“It is Wise Fool New Mexico’s mission to ignite imagination, build community, and promote social justice through performances and hands on experiences in the arts of circus, puppetry, and theatre.” Thus their moniker, “Changing lives one circus at a time.”

For those of you planning a trip to northern New Mexico I want to enthusiastically recommend that you get your hands on an Essential Guide Santa Fe & Taos as soon as you land in the state. It is a free publication that covers galleries/studios/museums, shopping, dining, spas, lodging, attractions, wine tours, special events, recreation and more.

As promised, Isbabro Ortega came by to install our new window pieces the day after Anna and I got them painted. We had hoped, when we ordered them, that they would help warm up the exterior of our somewhat severe looking old adobe house, and we weren’t disappointed.

You all have seen this shot of my yard about a million times by now. It’s the path back up from the land grant so I walk it every afternoon. You’ve seen it buried in snow or brown with its winter grasses. I’ve posted photos of it iced over and delicately dusted with snow. But have you ever seen it deep in the new grasses of spring?

I was having lunch at the gallery the other day and heard something outside. I got up to look and there they were. All four of them—big, strong, healthy and rambunctious—and EATING what was there for them outside.

Master carver, Isabro Ortega, delivered the window pieces for our Anna Karin Gallery. Anna and I were thrilled. Enough so that we set our alarms early the following day so we could go down to Espanola and buy paint before we needed to open the gallery for the day. And we set right to work painting them.