03 August 2012

Summer in Santa Fe




Last weekend I took my final plane ride (I think) for at least a few months to visit some friends and family in SantaFe.  Over the years I've really come to love and miss northern New Mexico.  I love that it's big sky country- perfect for star-gazing at night, and that even on the easiest hikes, you may turn a corner to views that feel out of this age.  I love the clarity of the light, created by the high altitude and dry desert air.  And just when the soft shades of the landscape - the browns, rust, sage, and muted blues threaten to become monotonous - you will see a sky so blue it's almost purple, or the most vivid sunset of reds, oranges, pinks, and blues, and feel so blessed to in that place at that moment.  

I want to share a few pictures from this weekend.  On Saturday, Noah's mom held a baby shower for us.  Yes, it was our third baby shower of the month.  We've had a baby shower cocktail hour, a baby shower BBQ, and this time, a baby shower brunch with breakfast burritos from El Parasol.  I was a little skeptical that anyone's breakfast burritos could compete with Noah's, but they give him a run for his money.  Two days later, we were still eating the leftover breakfast burritos.  (Is that a little gross to admit?  They were still delicious.)

I received a new camera for my birthday, so please excuse my admittedly amateur attempts to document the party and some shots from the weekend.  No recipe today, but I hope to post a couple over the next week or so.





We are all watching one of the dogs sniff at a breakfast burrito.  Somehow, nobody thought to pick it up before he demolished it.


2 comments:

  1. Have to say that you are such a beautiful and gracefully pregnant lady. xo L

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  2. Have to say that you are such a beautiful and gracefully pregnant lady. xo L

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