Snow, snow, & more snow

Yes, it's doing it again. We've had about a foot down here at the Cottonwood Inn and over 3 feet up at the Taos Ski Valley-- all in the last couple of days. Right now the snow is drifting down and the weather is just around freezing. Earlier in the week we had one day of unprecedented cold-- with the morning temp dropping to -7. The chickens hate it, they are tired of snow and dreaming about earth worms. But our skiers are loving it!

We've had good responses from several guests about the local snow-shoeing and snowmobiling. A couple from Dallas raved about the snowmobile tour they took from Big Al up at the TSV, while newbie snow-shoers from both Connecticut and Albuquerque both enjoyed the their experiences-- one with the Stuart and Leah over at Wild Earth (the llama people! Yay!! Llamas!!) and our Albuquerque guest with the folks over at Enchanted Circle.

Brantly has been getting his work-out every morning shoveling snow off balconies and front walk, while I've been keeping fit raking and shoveling the chicken run as well as keeping their favorite dust bathing areas free of snow and ice.

Also, Brantly and I recently went over to Taos Clay and had a blast doing a raku firing as well as experimenting with clay on the wheel. Logan Wannnamaker, who owns the studio, is offering all types of lessons to fit every schedule. You can do a one night session (like the one we enjoyed) and get to glaze and fire a pot (made by Logan or one of his two in-house artists) learn how to throw a pot on the wheel, and then get to enjoy firing the pots you glaze in his outdoor raku kiln. The results were spectacular and Logan and his crew are the best when it comes to everything clay. This is the perfect way to spend an evening after a day on the slopes or a day checking out the local color in Arroyo Seco or Taos.