Volume 8 , Issue 51

Seasons Greetings To All

Winter has arrived early this year. Even before the Winter Solstice began later this week (December 21 in some places and December 22 around these parts).

It was Tuesday, December 19, 2006, 7:30 a.m., that we awoke to 3 inches of snow cover and heavy, wet snow was still tumbling calmly down to earth at a steady, slow, accumulating pace -- inch by inch. By 8:46 a.m., that same morning, it was doing some of the same -- leaving an additional 2 to 3 inches in the valley areas by late afternoon.

During Tuesday's snow fall, Sadie and NW Okie strolled out into the pasture looking for the horses -- finding them towards of northeast corner of the pasture (two horses standing out in the snow and the paint horse under a tree).

After saying our hellos, this lead mare (NW Okie), turned, headed back towards the barn/corral -- coaxing Sadie Pug out in front of her to keep this small black pug in sight and away from horses hooves. NW Okie knew the horses would line up and follow her in their own time and fashion ... eventually.

Here they came... Sadie, taking the lead out in front of pack, only turning back to see if she still had a pack to lead; the lead mare (NW Okie) coaxing, following -- second in line; then came Nugget closely behind NW Okie; Maggie, by this time, had fallen in behind Nugget; and the paint horse, Doquoti, was bringing up the rear.

It continued to snow until about 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, dumping a total of 5 to 6 inches in the southwest valley of Colorado, while the San Juan mountains measured in at 20 inches.

It was the kind of snow that makes for those surreal, photogenic views that blanket the Rockies around this time of year -- leaving a blanket of white covering the trees, bushes and anything in its path. It was like a childhood, dreamlike view that someone had just come along and left a heavy blanket of snow across everything in sight -- decorating the rockies for Winter and the coming holidays. It is Beautiful!

We did NOT have the blowing, drifting winds and icy conditions that many of you experienced in the Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and eastern parts of Colorado. We understand that the Denver airport had been closed for a few days... until about noon on Friday. AND... I25 & I70 running through Denver, Colorado were completely closed Tuesday and Wednesday.

Thankfully... the western parts of Colorado had a break from the snowy weather on Wednesday and the rest of the week. It was Wednesday that we made a trip down towards Farmington, New Mexico to pick up our oldest son, whom had flown in from northwest Louisiana via Dallas & Houston, Texas with an extra hour delay in Albuquerque, New Mexico before catching his next flight to Farmington, NM around half past noon.

The photo above, to the left is a picture of Doquoti (under the tree), Maggie and Nugget (enjoying the snow out in the open. All this graces our place here in rural southwest Colorado, south of Bayfield.


We know that Christmas is quickly peeking around the corner. AND... we have decided to try and keep this week's newsletter short, sweet as possible -- leaving all our loyal readers with wishes of Seasons Greetings & Happy Holidays to All!

For the rest of the weekend, this NW Okie (Santa's Elf) is going to finish up gathering presents for under the christmas tree! See you next weekend (the last weekend of 2006) summing up the Issues of the 2006 OkieLegacy newsletters.
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