A glimpse into our busy night. It was our neighborhood winter "progressive dinner." Appetizers, salads, main dish and desserts were all at different houses. Everyone pitched in even if part of the meal was not at their house. There were 16 adults and three children on the tour. We stayed up FAR TOO LATE, but had a lot of fun because our neighbors are so interesting and fun.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Bye Bye Snow
One day, we're out shoveling snow, and the next day, over a foot of it melts with a high of 50 degrees. The weather gurus explain it like this: the jet stream jumped, and now Boise is on the south side of it, which means unusually warm weather. It's a puddle-y world out there when snow melts this fast.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Snow Chair
Blowing snow has drifted under the normally-protected area at my front door. Maybe 7 more inches of snow tonight. We're doing a jigsaw puzzle and drinkings lots of coffee and hot chocolate. By the way....some good news posted from a commenter regarding Delsa's on Ustick Road. For details, click here.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Frozen Fountain
The fountain I have said I wanted in my backyard....is silent. Lots of fountains keep running in the winter around here. Maybe this one was shut off because of our recent deep freeze of below-zero temperatures. Here's what it looked like a couple of months ago.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Backstage at the Nutcracker
Little baby mice running backstage at the Nutcracker. It was an all-new production this year, and I think there were more children involved than ever before. I talked to parents backstage, and interestingly, although I thought the production was marvelous, the handful I talked to said they would not let their child participate again. Their complaint was that the new ballet director was not sensitive to children's schedules, and held them at rehearsals until 11:30 at night on school nights. The parents didn't feel that was necessary because most of the children are featured during the first act, and they should have been dismissed when they were done with their part of the show.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Christmas Tree Sale Promo
Christmas trees are for sale in this lot. Most lots use giant inflatable snowmen or candy canes to get attention. This is the first time I've seen a pallet lifter machine-thing used, and it certainly worked because it got my attention. Um....they also sell tractors at this Christmas tree lot (see the background).
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
December Mountain View
My favorite spot to pull over and take a look at the mountains above Boise. Notice that the sage brush has turned brown, but there is still some green grass here and there because our temperatures haven't been super cold yet. A little bit of snow in the mountains. There should be more this time of year.
Monday, December 8, 2008
Blurry...so Maybe You Won't See
My husband took this picture of something we see every so often in Boise when in traffic. Do you see it/them? Maybe the picture is too blurry...then you're not really missing anything. A clue? They're usually not red. It's awkward when you have a child in the car who asks what it is. I told my daughter it was a punching bag. Maybe this is all just a "Boise thing."
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Inside the Egyptian Theatre
We were at the Egyptian Theatre in downtown Boise twice yesterday. First, for rehearsal, then for the Opera Idaho Sings Christmas production. It's a theater that shows movies and stages music and small-scale plays and musical productions. Over the years, it's fallen into disrepair and been rescued a few times. The Egyptian opened its doors for the first time in 1927, complete with a pipe organ that is still there, and was used last night for the "sing along" ending of the show. More pictures of the interior at the "extras" page here.
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Saturday, December 6, 2008
Electric Christmas
This house is not too far from our place. Several houses on this street go all-out for Christmas lights. A couple more pictures on the extras site here. Although I'm a fan of simple white twinkle lights, my 7-year old daughter thinks this display is the BEST!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
Foggy Morning in the City of Trees
Foggy mornings have greeted us a couple of times over the past week. The Boise Airport used to be known for more flight interruptions due to fog than any other airport, yes, even San Francisco. Boise now have equipment that has lowered the number of interruptions, and we haven't been socked in with serious long-term fog for at least three years. Maybe we'll get it this year! City Daily Photo "theme day" today is circles/spheres, I point to the hazy sun and its halo in this picture. More theme day photos here.
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