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Hopscotch Playing in the driveway
Hopscotch has been around a few hundred years, and hopscotch on driveways used to be a girls game in our neighborhood when we were growing up. The game takes balance, co-ordination, and planning,...
Birdie Boobie Only the week's worst golfer gets to have this bird
The tradition in the group of " eight ", or the group of " twelve, " is that if any team gets a birdie on a hole, everyone takes a sip of " Fireball ", a cinnamon flavored liquor. If birdies are...
Camel Time Cerrillos, New Mexico
At the Casa Grande trading post and museum in Cerrillos, New Mexico, there is also a small petting zoo for the kids. There were, this morning, some fowl and goats in the locked pens, and, oddly,...
A day in Cerrillos, New Mexico Just past Madrid, on the way to Santa Fe
In the 2000 U.S. Census, Cerrillos had 229 permanent residents. On the road between Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and a few miles north of Madrid, another New Mexico ghost town, Cerrillos has even...
Prepper Money toilet paper, ammunition and alcohol
In every crisis, you learn what is most important. Across America, the one item most people hoarded, during this Covid- 19 epidemic, was toilet paper, followed by disinfectants, face masks, hand cleaners...
Highway 14 Between Madrid and Cerrillos, New Mexico
Highway 14 is a small ribbon of a road, two undulating lanes that roll and twist, that take traffic to Madrid and Cerrillos, New Mexico, and on to Santa Fe, or Albuquerque,...
Madrid, New Mexico in the Spring Good day for a Drive
" You an appraiser? " the ball capped man, leaning against a pickup, asks me as I stand in the street and take a photo of a house for sale. " No, " I say, " I'm just taking pretty...
G Blues Following the Roots
Playing the blues is basic. Practice makes you better. We can all get better. Following roots is what the practice, today. If it sounds good, it is good......
Decorative Art A Pretty Picture
When J.B. said he had a painting he wanted to give me, I wasn't sure where this was all headed. I didn't need another painting but told him to bring it over, and, if I didn't want it, I would...
Scotttreks Visits Embudo Canyon Albuquerque, New Mexico
https://youtu.be/qt3EEEWuagk Enjoy the slideshow......Scott
Waiting in Line Smith's Grocery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
It is not quite seven in the morning, and at seven the Smith's grocery opens up for senior citizens, those over 60. We, in this line, aren't asked for our ID's and grey hair seems to be good enough to get us in into the store at seven. A store employee...
Pat’s Deer April Snow, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Pat works from home with his computer, a big part of Scotttreks, behind the scenes, supporting Scott. Outside his office window, on a snowy day, his wife takes photos of deer in the front yard of their...
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