...

I could not help myself I have to share a few Thanksgiving photos from this year.
If you are a long time reader then you know that we think the tradition of Thanksgiving is a nightmare! Between the stealing of lands from indigenous people to the killing of millions of sentient beings we don’t even kind of celebrate the tradition of...

Pandemic life has been pretty intense and it is looking like the months will continue to soldier on indefinitely without any conclusion in sight. What will normal be on the other side of all this?
I think most of us have been going through an highs and lows. I remember in March when two weeks seemed an eternity �. Now it is nearly November. How very strange the world has become....

The regular balloon fiesta has been cancelled for this year, for obvious COVID reasons. With that said the school that one of the girls kind of goes to (look it’s weird and part of a hybrid online situation) had a socially distanced event.
The girls asked to go, even though it meant getting up before the sun. With so many “no’s” in the past six months I was happy to take one for the team. So I started worrying about waking up on time at 3am. Classic. We left the house before six. I couldn...