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The view from our front yard in Autumn: The Sandia
Mountains. They light up bright orange during sunsets.
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 This
is a cholla (choya) cactus in our front yard.
Yes, It snows in the desert. |
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Balloon Festival, the
largest in the world. It happens the first week
every October. |
 This
is my hubby Ralph
watching the balloons from our backyard. |
| OUR PETS |
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 Herman,
our Cardigan Corgi. He had his back fused and
has had knee ligaments replaced, but boy does he
love to hike. |
 Oliver.
My husband found him starving outside an Italian
Restaurant and lured him with a shrimp. He was
so small he fit into my pocket for weeks. Now he
weighs eighteen pounds and walks with a swagger. |
 Little
guy. He came from the pound and is a real hockey
player.He has an immense furry black tail that
that he can wrap around himself. |
 Mr.
McCoy.
Despite that he's ten years old and blind in one
eye, my hubby insisted we adopt him. He is very
loving, follows us everywhere, and sings
beautifullly. |
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| We love hiking
and travelling. Here's a few highlights
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from our recent
adventures: |
 Deep
in the bowels of
Carlsbad Caverns
. We walked to the bottom and our calves
eventually forgave us. They are spectacular. |
Bandalier Indian Cliff Dwellings,
up near Los
Alamos. The cliffs are made of "tuff" and are
easily dug into. |
 San
Antonio Creek in the Jemez Mountains, a lovely
and easy trail to hike. You can see Herman if
you look closely. He loves wading in streams. |
 Franz
Joseph Glacier
in New Zealand,
2004. It shrunk a mile or so since we previously
visited. |
 My
very own shot of a sperm whale diving. And we
had spectacular schools of dolphins. |
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