HamiFami "January" 2021

 Our band (The Front Porch Pickers) continue to get together every Friday night at our neighbor's house. Sometimes we do gigs for special occasions at the businesses. This was our first time playing inside the Bristlecone General Store, newly owned by our friend and neighbor Liz Woolsey. 

Ava and her classmates have guitar class at school. She really seems to enjoy it and is a quick study. 

Willow has been practicing staying flexible and is determined to keep working on her form :)  

I consider it to be lucky any time we get an opportunity to ice skate. 

Fortunately, we got to make circles on Silver Creek! Covid still hung over everyone's head and everyone was socially isolating. I did a video on this little adventure you can watch (Here). 

I chuckled at the song titled "Six feet apart" by Alec Benjamin. At least we had the wide open county to wander and play. Isolating at home can feel claustrophobic after a while. 

*Push Play* 

2020 ~ It's a Wrap!

 What a memorable year 2020 will be.  Lessons learned in a world that feels like a twilight zone. We all adjust to a new normal. There were highs and lows this year. I feel just as beaten as everyone else as we endured a steady downward spiral of lows. The year of highlighting the importance of our "lungs." Between the pandemic (Covid -19 virus robbing people of their respiratory health), political unrest, and mental health crisis.... it was important to BREATHE. Self care became a priority, not a privilege.

I feel like I didn't do too much photography this year but I guess I did! We wandered and walked. I watched as many sunsets as I could from our driveway. Reflections this year could be made into a book. But, I'll keep it simple and end this blog on the year like I usually do.  These pictures are not in any order. Images captured as we remained home. 
Highlights this year was a camping trip up Mt. Washington, sitting in the magic grove. Comet Neowise was a gift on my 40th birthday, that was memorable. I was able to take photos of it with my kids. The great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn was notable, shining bright like a Christmas star in December. 
We ended the year being able to ice skate three different local spots! I needed more than ever this year to find and create those moments of "awe." Goodbye 2020. 

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