Did I tell you that we gave Callan and Guen my old Mini Cooper? And did I tell you that the engine blew out a month later? We knew it was old, but we didn’t expect that!
They drove the Mini Cooper home after our camping trip in early November and it seemed to be fine. But barely over a month later, on a trip back to Boise from visiting Guen’s family in Twin Falls, it died on the freeway. They towed it in and the next day we had the sad diagnosis. It needed a new engine. It was a 2007 with a lot of miles and the car just wasn’t worth it. What a disappointment for everyone!
John had a little bit of time between Christmas and New Years before he had to go back to work, so we started looking for a new (used) car for them, this time newer and more reliable. The kids wanted an all-wheel drive or 4 wheel drive for traction in the Boise snow (which the Mini definitely did not have).
They were mixed on the size; Guen wanted something tall enough to easily see out of and big enough for her friends and their kids. Callan wanted something small enough to easily maneuver. And we all wanted something reliable! On our second day of hunting, we found what we were looking for.
Here’s John checking it out.
It’s a Subaru Crosstrek.
It’s a 2018, which is a little on the older side, but it only has 30,000 miles on it and it looked to be in great shape.
I like the orange stitching.
It has heated front seats, back-up camera, bluetooth and all the good stuff. But most importantly, all wheel drive.
The hatchback trunk is not huge, but it’s bigger than the Mini Cooper.
A car for Christmas? It’s actually their early wedding gift. We had expected the Mini Cooper to at least last until their wedding in October! Hopefully this one will last for a long time.
Laura made progressively hotter hot wings for her friends, based on a show called Hot Ones.
Tracey made melted snowmen cookies, very cute and fun!
Dana had two of her grandsons for a whole week, just her and Chris, without the kid’s parents, to give the parents a break. What good grandmas! And cute kids; it looks very fun and festive.
Here is Callan and Guen’s Christmas tree:
They went to see Guen’s family in Twin Falls. Here’s Guen’s sister’s Christmas tree.
Doesn’t this cup of hot cocoa look good? It’s an excellent photo and looks like something out of a movie or an advertisement.
Great photo of Callan and Guen at Callan’s workplace holiday party:
Laura and her friends went to a light show in San Jose. They are, from left to right, Laura’s friend Emily, Laura’s partner Alex, Laura in the middle, then Laura’s friend Cat, and Cat’s friend Suzanne.
That last shot is definitely Christmas-card worthy. Actually, they all are!
I’m now officially done with the Christmas posts and it’s only January 5. Whoo-hoo!
On Christmas morning, which was at the end of our trip to Albuquerque, I felt well enough to go on our annual Christmas morning snow hike in the Sandia Mountains. I was still coughing a bit, and we kept the hike short, but it was good to be out. We went first thing in the morning while everyone was still opening presents.
We caught this guy by surprise.
He was like, “Whaaat? Why are there humans out? It’s Christmas morning!”
Last year there was tons of fresh snow and were glad for our snowshoes.
This year there wasn’t as much snow, and what snow was there was iced over.
Luckily, I brought my Yaktrax, which are metal coils wrapped around rubber which pull over the bottom of your boots. They are amazing on ice. If you have to regularly, or even occasionally, walk on crusted snow, wet snow, ice or water on ice, you need a pair of these.
And they are so amazing. They totally take the worry out of hiking on ice. In general I am much more likely to slip and fall than John is, but I never even slid once. John, who wasn’t wearing them, slid a few times during the hike and nearly fell once. They are a total game changer.
After being amazed by the beautiful bamboo lights the night before, we came back in the morning to get a closer look in daylight.
But first, on a funny note, I thought this poster next to a new construction area was great!
Now let’s check out those bamboo lights. Maybe Laura can tell us what this means.
The light poles are every bit as beautiful in the daylight.
A few of them were not actually real bamboo.
We couldn’t figure out which situations they would use real ones, and which not. It did not seem to be related to size or location.
It seemed like most of them were real bamboo.
It’s fun to see the park grow over time.
Another thing that caught my eye that morning is this large fresco. It’s not new, it’s been there since before I moved to Albuquerque, but it spoke to me on that day. If you look closely, you can see the story. (This one’s for you, Emily.)
If you just glance at it from the left, or even look at it straight on, it’s hard to immediately see what’s going on, because the elderly man lying in the bedroom is obscured.
Once you see him, you understand the washcloth in the woman’s hand.
Suddenly it becomes apparent that the bundle in the central woman’s hands contains herbs. She’s the medicine woman, being shown to the bedroom.
The young girl on the left must have raced to the door to open it when they heard the knock.
Last you notice the men of the family, waiting and worrying in the background. They are not the major personalities in this drama.
It was a beautiful morning at the end of a good year.
We made it to River of Lights, which is the Albuquerque Botanical Garden light show. Every year it is bigger. Albuquerque’s botanical garden is many times larger than the one I volunteer at in Tucson, and is supported by the city, so they can do much more.
I’ve posted River of Lights photos on this blog many times before, so I won’t post very many photos of the exhibits we’ve seen before. Here’s just a few from the older sections of the park.
The new big thing this year was lights in the Japanese Garden. John and I remember years ago when they were first building the Japanese Garden. After it was complete, it was always my favorite part of the garden. But for years it was closed off during the light show. We were quite excited to see it open with lights this year.
In particular we were impressed with all the new bamboo lights.
We were so impressed that we went back the next morning to look at it in the daylight. That’s up next.
John and I went to Albuquerque for Christmas. Unfortunately we were sick, so we didn’t get out much. In particular, when we first got there I was coughing like I had some sort of plague, so I avoided people. We didn’t go to Old Town, or Jackalope, and didn’t see any of our friends.
We rented Mark and Steve’s casita like we always do. It has become almost a home away from home for us. Unfortunately because I was sick, we didn’t accept their generous invitation to Christmas dinner.
Toward the end of our stay I was feeling better and we did a few outdoor activities. We walked the local ditches (that is, we walked the trails alongside the acequias), that are just a block away from the casita.
When I was there in October the ditches were still running, but in December they were dry. I forgot to take a photo of the acequias, but it was pretty. By Christmastime the cottonwood leaves have turned a light golden bronze color, but they are mostly still on the trees. It’s quite beautiful. Here is a picture of one on our walk from the casita towards the acequias, which are just there at the end of the street where it makes a right turn.
This next photo is of a beautiful metal and stained glass gate along the acequia trail. I want that!
Next up, more photos from Christmas in Albuquerque.
I’ve never particularly liked pecan pies; they seem to heavy and sweet. I prefer a tart fruit pie, especially a smooth, strong lemon. But I was determined to learn how to make a good pecan pie, because John likes them. Every so often I’d try another recipe, and every time I’d strike out. John was polite, but I could detect a certain glumness. Those pies just weren’t that good.
Have you ever tried to learn how to make something that you don’t actually like? I found it hard because I didn’t have a vision in my mind to guide me. All I had was John’s cautious comments. It needed to be more “caramelized”, he said. Caramelized? As in onions?
After a few half-hearted attempts over the years, I finally decided this was the year to figure this mystery out. I looked at dozens of recipes, until I understood the main ways in which they differed. I learned why corn syrup is often used – aside from being cheaper than maple syrup, it also thickens better. I thought about what John tends to like and not like. (Bourbon? No.) And I realized that the caramel flavor he was talking about is browned butter. Not just lightly browned, but decidedly browned, just shy of almost burnt.
To get that caramelization, I was going to need to use one of the recipes that included cooking some of the ingredients in a pan on the stove prior to putting them into the pie shell. What a nuisance! Although to be fair, my favorite lemon pie also involves a lot of stirring in a saucepan prior to putting it into the pie shell. You can’t always just dump some raw chopped fruit and sugar into a pie crust and call it good! This lemon pie is an older picture from a couple of Christmases ago. Mmmm, now I want to make a lemon pie.
I ended up writing my own pecan pie recipe, borrowing ideas from multiple other recipes. And hallelujah, it worked! I made two 7″ tarts and they were absolutely delicious. Unfortunately I didn’t take a close-up of the amazing pecan tarts, but you can see one of them hiding behind the turkey next to the sweet potatoes.
This year we bought a lot of our meal already prepared from Whole Foods. I really liked not having to deal with a raw bird. But we tended to prefer our own side dishes. Maybe next year I can look into getting just the roasted turkey and doing the rest of it myself.
Here’s Biska, lying down in “begging” mode. I can’t blame her for wanting some of all that!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Maple Pecan Pie
For two 7” tarts or one 10” pie
FILLING INGREDIENTS:
⅓ cup butter
¼ cup maple syrup
¼ cup dark corn syrup
½ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
½ tsp salt
1 ¼ cup pecans
CRUST INGREDIENTS:
10” crust (or two 7” crusts)
1 ½ cup flour
¾ teaspoon salt
½ cup shortening
½ cup cold water
INSTRUCTIONS:
Pre-cook the butter and syrup: In a small saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Cook until the foam subsides and the butter solids turn brown. Add the maple syrup to the pan and continue to cook for several minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture is somewhat reduced. Remove from heat, and let cool for at least 10 minutes.
Crust: to make the pie crust, cut the shortening into the flour and salt with a pastry blender. Add cold water until it is just wet enough to form a ball.
Roll crust out on a floured board, and wrapping the crust partially around the rolling pin, gently lift and lower the crust into the tart pans or pie pan. Flute the edges.
Pre-cook the pie crusts with something set on top of them so they don’t puff up while cooking ( I set cookie cutters on the crust; anything fairly light that can handle the oven heat will work). Pre-cook crusts until set but not yet browning, about 15 minutes.
Make rest of the filling: Whisk eggs, add vanilla, salt, dark corn syrup and brown sugar.
Add the whisked eggs mixture to the cooled syrup mixture and stir.
Assembly: Layer the pecans on top of the pre-cooked crust(s). Carefully pour the filling mixture on top of the pecans.
Bake at 350º for 40 minutes for 2 tarts, 50 minutes for a full sized pie, or until the top is brown and the filling doesn’t jiggle.
Originally we were going to go backpacking in early October. When our trip was delayed until early November, we decided to go camping instead. It was cold at night and I wanted my camper van!
We stayed at Sunny Flats campground, which is only a short distance from the trail I had chosen for backpacking; the South Fork trail in the eastern Chiricahuas, near the border of Arizona and New Mexico. It was a beautiful campground.
Pro tip: If you’re coming from the west, do not follow Google maps and do not take the Hwy 10 exit to Portal. Both Google maps and the freeway signs direct you onto an interminably long, gravel road towards Portal that is heavily washboarded and absolutely bone rattling and miserable. It’s completely unnecessary. Just go a few miles farther east on the freeway, cross the New Mexico border and then exit going south on Hwy 80 towards Rodeo. Then take Portal Hwy west to Portal. It’s faster, and paved all the way!
We figured that out last time we went, and I can’t believe I forgot and made the same mistake twice. My old mind is letting me down. I won’t forget again. Even though I’m going to Portal, don’t take the Portal exit!!!
Instead of backpacking the South Fork trail, we went for a day hike. The weather was perfect and the fall color was beautiful.
We brought our lunch and a couple decks of cards on our hike. We found a nice stopping point about an hour in, and enjoyed the afternoon playing an epic game of canasta.
We were eating lunch and playing canasta within sight of the trail, and when people went by they would peer at us. What are those people doing sitting over there? LOL. Playing cards in the woods, why not? Luckily there were only a few other people on the trail.
The nights did get cold, but Callan was fine in the tent. Callan doesn’t get cold very easily and had plenty of gear. Biska and I were toasty warm in the van.
Here’s a funny story. Biska’s dog food contains two different sizes and colors of kibble. It’s mostly regular light brown kibbles, but there are also small round kibbles that are almost dark green in color. She tends to pick around the little dark green round ones, so we jokingly call them spinach balls.
Shortly before our hike, I spilled some of her dog food on the cement. I picked most of it up, but I didn’t bother with every little bit. I figured the squirrels would clean it up. Well, when we got back from the hike, sure enough, the squirrels had eaten all the spilled dog food – except they left the little spinach balls! Apparently even squirrels don’t like them.
One final funny thing from Callan’s trip. You don’t have to know anything about the game of canasta to see that this was one darn close game. The hands varied wildly, but the final score was so close it could have been a counting error.
The only part of Halloween that I like is the trick-or-treaters coming to the door. I didn’t used to even like that part, back in the days when there were tons of kids and I was always so busy and so tired. But nowadays I rarely see kids, so it is fun to see them all dressed up and excitedly traipsing from door to door. I also feel more a part of this neighborhood than I have with other neighborhoods in the past.
We get just the right amount of kids trick-or-treating. Enough to be fun, but not overwhelming. In addition to putting up decorations, I also answer the door in costume. And I hand out the good stuff – chocolates of course!
For Día de Muertos this year I put up an ofrenda, which I’ve never done before. An ofrenda is an offering for our ancestors. It’s a way to honor our loved ones who have died. The story is that the dead can come back and visit earth once a year on Día de Muertos if their photo is on an ofrenda. Also placed on ofrendas are flowers (especially marigolds), favorite foods and other things meant to be enticing.
Here is a picture of an ofrenda at the botanical garden:
This is not a tradition in my family or in John’s family, but it is very common here in the southwest, where John and I have lived for most of our adult lives. And it is a tradition that seems more meaningful that our “scary halloween” tradition, which just seems silly to me. In my opinion, our culture has a very poor attitude towards death. Mostly we ignore it, but when we do deal with it, it is with a lot of fear. Ignoring it is meant to make it easier, but I think it just makes it harder. We will all die. The people we love will all die. No, it’s not fun to think about it, but I believe we will be more prepared for the inevitable if our culture handles it more directly.
I have several people to honor, most notably John’s dad, Tom, as well as all our grandparents. I don’t have pictures all my grandparents yet. I’m hoping my mom can send me scans of the rest of them before next year.
I also included the photos of a few close friends who are no longer alive, including my ex-boyfriend Jack, whom some of you may remember. He proposed to me on a tiny sailboat in Glacier Bay in Alaska, but I didn’t end up marrying him. I gave him the ring back after I got home. I’ll have to tell you that story someday. I recently found a log of that Alaska trip all those years ago, and I have a few photos as well. It was quite an adventure and it’ll make a good story.
Jack passed away this summer, from a rare, degenerative neurological illness that he had for most of his adult life. Initially he wasn’t expected to live as long as he did. So although it’s sad, it is also good that he lived into his 60’s. It seems like he had a good life, sailing with his long-term partner Debbie, in the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands.
Photos are, from left to right: Jack; my grandma Opal; John’s dad Tom; and my friend, coach and mentor Phil, who died in April 2020 of cancer. The treats are: chocolate, apricot jam because Grandma loved apricots, and limes, chilies and cinnamon to represent all the yummy spices in life.
You can put anything on the ofrenda table, not only food but also other things that represent hobbies, etc. All the goodness of life. I should get a little toy sailboat for next year, because both Jack and Phil loved to sail. I also have a signed copy of a life coaching book that Phil wrote, but I’m not sure how enticing that would be. Do we miss our work in the afterlife? Maybe not.
Seven days until Christmas! And 13 days to finish writing about October, November and December if I want to be caught up by the end of the year.
In October we got to see Barack Obama, who was campaigning for Kamala Harris. I am less political than a lot of my friends, but I felt lucky to get tickets to this event, and was determined to go. I knew the large crowd would be intimidating, but I have never actually seen a president before.
Even the long line to get in was intimidating. The people walking away on the right are heading towards the back of the line (as were we, when I took that photo). You can’t even see the end of the line in this photo. Luckily it moved relatively quickly. Still, an hour or more in line is well beyond what I’m usually willing to wait for anything.
Once inside, we were packed, standing shoulder to shoulder. Luckily it was a friendly, happy crowd, or I think I would have bolted. As it was, John held on to my shoulders to ground me, and that helped.
We were very far from the speakers. This photo that John took is zoomed in quite a bit.
We stood forever, and listened to various speeches. I particularly liked the one by Tucson’s Mayor, Regina Romero. Finally it was time for Obama to speak. He’s an excellent speaker, very convincing, and we were all inspired to do what we could to help Kamala’s campaign.
As if we didn’t have enough of crowds for one weekend, the next day we went to a local car show. At least it was outdoors, and much more lightly attended.
The car show was right along the Loop trail, a bike path that goes all the way around Tucson, so we were able to ride our bikes there. Being near the Loop was one of my top criteria when we were house hunting. I like riding, but I’m not comfortable riding my bike out in traffic. Thanks to the trail, I can get to several great places on my bike: one of my favorite plant nurseries, several parks, a good farmer’s market, our local community center, several coffee shops, and even the local Lowes and Costco. Just don’t buy anything large!
It was just by chance that the car show was along the Loop. It was held on the grounds of a private school. Ironically, almost no one else rode their bikes to the car show. Huh, wonder why?
Political swag was not allowed at the car show, probably so we wouldn’t start shooting each other, this being late October. But there were some people who did more subtle things, like wear Trump hair wigs. I’d say it was a very different crowd than the day before at Obama’s rally.
I ignored all that and took pictures of the cars. Of course I liked the small cute ones the best.
This next one says it’s the first place winner in the category of “Rat Rod”. I get it. I’ve had days like that.
Here’s an adorable little old Mini Cooper.
These next ones are kit cars.
And my favorite Mini Cooper of all! A baby truck, awwww.
And a camper van! With lots of matching plaid things. Spiffy.
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