Our time at T or C has been enjoyable and productive.

We have been here for several weeks and we have had the opportunity to do some work and see some wonderful sights.

We have had a horrible time trying to upload pictures for some reason.  Now that we're in we are going to make the most of it.  This is where we are at the present.  The home beside us is another Sower couple who are on leave and are staff members at Apple Tree lending their expertise as coordinators. 

Of course we got here before Christmas and our Daughter Rhonda sent us Kolaches (sp) for Christmas and I just had to put a little butter on one and nuke it for 15 seconds them devour it.

In T or C there is a Geronimo Museum and it is quite lovely.  Here a statue of the likeness of Geronimo is displayed.

They also have fossils which were located locally, this one of a mastodon skull.

There was a need for a light outside behind the kitchen.  This line will feed the light which will operate on a daylight sensor.

There was also a need to wire a couple of power poles for the computer lab.  It is quite dark in the attic and we added a light in the attic as well as the wiring.

One job was to split the wiring for the room lights from the switch in the next room.  I needed a hand getting the wiring in the wall so I called on my lovely assistant for help.

This is the beginning of a wall on which to hang two new water coolers.  We built the wall, installed the wiring and the plumbing---

---then we hung the sheet rock and finished it, painted it---

---and installed the coolers.  Cool isn't it!

We fell in love with the vision statement Apple Tree has posted in numerous locations---

---as well as the framed picture in the staff lounge.  Don't you just love this?

Of course Billie has been very busy with here filing and labeling.

Doesn't she just look at home in a file cabinet.  And special too!

For our daughters Jenifer and Rhonda we decided to include the next couple of pics.

Eat your heart out!

We visited Sparky's in Hatch the day after is was a really cold night.  Their statue/water feature wasn't working at all well.

One weekend we visited a bird sanctuary north of T or C.

We saw many of the birds we used to watch come through Nebraska on their way north.  We didn't realize that they spent their winters here.

And so do a "few" Snow Geese!

They kept landing like this for at least an hour.

We also visited a couple of places on highway 152 which goes from I-25 to Silver City.  This picture is taken in an abandoned cemetery near Hillsborough.  

We took a rest at the top of the mountain which the road traverses.  It was a beautiful drive but once is certainly enough for us.

Of course there are a few critters here that one doesn't want to get acquainted with---

---but outside our window we are blessed to see white winged doves---

---and on a walk in Elephant Butte State park we found a bunny hiding (at least he thought he was hidden)---

---and it is a good thing he was hiding as this fellow would certainly like to find him.

A few other great things we saw at the sanctuary was a duck water ballet---

---and an American Kestrel out looking for lunch---

---and a bunch of Northern Pintails.  Doesn't God have a wonderful paintbrush?

This flock of Sandhill Cranes will soon be winging their way north as far as the outer reaches of Alaska.

This Northern Shoveler will be heading north as well but first he is going to get fueled up for the flight.

But, until the temperature heads north of what we have been experiencing lately, they will all stay right where they are.