Bernard Pastel by Pamela Koster

Bernard Pastel by Pamela Koster
Bernard the Magnificent
Showing posts with label skiing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skiing. Show all posts

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Spectacular snow

If you haven't booked to come skiing in Taos yet-- what are you waiting for?! The snow up at the Taos Ski Valley is absolutely perfect-- 2 feet this week alone. Our guests have been raving about the skiing conditions up at the Ski Valley. Everybody knows about how great the Taos Ski School is-- nationally rated in the top three- but even more interesting is the popularity of our new snowboard lessons. As many people may know, the Taos Ski Valley only opened up the slopes to snowboarders a scant few years ago and already we've heard rave reviews about the snowboarding lessons that are available.

And while its frosty & powdery up at the Ski Valley, it's been lovely and warmish down here at the base of the mountain-- perfect weather for hitting our great Taos art galleries and museums and the funky area shops.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Post Holiday Life at the Cottonwood B & B

Wow, another month and a half has flown by. We were packed here at the Cottonwood Inn, many interesting guests from all walks of life. The skiing was good over the Christmas holiday and most of our guests found the time (and energy) to spend a few days up at the Taos Ski Valley.

Around the first of the year my Dad came to visit and we built the long-anticipated day run for the chickens. We had an interesting time working in the 10 degree weather and digging post holes in the frozen ground. Of course that activity finally answered a topic of some debate around here-- just how deep does the ground freeze. Well, not too deep-- about 3 or 4 inches in most places. This means that I have some hope for a few bulbs that got left in the ground last year. Who knows?

We were given an old barn gate by a friend and Brantly and I have spent some time trying to get it set into the frame. We're about half-way there and pictures are forthcoming.

Very cool guest Pamela C. gave us a FANTASTIC oil pastel of our bad boy Bernard. Pamela is an artist down in the Albuquerque area who found a muse in my ill-tempered rooster. Thank you Pamela, we love our new art work! Again, a photo of the painting is forthcoming....