Epiphany was on Thursday, but we celebrated this evening with Cocido Madrileño and Spanish chocolate outside with fires to keep us warm.
The morning sky was magnificent.
I started splitting wood for the fires this morning. Craig and Lane continued splitting wood when they came over in the afternoon.
Sunset was beautiful.
Fires kept us warm.
The clouds cleared and the stars showed brightly.
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Every post of yours is a visual feast. Hi, Orion! The only constellation I can find- and that I usually see immediately- in the sky.
Orion is prevalent in our skies. Thanks, Bruce.
Happy Epiphany…a lovely celebration. I love fire pits and all your photos are beautiful. I have pot but only used it once last winter. Believe it or not they are very popular down here though mainly to roast marshmallows.
Are Smores popular? It’s been a year since we have had Fires. Last Epiphany for a matter of fact. Thanks, Holly.
S’mores are very popular among the kids. Most of the time that’s what gets the fire pit lit.
The pit is lit let’s have some S’more!
I’ll bring the marshmallows , I hope you have lots of Hershey Bars! I’ll probably need several blankets.
Our freezer is full of green chile, Hershey Bars, and rats. We have lots of cat magnet blackets.
Sounds fabulous! Green chiles and rats , the perfect combination. Please bring the cat magnet blankets maybe they’ll share.
Blue doesn’t eat green chile on her rats but we eat green chile on everything. Do you remember Rat Salad by Black Sabbath?
No, I never really listened to Black Sabbath very much. I’ll find it on YouTube. I don’t eat anything very spicy but I’m a huge fan of Tequila with lime and salt.
Laurie makes frozen margaritas.
Yummy! Salt rimmed glasses? Laurie’s the best!
No. They are frosen. They are more like Slurpies for adults.
My frozen margarita comes in a margarita glass with salted rim, I’m not choosy though ! Pass the margarita slurpie!
What Laurie makes is nothing like a frozen margarita in a bar. We had an office party out here one year and asked people if they wanted frozen margaritas. We handed them cups with plastic spoons to eat the margaritas with. Folks were like “What’s this?” When we do frozen, the margarita is frozen. You eat them instead of drinking them.
Ahhh, that’s a great idea. I like that. I wonder how many I could eat.
Probably many. They are really delicious, but they do sneak up on you.
They sound great, drinks that taste delicious can definitely sneak up on you !
Laurie took her parents to see the cranes on the river. On the way back they walked under your Tangle Heart Tree. Laurie said they reacted like if when you see a painting from a book in real life. There it was. The famous THT in real life.
A beautiful and enchanting sight the THT.
Cocido is very good to warm up the body during a cold weather. In Spain it is customary to have chocolate with churros at the end of the New Year’s night, people party all night and in the morning before going home they have chocolate with churros. Nice photos and videos!
Thanks, Abel. We lived in Madrid for 4 years and have continued the tradition of Cocido and Chocolate on Reyes, sin churros.
Madrid is a city that I like, although I have never lived in it, I have occasionally worked there and have visited it on many occasions. This Christmas we have been a couple of days there visiting a friend.
I am from Galicia although I have been living abroad for a few years.
Nice to meet you!
Nice to meet you. We visited Galicia a few times. We saw Carlos Núñez in concert a few times in Spain. He played a concert here in Albuquerque about 15 years ago, and my wife and daughter met him after the concert. Galicia is beautiful.
It is very pleasant news that you know Galicia and like it. As I normally live abroad, sometimes I listen to Carlos Nuñez when I miss my homeland
I’m jealous of your great atmosphere, Timothy!!:)
Thanks, Martina. If you ever visit New Mexico you can come a join us.
That is very kind of you, Timothy:) 🙂
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I love these moments of great revelations on an ordinary Thursday night, then the unfolding celebration.
I become quite nostalgic at the sight of a heavy iron pot seated upon fire fed with logs.
Thanks, abvr. We call the cast iron fireplace a Chiminea.
Oh that’s the real name
We still loosely say cast-iron pots.
I must remember that for future
Chiminea…makes sense…has its roots in chimney.
Cast-iron pot makes sense for this particular one. it’s a cast-iron pot with a chimney.
Yes it does actually
Beautiful!
I keep craving a fire pit, or even a patio heater, but the reality is that I’d never use them. Not 0ractical when it’s just me & cats!
You have a point. A space heater would be good for lounging outside at night, even if it’s just you and the kitties. Thanks, Leenda.
Sounds like a very good celebration to me. I wonder why…
I can’t imagine it’s because CHOCOLATE is involved? You would love Spanish Chocolate. Thanks, Herman.
We definitely need that Star Trek transporter device…
Yes we do.
A lovely and delicious way to celebrate. Fire looks amazingly warm, and the sky pics are stunning.
Thanks, Jeff.
You’re most welcome, Tim.
It must have been very nice there by the campfire 🙂
Happy Epiphany…
Thanks, Rudi.
Buona domenica Timothy
Grazie Simona.
That was one perfect Epiphany, my friend. Just wow!
Even the spliting of wood is perfect!!!
Skies, stars, fire, clouds, put on such a show!
A perfect fiery night. The cranes and geese were flying over and saluting us, also. Thanks, Marina.
Of course they were… all part of the conspiracy! 😉
I love this post. Spanish chocolate…oh yes. I wish a few folks who came over here would split some of the beasts of logs I’ve got just now. But I am inspired, ah\ving watched your vid, to get to the task in Spring now.
I’m always happy to give you inspiration, Shey. I can imagine you have some beastly logs. Thnaks.
yeah I cut up a load already but there’s plenty beasts, enough for next winter, cos we get wood from one of our son in law’s who has his own joinery biz and also off the beach. And I am not just talking little bits of driftwood either… as the wee granddaughter would tell you, the day we drove up the road with a tree trunk hanging out the window. (At 2 and a half you could see she was mortified and not for getting in the car. I said… ‘I can hear her in years to come, how N’n Da took her to the beach under the pretext of getting to build sandcastles and play at Castle Green but really it was so they could nab half a trunk and drive up the road with it, neary taking out half the traffic.’ And she burst out laughing.)
We have never paid a penny for wood here, not even kindling. Our last house was very diff that way.
Hahaha! That’s so funny. She will pass along that story for a long time. We never pay for firewood either.
Yeah it’s good to get it all for free, especially the price of it now–here anyway. We could not look at heating our last house now. As it was it cost more than the mortgage every month. It was funny re the wee lass. When we got home you could see she felt she had been part of an adventure!!
Good to see the hard work was shared and the heat and hopefully the chocolate 😀
All was shared and enjoyed by all. Except the kitties. They could not be out with us on that part of the property. Thanks, Couriers.
Not sure they’d be interested in the hard work part anyway.
Looks like a fun way to celebrate, Tim! We had clear skies up here last night, too, and a good view of the stars and moon. It is a frosty 30 degrees this morning. It’s going to to be beautiful day, too.
Thanks, Lavinia. 23ºF this morning. Sunshine with a high of 50 forecast for today.
What a beautiful way to celebrate!
Thanks, Dawn. Do you celebrate Epiphany?
Not generally. We incorporate celebration of the Three Wise Men with Christmas. Although, I did go to the BAS website and saw that they did an article on frankincense for January 6th.
That makes sense.
It would have been a little cold here, last night, with snow and cold outside. Indoors, not so bad with chocolate and a fire in the hearth.
Chocolate by the hearth is magical, also,. Thanks, David.
What a fun way to celebrate Tim, and gorgeous images!
Thanks, Brad.
Gee, I haven’t sat by an outside fire for so long, I can’t even remember.
Looks like a fab time and the Cocido Madrileño sounds perfect. Cheers!
Is that my tree under the magnificent morning sky?
Hi Resa. Your tree is in two of the sunrise and two of the sunset photos.
Oh you’re a lumberjack and you’re ok…..
I thought about putting on a bra and high heels while a whacked at the logs, but I figured I’d hurt myself. Thanks, Teri.
Hahahahaha!!!
A lovely celebration, that fire looks so toasty! 🔥😍
Thanks, Tiffany.
What a fabulous celebration! Beautiful. Just wow skies!
Thanks, Dale.
How fun! There’s nothing like a fire… we had one yesterday. But no Spanish hot chocolate for us. Next time!
Beautiful skies again my friend.
Thanks, Nancy.
Terrific series of images Timothy, the sunrise had me but I think the golden light of the sunset wins! Nothing quite like sitting around a fire outside and staring into the embers 😊
Thanks, Tone. It’s special for us. We don’t do it much, and it’s really cold at night here.
The sky looks amazing!
wow the fire and the sky made for an amazing chocolate sky Timothy. Bravo!
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Thanks, Cindy.
indeed and Thank you! 💖
A great shot of the fire!
Thanks, Yellow Cable.
Amazing sky.
The main picture of the fire is also fantastic.
Nothing says celebration more than a good fire – I should light one in celebration of FINALLY getting caught up on all the blog posts I’ve missed to this point on our trip!
Thanks, Brian. Here’s you a little fire to celebrate with: https://youtu.be/NOErZuzZpS8
Wow – never heard of this dude – got that Welcome to My Nightmare vibe – digging around found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtYWf7nyem0 which has a mean cowbell in it hehehe
I’m surprised you never heard of Arthur Brown. My brother would play Fire and I got a big kick out of the “I am the god of hell fire” intro. That’s a great live clip of Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood. But it definitely needed more cowbell.