Catching Up

I've recovered from my whirlwind week, two trips to Colorado in a week's time, moving out of a storage shed and hauling some things here to Santa Fe and some things to store in my brother's garage. Big thanks for that. I am officially moved out of my storage shed!

The weather here is gorgeous, the fall colors are beautiful. I tried to show a video of the panoramic view but Blogger isn't cooperating at the moment.

This is the hill I walk to get to the spot where I shot the video. And it goes up even higher than this picture shows!

This is another view of the backside of the hill, looking down into the valley.

I think this is a gorgeous estate that's for sale, I'd love to win the lottery and buy this. see it  here.




This pic is of a very old church just down the road from where I live, La Capilla de San Antonio. 

Santa Fe River runs through this canyon

 

 

What a day!

My plans for today included going to a 2hr art demo being held at Artisan here in Santa Fe. I took the dogs out this morning, we had a nice long walk. About 12:45, I decided to leave. It seems like anywhere you need to go, I should plan for 1/2 hr to get there. I'm almost ready to leave, went to get my purse, and out the door to the car.
Oops, I realize I don't have my keys. Not in my purse, go back to the house and see them laying on the desk, which is right by the front door. The front door's locked. Usually I'll leave just the security door in the back closed/locked and the inside back door open. Not today.... It was locked too. Darn it all, what to do?
I tried the windows, no luck. I was able to get the screen off one window, but it wouldn't open. I tried seeing if I could jiggle the handle or pry my way in. No Luck.
So, over to my neighbors, we try to see if togeter we can slide the window. Still no budging.
I call AAA, since I have a premier membership, I have home lockout service. Thank God for that! So, I call AAA and they say someone will be out. My neighbor and I wait, she gets me water and something to read while I wait. She leaves then to meet her friend. I say that I'll be fine.
I wait 1/2 hr, call again. Told the locksmith will be here in 1/2 hr. It goes by, and I wait a little longer and call again. This time they say it'll be 10 mins. Yeah....right. I try all the doors/windows again, just in case. By this time, I'm ready to break a window. Fortunately the locksmith showed up before I broke the window.
She tries for 1/2 hr to get the door open, no luck. She finally decides she doesn't have any other choice but to drill the lock out. So, after another good 20 minutes, the lock is out!
By then, I'm light headed cause I didn't have any lunch. It's 4:00.
A few lessons I learned, don't fool around any more. Hide a key somewhere outside. Also a bottle of water, maybe a granola bar, a long extension cord cause the only outlet is at the main house. Be prepared...isn't that the girl or boy scout motto?
Since's its gotten very windy and chilly , I decide I'm gonna try building a fire in the woodstove. Here's the stove, and the cords for the wireless. See how nicely I taped them to the wall with my gorilla tape. For a first time fire builder, I think I did pretty well. No smoke inside and a nice glowing fire that felt really good. 

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