Christmas is coming....

Haven't posted any pictures for awhile as I have been having too much fun with a new video camera and editing software, so haven't taken many photos....but here are a few from the past few weeks. Here's our Christmas Tumbleweed, all decorated with red chiles we grew in our yard, mistletoe we picked down by the Rio Grande, and assorted gummy-worms, candy canes, etc. I spray pained the Tumbleweed to use as a money tree at our friends, Terry and Brian's wedding. Annie was Matron of Honor. She and I helped decorate, cater and generally organize things. Brian, Annie and I are playing music together now. We bought a keyboard and small PA system, so Annie is able to play keyboard-drum machine and backup chords. We played downtown the other night for Christmas in Truth or Consequences. We also played at the wedding for Brian and Terry's first dance. Annie also knit Terry's snood (at least that's what she calls the thing Terry is wearing on her head.) Brian ordered his shirt from some western wear company and is very proud of it.
Yesterday we drove down by the Rio Grande and picked some mistletoe for our tree. (did I mention that already?) Anyway, here' some mistletoe, still fresh from its host tree.We took a ride up into the Caballo Mountains this afternoon and had a wonderful time picking rocks and exploring the back roads. I took some videos and may post those on YouTube at some point. I did post a video of our picnic yesterday. You can go to YouTube.com and search for homerhorns or go directly to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0W7cPQ-BsY Guess that's all for now. Time to watch some NetFlix and head to bed.

Picnic on the Rio Grande

Here's a video I did with some new audio recording/editing software I just downloaded (Its FREE! Hooray!) Look for "The Further Adventures of David and Annie in the Great Southwest."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0W7cPQ-BsY

SNOW

Woke up yesterday to snow on the ground. It was mostly gone by mid-afternoon, but it was a bit of a shock. Temperatures have been dipping into the teens at night and in the 40's during the day, but the forecast is for warmer weather over the next few days. We made a trip to Albuquerque earlier this week, and the mountains to the west were snow covered, but this is our first snowfall here in the lowlands (4100 feet).
Our friends Brian and Terry are getting married tomorrow, and we're expecting temp's in the mid-50's. It's kind of an indoor-outdoor thing, so keep your fingers crossed. Annie is the Matron of Honor and she and I are playing music after. (Brian's my trumpet player friend. About a week ago we took a trip to Las Cruces and bought a used keyboard to replace the piano lost in the fire. I also got a small PA system. The keyboard has some pretty sophisticated rhythm and accompaniment features and Annie is playing with Brian and I. She's all excited to be in a band and Brian and I are thankfull we don't have to play with some of the less-than-stellar drummers/bass players/guitarists we've tried over the last few months. Most of the good musicians we've found don't want to actually play more than occassionally and we're looking for semi-steady work. Brian plays Trumpet and Trombone. I do Sax and Guitar. This gives us quite a bit of flexability and we do Western Swing, Jazz, Dixieland (B is from New Orleans), Standards and straight Country. This lineup is small enough to work cheap but have a pretty full sound for a trio. We're playing for the Chamber of Commerce's "Christmas in T or C" on the 11th and also have a tentative New Year's Eve job. That's it for now from the Sunny/Snowy Southwest.