Monthly Archives: December 2025

December 11, 2025

I’m impressed! I was never good at jumping rope, and never even tried Double Dutch. Click on the picture for the video. December 10, 2025

This was taken by the Valles Caldera webcam last Thursday: This was taken yesterday morning: And this one yesterday afternoon: The temperature was in the low 40’s F up there, so the remaining snow was still melting. Down here the … Continue reading →

Andy wrote the annual Christmas letter when he stayed down here Thursday: Dear Family; Well yet another year has passed. I hope all is well with you and we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Here … Continue reading →

Only one of the bean plants has died so far. The others are trying to put out new growth. I don’t know how long that will last, but right now they’re taking advantage of the light coming through the window. … Continue reading →

In the cartoon below, the airline is Poor People on Discount. Franco is talking about the apparatus being wheeled toward the plane. It’s not an escape slide, it’s a gigantic shoehorn. In the cartoon below, Jon says, Look, Garfield! A … Continue reading →

Andy stayed down here yesterday because of the snow. It wasn’t that deep here, but there’s usually more up in the mountains so better safe than sorry. It was sunny down here in the morning: Then it was overcast for … Continue reading →

The last picture above shows our laundry room. I did my laundry this morning to avoid the snow, and I’m still thrilled by this little diagonal piece of sidewalk they added a few months ago. We no longer have to … Continue reading →

In her comment to yesterday’s post, Kaitlin wrote: We got so lucky driving back!!! The snow is beautiful when sitting at home looking out the windows! And today I received an email with the subject line, Tempi enjoying the snow … Continue reading →

To parts of the U.S., at least. The Weather Channel yesterday wrote, The first full week of meteorological winter is here, living up to its name. I was looking to see what the weather was like because Kaitlin, Torben, and … Continue reading →