Beautiful day.. and feeling lots better.. First DIane and I took a quick hike up the Dale Ball trails..   one of our favorite hikes 

later on , We all went for a hike with our friend Willa and her beautiful half wolf, half dog Raya

We also stopped by a Christmas craft fare at the same place we heard the Grateful Dead cover band  the other day

This being our final night here, we headed to Marias for dinner and soppapillas !

We went back to Max and Beckys and checked out soem cad for projects max was workign on.. such cool stuff !

another thing I did today was to complete (with ChatGPTs help )  a first prototype of some  code to allow me to download my blog into printable docs with pictures.. and text only docs for use in AI programs like  chatgpt.   It’s been a really fun exercise.. I’ve collected a whole lot of writing and pics in 18 years.. 

want to guess how many pages ? 

over 41,000 pages !

hard to believe !.

I had my first experience loading the text only stuff into ChatGPT.. it’s pretty amazing what kind of stuff I can explore that way

stay tuned for more info on this experiment !

nite all. nite sam

-me

I woke up feeling kinda sick.. fever and a bit of a cold. I was determined not to let it screw up the end of my vacation.   we ended up having a really nice quiet day. 

Max, Becky. Violet and I took a nice long sunny walk down by the creek..   turns out Becky had the same thing. 

Then Max, DIane and I drove downtown to check out our favorite toy store Doodlets.. It”s An amazing  place.. tons of stuff nobody needs.. which is what makes it so fun !

ax and becky had planned a dinner with us at a. really nice New Mexican place called Saxon this evening.. but both Becky and I were sick.

I was sad to miss it, but Max and DIane went on their own which was really nice. they had a great time.. This place is known for its Mole.. and they bring you a ‘flight’ of mole sauces to let you choose just the one. .

Diane brought me take out of some yellow tail tuna tartare. and soem of her fish entree.. both were delicious. !!!

hoping to feel better tomorrow 

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

Fun post thanksgiving day.. I woke up feeling kinda coldy.. but still felt like being outside. Diane and I walked down to the railyard ro the excellent craft fare there In the spirit of Black Friday shopping, 

Thne we went over and got Max and Violet and took a great long dog walk in the Frank Ortiz dog park

Onb the way home we stopped at the ffed store for chicken feed and rabbit nest stuff. They didnt have a scratch block, but luckily max and becky had one that only been eaten by the ratsd a little.

I had the honor to feed it to the girls. They were very appreciatine !

Later in the evening, our good freind Steve stopped by.  Steve and Kate live in Pennsylvania.. but he was Coincidentally here in Santa Fe visiting his mom. We all went together to the TumbleRoot roadhouse where Detrioit Lightning.. a great Grateful Dead cover band was playing. THe lead gitarist was Max and Becky’s freind Ben from MeoWolf. He was awesome  !!

Mid show, Ben called his dad up to play bass on a few songs. It was a fun and proud moment to get to watch  ,!

Im defntely coming down with a bug.. no worries. tas fun to be here. anyway

nite all, nite sam
-me

Happy thanksgiving everyone. I’m so thankful for the love and wonder we have in our lives.
.. and we’re so happy to be here with Max, becky and Violet. 

It had snowed a bit last night .. and it was cold and clear

DIane and I got there around 10 to help wiht cooking and cleaning. It was fun to be useful / Mx was in charge oif the turkey

Before dinner most of us (max, becky. Chad, Chris, Autum and Violet )  went for a walk outside..   On the way we foudn this hawk on a tree enjoying her/his thanksgiving dinner

Violet loved getting outsiude

THen it was back to prepping dinner

It was a great meal. Autumn opened it by reading a piece on gratitude by Tigre. a local artist that nearly everyone at the table had worked with.  (including me.. I helped them a bit  witht eh fear beast out at teh playa in 2022) TIgre died tragically  in 2023.   .. His connection with this group was very powerful 

I’m very thankful for this day. .dfor my family.. and for all of you out there I love. 
nite all, nite sam

-me