Category Archives: New Mexico

I *Heart* Victory Ranch

By admin | Published: January 12, 2011

Today I received an e-mail that summarized all of the wonderful things that have happened at one of my favorite places in the world, Victory Ranch in Mora, NM.  Here are some of the highlights. A brief overview of 2010: THEY HAD 45 INCREDIBLE NEW CRIAS THIS YEAR! The theme for our 2010 crias names [...]

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Enchanting New Mexico

By admin | Published: October 26, 2010

Rainbow in front of Hermit’s Peak We spent our Fall Break in the mountains and to say it was beautiful does not do it justice.  I have always said….”God lives in New Mexico” and I still….at 32 and a Masters of Religion under my belt…believe that is true. The natural beauty abounds but where I [...]

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A New Spin on Things

By admin | Published: October 6, 2010

Did I bring anything home from the Taos Wool Festival?  Yes, yes, yes…..I also learned something new.  I am now a knitter and a SPINNER. First, Linda from Lonesome Stone taught us how to pick out good raw fleece, the fleece right off the animal,  and roving, clean, combed and put into “tops”. Then, Ruth [...]

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KNITCATION – We Saw

By admin | Published: October 4, 2010

I had an amazing weekend with a dear friend on our First Ever….hopefully, First Annual KNITCATION.  We spent two days monkeying around at the Taos Wool Festival. There were all kinds of sheep, goats, yaks, and alpaca.  They were beautiful….I especially loved the fluffy sheep. There was roving, roving, and more roving…..again, beautiful. Of course, [...]

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Hot Tamales

By admin | Published: June 8, 2010

Seriously, I made hot tamales and they were AWESOME!!!  I love, love, love, New Mexican food….what is the difference between Mexican and New Mexican food, you ask.  Green Chili!!!! So, we were hosting a good 20+ people at the cabin over Memorial Weekend.  I decided we would do an authentic meal to put us all [...]

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Longing

By admin | Published: May 15, 2010

I can not believe it is the middle of May!  Time is flying by….almost as fast as the “big guy’s” super duper ooper fast rocket ship he built out of Legos. I woke up this morning to some unexpected personal time.  The little guy has been sick and I anticipated holding a fussy, feverish boy.  [...]

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Me Monday…On Wednesday

By admin | Published: February 11, 2010

Where has time gone?  The boys have been cooped up since last Friday!!!  It is amazing how debilitating an inch of ice can be on a mom and two shorties.  Here is my picture of me for the week. I love this picture.  Not because I am looking very good, but because it took so [...]

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La Fiesta Parade

By admin | Published: July 8, 2009

You don’t get more 4th of July than a small town parade and Las Vegas, NM knows how to do it right. They have an annual 4th of July celebration that is awesome. I have not been in a few years and this year did not disappoint. They had everything….loud music, candy in the streets, [...]

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