Lisa and Michael

We returned from Carlsbad Caverns last Monday to a late summer monsoon storm, and I happened to capture this from our bedroom. Lucky me!

Summer weather seems to be here already! I sit back here in the backyard watching the tram go up the mountain and the dogs play. I think I’m ready to plant a garden!

We’re nearing the last of our roasted Hatch green chile batch from last season, down to a single quart.

It’s sad to see the last of the baggies pulled from the freezer, especially when it has been an particularly exceptional year. So tasty, so hot. We prepare it in a pretty simple manner. After peeling and chopping I’ll add some sea salt and pepper, and loads of garlic. A touch of water finishes it off. The seeds are integral to the taste, so they are never optional.

So, so good.

Geez, it took nearly 3 weeks into the nuevo ano for me to put up the year’s first post. And there’s been a lot going on! Like getting things ready for Shari & Darrell’s wedding, compiling a huge todo list for 2010, upgrading the CrackBerries, getting my ass kicked by the AMT100i, drooling over the Wrangler side steps I got for Christmas but haven’t installed yet, purchasing our first composter, watching Conan go off on NBC, etc. Man, tons of stuff to post about.

No, for some reason I’ve been too lazy to post anything. I’ll blame it on my depression for the lack of any exciting weather. God, New Mexico can be boring at times. Sun, blue skies, mild temperatures. Yuck. A blizzard would be nice for a change.

We got up early this morning to take advantage of last night’s snowstorm, and wouldn’t you know, it was continuing today. We all loved it!

Oscar and Junior, a bit too much snow for the day. They’re getting tired:

Junior and Oscar

Long travel day home, very tired after 20 hours up and a drive from Denver to Albuquerque!

Excellent trip, one we’ll never forget. Have about 1200 pics to download, should have them posted in coming days.

Good night.

Film crew getting setup for work on season 3 of Breaking Bad, today’s location is the fictional DEA building at 400 Gold SW. Can’t wait for January!

Kill May flowers?

I woke up this morning around 4:30 and saw giant snowflakes the size of silver dollars floating down from the ice cold sky. Springtime in New Mexico is so unpredictable.

There was some snow on Christmas, but we had to drive a few miles to touch it. It was another great Christmas this year, everyone had a blast and Santa was quite generous to everyone! Santa surprised me with a vintage orange Atari t-shirt and a quart of Weck’s green chile, plus some other cool stuff like a new New Mexico book to add to our growing collection, and two 12-packs of beer (yum!).

Oh, and Junior seems to be getting used to Oscar. We hope they become best friends.