FRIDAY FUN

 This gorgeous Friday morning started out with a nice walk through Lincoln Park.  Jelly believes she's a much bigger, tougher dog than she appears to be.

For lunch, we ordered some food from Cafe Con Leche (Cuban), picked it up and took it down to the park at the end of Diagonal Avenue off East Marginal Way S.   We sat at a picnic table, near the shore of the Duwamish River and watched the boats and birds.  It was magical and the weather was perfect.

Back home I had to stop and admire the color on our Cone Flowers.

SATURDAY IN SANTA FE

I'm on my own all day Saturday, then.

I went to Abiquiu to see Georgia O'Keeffe's home.  It was great.  I really enjoyed it.

We woke up to a bit of a snow and it continued to come down a little.  I headed out anyway, hoping it would not last.  

First stop, Starbucks for extra caffeine (not much sleep last night).

Headed north to Abiquiu

And it did start to clear up.

I checked into the Welcome Center where I waited for our bus to the house.

The view from her house.

A small group of 12 and our tour guide.

The tour was great, but we couldn't take pictures of the inside.

I can understand her fascination - the light and shadows and colors, oh my.

The door she painted so often.

She's holding a picture of Georgia's gesture painting of the road in the background.

The painting of the trees down below.

After the tour around noon, I headed back towards Santa Fe.

I made a stop at the Audubon Center and went for a little walk.

 I heard the Wild Turkeys, but I didn't actually see them.  I saw Juncos with rufous backs, I guess they are Dark-eyed Juncos but just differently colored than the ones I see at home.  I also saw Whited Breasted Nuthatches, Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskens, small Spotted Towhees, and a Ruby-crested Kinglet.  Lots of House Finches singing up a storm.  Oh, and Ravens.