Cultural Saturday in Albuquerque

 Woke knowing it was going to be a packed day with errand, getting ready for house guest and some area culture.  First stop the Placitas Holiday Art Show.  I had seen info about this in the paper and we had an errand in Placitas already so it fit right into our day.  I was a little confused about the location as I had hear - near the winery, next to the church and something about the elementary school.  Turns out there was actually 4 locations with art for sale and those were three of them.  The paper said 80 booths, and I think that sounds about right.  It was a lot.

Did I buy anything.  I bought food.  I almost bought a Christmas ornament, I collect them.  But in the end, no I did not buy anything.  It did make me want to take an art class.  Sometimes when I see something I like I don't think acquire, I think could I make that.  If I made it I could treasure it so much more.  Not sure why that is.

I saw this sign and thought it could be helpful.  They do this art show annually, and I think one week before Thanksgiving is the annual plan. The newspaper this morning said that the tradition had been doing it in big houses that were for sale, but then one year one of the houses sold a week prior to the event and that really messed up the plan, so that canceled that little tradition.

After looking at one booth today I looked around for the hubby and he was talking to one of the ushers we volunteered with on Wed. (three days ago).   I walk over and they are both listing places that they might know each other...  I say, "Ushering three days ago... Popejoy??"  and they both nod, "oh yes that's it."  We talked to this lady at ton that evening. I have a really good memory for faces, and it's hard for me to understand that some people don't.

 This welcome sign is not part of the art show.  It's outside a company that makes cedar lotions and other natural scented products.  Company name Clear Light - clcedar.com
I almost bought some vanilla scented lotion, but I decide I should wait and see if I broke out in a rash or headache or anything.  So far so good.

I love this welcome sign, if it had been for sale, I would probably bought it.  I think I should take a metal class.

After the sale we went to the lot that we have purchased in Placitas with a color swatch page to decide the natural color for the stucco.  It wasn't an easy decision, I kept changing my mind every couple minutes as we looked at the houses in the neighborhood.  My hubby is pretty much color blind and the tones are all so similar that I'm sure he can't compare one to another with any strong opinion.  I alway preface my telling him about a color by saying things like, "Don't let this name sway you, but it's called Desert Rose" (that's my name... Rose, not Desert)  We picked suede in the end.

 I want to take pictures of the wild horses that roam around Placitas, but today I made do with someones horses inside their fence.  I was having fun watching these two work together to pick up this tire.  Teamwork in horses, is this common and I just didn't know?  They would get on either side of it and with their mouths lift it in air.  Why, other than to play, I'm not sure.  It was great.  Wish I had got the picture when they lifted it high... but I didn't know they were going to do it.

Tonight we did a volunteer stint at the Popejoy Theater and got to see the production of Blast.  I never know what I'm getting to see unless I research it, and all I knew on this one is that it is a lot of brass instruments.  Turned out to be more of a mix of marching band, color guard, flag twirlers, and a bit of dance team.  So when you look at the kids in band and wonder what they will do with that talent, there is a venue to move up into and make a career doing it.  The drummers were fun.  Drum line, or something like that, that's a whole different group that compete at the high school and probably college level.  Anyway, they were fun and that was probably my favorite part.  Great day!