Stephanie Hilvitz

oh the blog...and vacation sharing

I miss the hay days of art blogging...I've gone back and forth about giving this typepad blog up...hanging on for now. I love being able to look back as much as the sharing/learning/community.

So, first summer getaway, totally unplugged, which was lovely and relaxing...San Isabel, our little family tradition, Tess and Pete and friend Paul joining us.

Quiet downtime at our cabin, watching the weather change, drawing...eating, laughing, plenty of beer and wine

hiking to the water slide...lots of water this year, wild flowers are late, maybe too much water

finding our own spot on the lake just to sit and relax...a bit of fishing too

and a visit to Bishop's Castle, so interesting to see how it's grown over the years! A new entrance with a draw bridge over a mote...more iron walkways, even has a website now!

sweet...

 

a Community Gathers in the Spring

Spring is slowly settling in...in the distance can be seen a Great Blue Heron Rookery, Greg captures some of the activity up close and personal....

looking closer, the Great Horned Owl that we heard was also in this community, 

on the left, looking a bit like a cat high up in the trees

and a pair of Red Tail Hawks riding the waves...

will be keeping our eyes on this community

Reflections...Reflecting

reflecting on the past year...so much to savor, lots to build on...challenges, sure...but happy to be here, now

 

reflect on the year
savoring the here...and now

mapping the future

Haiku my heart, bringing me to the table

Dazzling Day

blue sky day and fresh white snow

let the new year begin

blue sky, fresh white snow

crisp air ringing in the new

sweet and dazzling

Haiku my heart into the new year

 

Holiday Gifts

our holiday gifts...a rendezvous in the mountains

to hang out...play games...laugh

make food

eat food...drink wine

and walk back and forth to relaxing hot springs...taking in this view...the steam rising from the contrast between hot water and cold air

shadowy figures and hushed voices

relaxing massage

our holiday gifts, bountiful

love these guys!

 

 

the Birthday...continued

a short drive from Santa Fe is Ghost Ranch...a magical property where we hiked the Box Canyon trail and where in the early 1900's cattle rustler brothers used to hide their stolen goods

we walked for a while and came across this sign...yes, the beginning of our hike...we saw this sign 3 times!! before finally found the trail into the box canyon

we walked along what looked like a recent slide area and Greg commented I wonder what that sounded like coming down...and then...a little slide, right on cue

the walls get higher as you walk along the stream bed

and then the box canyon..this is what you see looking up

thanks hon for hanging with me here and trusting what was ahead

 

 

Finding my Cool...

on the water...the 4th was spent

finding a cove of our own

views of golden grasses, milkweed...distant mountains, big sky

and impending storm...we paddled furiously to beat the lightening and rain.  Even so, lovely and relaxing.  

Hope you enjoyed a wonderufl weekend and found ways to find the cool.

Good G'Knight

The 4th annual G'Knight ride...the cold and rain did not deter, still thousands came out

we did seek shelter while it poured...

but we had rain gear, we're prepared...route takes us downtown

through neighborhoods

 

sweet rides...

How can 14 miles take 2 1/2 hours, becuase honestly, this should be called the pub tour

we tasted at Lefthand...

Oskar Blues Tasty Weasel

300 Suns

friendly city staff and police helped with traffic and get us on the bike path

long shadows led the way back 

Food and music into the night...join us next year, won't you 

Spring! Light

it's still all about the light, the soft browns of a lingering winter

and some funny shadow play walking along what was once the river bed

I came upon this huge...really big...fish skull, think maybe 36" - 40" fish...it did come home with me

and so much beauty in the remains of the terrible flooding

bracing for spring thaw

reveling now...in the light

that fine balance

Haiku my Heart

Postcards from Reality

a break from Cuba and Mexico and a bit of my current reality...winterwonderland, a walk along the small part of the re-opened Greenway...signs of flood damage startling, even under the cover of white

Greg capturing the geese and the scenes above ground...a HUGE tree that was slammed and wedged into the bridge

me...under the bridge

photographer down...

more Postcards from Paradise