Snow again

Last night's wind died down, and a gentle snowfall continues into the dawn time. There was that muffled silence outside as I walked the dog at 5:30, and it's relatively warm, about 28 degrees.

 Yesterday was tiring, though satisfying. I went to Durango in the morning for my annual audiology checkup ... got my ears set a notch higher. I noticed in the evening that the TV volume was comfortable two clicks lower than it had been. The audiologist told me there's a remote control I can carry on my keychain that can raise and lower the volume on my hearing aids, which might be a nice addition, letting me hear better without having to raise the volume for everyone (it would let me tune out some conversations, too! ;-}).

After a brief visit to a friend in a nursing home in Durango, I dashed back to meet Sandy at SWOS for their "stone soup" potluck. Sandy's sopapilla cheesecake was inhaled by the kids; neither of us got a piece. One of the students made a great pot of vegetarian chile, and the director's kale-and-sausage soup was outstanding. Sandy had a couple of requests for her recipe.

In the afternoon, a neighbor gave us some guidance on how to concentrate and network our computers and printers into the room that we'll use as an office and FeVa Fotos workspace. 

Then it was time to haul out the filo dough. I always make four pans of baklava for the library's Valentine's Day bake sale. It was nice when the last ones were out of the oven and the syrup was drizzled!

There was gorgeous color at sunset, which Sandy got some good shots of. It looked like there was an active volcano just south of the rim of the valley, lighting the clouds above it. tv