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      First tulips and crocus of the year. 
         
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      Borage. Wierd plant. Very spiney with little blue flowers. Loved by the Elizabethans and quite edible. 
         
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      Foxglove in our yard. Our spring herald. 
         
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      Monterey - one of the piers complete with seagull. Seals barking on just below. 
         
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      Night time in the central square in Albuquerque. 
         
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      Cousins Paul, Roseann and Betty Jo in Albuquerque. 
         
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      Cousins Yetta, Julie, and Philip in Tucumcari. 
         
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      One of the 2 Weil store fronts in Ocate. 
         
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      The other store front in Ocate for Goldsmith & Weil. 
         
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      One of the original fireplaces in the Ocate homestead. 
         
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      Snow on the road from Ocate to Taos. 
         
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      First day at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House - snow. 
         
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      The Mabel Dodge Luhan Conference Center - our room was on the right side on the 2nd floor. Lots of Adobe. 
         
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     Santa Fe -- design elements galore - look at those tiles!
     
  
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        Rock striations and areas where cave dwellers lived. 
         
     
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     Our 3 felines enjoying the afternoon sun - Pickwick, Bandid and Pirate.
     
  
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     Melee on the tournament field between the teams.
     
  
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     Heraldry and pagentry. The 2 flags on the left represent Will and Robin.
     
  
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     Robin's bead embroidery class project.
  
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     Robin's free form peyote beading class project.
     
  
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     Pheonix - Desert Botanical Garden
     
  
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     Binks for dinner.
     
  
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     Grand Canyon
     
  
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     Grand Canyon 
  
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     Our companions - Melinda Rolfe, Jane Nicholas, Christine Tanabe, and Will. Missing from the picture Molly McLaughlin.
     
  
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     Grand Canyon
     
  
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     Picture proof Robin and Will went to the Grand Canyon. Under the bell at Hermits Rest.
     
  
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     Book bag stuffing with Karen Ringer, Will Ringer and Robin at Bouchercon 2014.
     
  
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     The view from our room of Long Beach Harbor and the Queen Mary.
     
  
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     The Long Beach Auditorium and conference Center.
     
  
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