CHRISTMAS UNDER PALM TREES

Wheels down and we're back in Phoenix

 Beau's flight came in just an hour after us.

 Kensley was so excited to see all of us.

 And make sprits with Aunt Susan Susan

 When the sun came out we swagered on down to the retro resale shoppe

 She's got wings

 Beau and I made Christmas morning breakfast...  

 Thanks for doing the clean up, girls.

 No batteries needed.

 ooooooh

Kimber's little boy, Jace

 Little boy toys

 Big boy toys

 Old boy toys

Kids of all ages from 5 mo.  to   98 years.

DECEMBER 21 2019

 Just a few days before  Christmas 2019 and the temperatures look to be in the 50*s for days.

So, it's time for an early morning run to to stream. 

 The lure of choise is this streamer that Dad tied in the 70's.

He would often sit at the kitchen table or back in his bedroom and tie flys, some better than others.

This one looks like a winner.

 As you can see it's been a while sense I've had the fly rod out.

 In the shade of the hillside it was still pretty frosty but it was nice to have the place all to myself 

 Dad was a game warden in the Driftless 1946 - 1983 and he taught me to use a flyrod early on, to 

pick pockets and fish pools.

 The sun warmed my back as things heated up at this pool.

 The shadow knows

The first of two nice bows

ONE WEEK TO GO.

 Hanging on the couch at the Blu room with Jim Post and the crew

 Post and Garcia

 at Julie's pop-up shop

 Galeena luminaries

House party at John and Heathers

 Night cap

 Cut - carry - load

 Unload - cut some more

 Chop - load into a wheelbarrel - unload in the house and then burn.

 PEACE!

ROOT VEGGIE HARVEST AND OTHER WEEKEND PROJECTS

 Lighting of the christmas tree in the Millworks

 Winter market

 Denny at the Blu room

 The sculpture is wrapped.

 pull the tarp back and

 Voila  Carrots and Beets

Not too bad for a December harvest.

 Six more buckets of rocks for Luke's back yard

 Stopped down to Jubeck's for a new release barrel aged stout. or maybe two.

 Elfi'n majic

 For the DBQ door

I forgot I had a ladder in the shed...

And done....

Thanksgiving in CO.

 Let the fun begin...  I got out early on monday and Susie and I were on the road by 3:00 pm.  By the time we got to burlington CO. I was ready for a quick nap.  Back on the road an and a few fluries later

 The next thing ya know it's 5:00 am and we're snowed in at Love's for the next five hours.  

Long, long story short.  More crappy driving weather, a two houre drive gets stretched into four hours and we're at Beau's.

 Up early Wednesday and Beau and I are working on his bathroom door rehab project.

Beau's last trip home he picked up an old door from St Joe's.  Our job is to cut it down the sides and round the top so it fits his bathroom entery.

 We took the took about two inches off of each side  an inlaied three hindges.

 Rounded the top.

 Several hours later, a bit of indicission and nogot the fighting we got the job done.

 Thanksgiving Day we all watched a herd of 50+ prong horns in Beau's back yard.

 Most went under the fence while only a few big males jumped over while a jack rabbit watched the action.

 Susie did a great job with the meal and BJ and Tara joined us.

 K-9 patrole was called in for desert.

 Terrance brought his wife and kids over too.  Scarlet was a good puppy.

 And Okley was a busy little boy.

A parting shot to the west toward the mountians before heading back home.

Snowvvember

Beau is back so let's heat things up and have some fun 

 A snowday trip out to Marts to check out the lodge and get in our first ski outting.

 Not the best sking conditions but it beats sitting around.

We did a little target practice and talked shop.