Bridge at Navajo Indian Reservation

Is this the same bridge do you think?  Okay, it is from the other end of the bridge from yours Janice, but I am sure it is, as my river photos also look similar to yours.

You Can Always Go Back - At Least For a Short Visit:

Our next stop on the trip was Santa Fe, New Mexico.  We'd been there before and so it didn't quite have the pull as it would have for a first timer.  A quick walk around the square reminded us that this is very much an art town with prices to go with it.  We saw chili wreaths and hangings such as the ones we used to put on our front door and kitchen walls in Silver City.  Memories started flowing back.

Road Trip: Mesa Verde and Taos Pueblo

We have been trying to find a week without commitments of one kind or another for awhile now.  We circled last week on the calendar and let everyone know we would be gone.  Our destination was ultimately Silver City, New Mexico where we had lived some 35 years ago.  It was Roger's first job right out of University that took us there and it was there that our second child, Daniel, was born.  That history has kept us tied to Silver City and to New Mexico.  Since there is a lot to see between here and there, we decided to make it a tour of old and new as we traveled through all four states of the four corners area of the U.S.: Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and finally back to Utah.

What I Miss:

 Yesterday we went by Daniel and Grace's home to pick up Ethan for a shopping date.  They bought our old home (remember my chicken story?) and though we visit often, it's on days like this I really miss the place.  It has been raining off and on (the photos are darker because of the storm) and the
snow in the mountains is melting.

Every spring the creek at the side of the house would run fast and deep as it heads towards the Great Salt Lake.  I loved it.  I especially loved the sound of it; a built in water feature.  It was a little unnerving when we first moved there with four small children, but rules were firmly set (though often broken) and now Daniel and Grace have to set the rules for their little ones.

Art Classes

I am so lucky to have talented friends, and Sue is an example of not just talented, but generous with her time too.

Sue is a professional painter, but she hasn't painted for many years for various reasons.  This year she became inspired to take it up again (I think my whining about wanting some lessons may have played a small part).

Renewing her passion for painting, has also meant plenty of shopping excursions looking for supplies.  This included carrying a wooden easel between us, back and forth through Central World (so I earned at least one of my classes), when it became evident that a taxi wasn't going to take her and her easel home.

With Friends Like These

This is what just popped into my inbox from Mary.  No not into my real, sitting on my desk, lean over and rifle through the contents box, but my virtual one.

And even in the virtual inbox, I could smell that chocolate.  Ooohhhh  mmmummm OMG!!!!!

Mary obviously thinks she has a great sense of humour, though I did not find it funny.  Just cruel.  She likes to make me sweat, by sending me Godiva pictures (and it works).  I call it cruel and unusual punishment!

Thank goodness I got a little goodie bag (actually a rather large one) of Godiva supplies when Iris came back form the US.  Luckily (and not to mention surprisingly), there are still some bars left.

Oh yes, and the box of Godiva from The Lads at Songkran (all long gone sadly).

One day, when I am rich, I shall move into a Godiva shop and eat their most wonderful of goodies, morning, noon and night (and all the hours in-between).  Throw in a Diet Coke machine, oh and of course a cinema popcorn machine, and my life will be one of bliss.   Put Pride and Prejudice (the BBC Colin Firth version of course) on a big screen tv.  Sit in one of those lovely reclining seats.  Have a Thai foot massage at the same time and...

April Showers:

April is always unpredictable in Utah.  Last year it was hot, hot, hot by the end of April.  This year we have had ups and downs - rain, snow, winds, you name it.  We (Roger) have done some yardwork and gone on a few hikes, but basically it's been stay in the house or do family things.