Home for New Year.

Happy New Year All

As we did last year, we put our RV, CharLi in covered storage in Tempe, AZ last Friday and drove home.  Takes a day and a half of easy boring driving and we were ready to get back to the barn.  So it was west of I-10 to 210 to I-5 and north on I-5 to I-80 at Sack of Tomatoes then east and north east.  Stopping for the usual shopping and filling up the larder for home and we arrived by 3 PM Saturday December 29.

Happy New Year Morning in our back yard

So here we are in this beautiful cold, frosty forest again, we call home.  Both of us under the weather a little from exposure to a 2 year old petri dish we love and adore named Zana who is my great niece, and thankful the first few days are relaxed. The typical mid winter dry spell is upon us, with sunny skies warming the temps up to a balmy 48-50 during the day.  Wood fire in fireplace burning non-stop this time of year.

Backyard frost

So we settle into a "routine" if there is such a thing.  I am back at the office weekdays and Sraddha working on various projects around house and community.  Arizona still vivid in some ways, dreamlike in others.  And CharLi awaits re-awakening in Arizona for our our return in March.

Wisteria - The Randomness of Splendor

Late afternoon sunlight reflects on trees in distance

While most visitors to the Crystal Hermitage Gardens arrive during mid morning to mid afternoon, the light is much better and softer at this time of year towards the late afternoon, early evening.  When I arrived around 5:30 PM, I found no visitors.  Having the wonderland garden all to myself, I wandered around seeking out new views and perspectives.  Mandala, who runs the shrine, suggested several locations for photos.  Here are some of the results.  Click on the image to enlarge.

The tall wisteria tree is in full bloom.  

The Splendor of randomness

The Evening light (compare to previous blog post of morning light)