Taken from jwasbury's boat on the Hudson ...

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At least it was taken with my camera!

As seen from the Greyline Tour boat circa 1982 or so...
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Slide Rock Park, Sedona, Arizona - was there this summer. Our boys loved it.



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Taken in 1988.

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I turn around for a second and
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Enterprise Island, in the Antarctic
 

Christmas eve...

The gingerbread house, the sparkling wine inside
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The farolitos in the snow outside
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The neighborhood shuts off the streetlights for Xmas eve. Out go the little lunchbags of sand and candles. We moved in 18 mo ago and, after graciously giving us a pie and a bottle of wine, the neighbors started in with the "Let's talk about Christmas Eve..."

Pretty, though...

"Lunchbags"???

They're called Luminarias down in Albuquerque... Farolitos, by some, in Santa Fe... and I guess, Los Alamos...

Yeah! Luminarias!

Up here is LA we're an even stranger kind of norteno...

Preparing the luminarias
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Farolitos if one knows the local language and history; luminarias if you're from Texas.

luminarias in FL. too:D

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I love this weather.

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Christmas in NM and all the people trying to copy the tradition, please use the terms correct terms that have been used in SFNM for centuries...

candle-lit paper bags are called farolitos, and the pitchwood bonfires are known as luminarias .

Santa Feans venture onto snowy Canyon Road for annual Farolito Walk - The Santa Fe New Mexican

That's a scene from "Bad Santa"

I was doing some close-ups and used my finger to focus. I had no idea it was so dirty! :D My hands look clean! :eek:

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