
Dawn with Venus peeking through the clouds.

Color on the Sandias through the trees at sunset.

Decent clouds, but not a lot of color in the western sky at sunset.

These guys were really singing tonight.

Trio landing.









Venus at dawn.

Jupiter and moons.



I was thinking we were going to have a sky full of colorful clouds at sunset, but as the sun went down the clouds above the lines of clouds disappeared and most of the color was trapped under and between the lines of clouds.

Crows flying under the moon.
Horse smooch from Mustang Hazel.

Clouds to the northwest.

The painter colored between the lines.

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.

The painter took Christmas off. We had a colorless (gray) Christmas morning.





Jake waiting to open his Christmas present. Sasha is giving him kitty Mad Dogs.

The moon through a veil of clouds.



Tristan embroidered this amazing tiny portrait for Spunk for Laurie.



Tristan’s beautiful Bearded Dragon, Donny, made an appearance for Christmas.