One With Salt

The big Reveal - Bedroom

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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something....?

The Big Reveal - Kitchen

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Two and a bit years (and a whole lot of subway tile!)

Now the Big Reveal

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Before shot is March 2008, after shot is July 2010

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Beautiful late afternoon storms on Highland Ave

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Just a random crazy sunset...probably round July or August

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Picnic table and truck

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Magic Hour in Marfa

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The fence from all angles! Hopefully the below freezing temps dont kill the honeysuckle before it has a chance to start growing!

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And some wider shots!

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Newly planted Mexican Feather grass by the side of the house, and Russian Sage in front.

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Top to bottom; Sedum, Spineless Prickly Pear, Agave (with pups). All doing well when i left in September! Fingers crossed for 2011!

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Sunrise at Chinati - a one-off breakfast occasion in September...

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Marfa Festival of Lights Parade

Breakfast View...

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....from a "noted" Marfa ranch...

Flowering barrel cactus!

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Production office!

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Home for the next two months!

Where's Waldo?

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I still get excited when the train goes by...

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...but I kinda prefer the freight trains...

Bird on a wire!

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Goooood morning Marfa!

Chinati pool

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South of Marfa in the morning...

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Clouds are surreal in west Texas!

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Pretty!

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A trailer park like no other...

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This IS Pinto Canyon Road

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Cows on Pinto Canyon Road

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Truck on Pinto Canyon Road

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Two people and two trailers!

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View of a Marfa trailer

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Just tell me when...

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....the bunny pics get boring. I can't help myself!

Getting pretty comfortable with me!

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Bunny taking a sunbreak....

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...under the Russian Sage

Rainy season continues!

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DJ Camp at The Capri

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Hard to spot but there's a ten year old spinnin' vinyl back
there ....and he's matchin' beats too!

Bunny's pretty comfortable!

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Grass is always greener...

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....after it rains. Grass (and weeds) growing like crazy! Except in
that weird corner patch...strange!

Where's Waldo?

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Thought I kept seeing the same bunny, turns out I have 2! Spot them?

Latest upgrade!

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The ceiling fan, combined with last winters's insulation installation,
really made the little casita very comfortable during June's heat.
Still working on an outdoor table and fence!

Starlight Theater at dusk

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The majestic Santa Elena canyon!

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Headed down to Terlingua this weekend. Packed a lot into 36 hours! Stayed at Upstairs at the Mansion Highly recommended! Dinner at Starlight Theater, play at La Kiva, and drinks back at Starlight. Next day canoeing on Rio Grande and a hike to Fern Canyon. Good Times!

View from Upstairs at the Mansion, Terlingua

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Rainbow over Marfa

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Truck at Sunset

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Mid-afternoon margarita break!

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Monsoon in Marfa!

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Proud owner...

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...of the smallest house, and now coolest truck, in town!

Candelia!

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And this one is mixed with a little Mexican Christmas cactus (I think
that's what they called it)

A gardener's best tool...

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...is a good margarita! Because the time it takes to drink it is about
the same amount of time that it takes to soak a hole and make it easy
to dig and place this desert willow!

Cat & Truck are perfectly at home

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Grasses

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Two Mexican grasses doing ok...not all of them doing as well
unfortunately...but these are so pretty! Definitely need to get some
more.

My pride & joy

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The ocotillos harvested from the Love Ranch all four either have
leaves or have flowered! Wish I'd been here when that happened!
Perhaps with some more rain they'll flower again this summer!

Chollo (yes, also flowering)

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This is the first time I've seen most of these plants flower in my own
yard! The chollos were a gift from an old neighbor...I have two and
both are doing well!

Another yucca

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This one I bought...but look at the pups growing below and the spear
growing at the top!

Flowering yucca!

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Look back at some of the earlier pics to see how this has grown. It's
one of the few plants that were originally on the property!

Flowering prickly pear at front door!

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My freshly painted kitchen!

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People always want to know more about the Marfa Lights...I can't explain it but perhaps this Weather Channel segment can .... (give it a second to load)

The Mengers Hotel

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The historic side...

More Riverwalk!

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Mum & Dad on Riverwalk, San Antonio

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The Alamo night time!

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The Alamo daytime

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Pecos River

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Highest bridge in Texas! On the 90, not I-10!!!

Flowering pickly pear on 90

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Monday night, Gage Hotel Marathon

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Compare to previous!

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It's grown sooo much!

Latest at Ballroom

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Griffo gets busy fixing changing lightbulb

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Griffos at Judd's concrete boxes

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The Griffos hit Marfa!

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...and spent a day at Chinati....

Late afternoon in Marfa

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Snow on the yucca

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Snow on the chollo

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Kitchen shelves in place, and again, please note David's efforts to style kitchen accessories...vintage hooks and dinnerware.

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Its been snowing this week in Marfa - sooo pretty!

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David's been working on installing my vintage farm sink today....looks beautiful! He's funny cause he's also laid out the dinnerware I had shipped from Fisher's Eddy. Shelves need to go back in the same spot and he's still finishing up the breakfast bar that will be on the right on the sink....

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Things are moving slowly but David did a nice job with the subway tile! Looks so pretty!

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New pics from David of kitchen progress - insulation in, electrical outlets moved around, and cement board in place!

Another pup!

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See the tiny little guy in the middle? Not there on my last trip!

Demo started on the kitchen

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Demo-ing half of kitchen to replace with cement board so we can then
put on subway tile....I was on clean up crew!

Portrait of Clifford

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Cricksis (sp?)

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Posing!

Clifford and Crickie lead the way!

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Sunday afternoon in Davis Mountains

Finally a baby in the Griffin family

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My agave is producing pups! Two in the foreground of the pic and
another on the other side....I'm a proud mum!

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An action-packed recap of last weekend's 24 Hour Plays in the Big Bend Sentinel Everybody gets a shout-out, including yours truly! I also donated an "angelic spririt" costume seen on Mallory, above.

Carmen's reopened....

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Crowley Theater

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The back door was rolled up for 24 plays....Godbold building in the
distance and train tracks to the right....

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my antique farm sink arrived while I was gone....now up to David to build countertops etc and Alfredo to install it! Maybe by the next time I'm out there....

Swing Gallery

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My friend, and ride from El Paso this trip, Amira! Dropping me back in
El Paso on Monday on her way back to Arizona.

Don't know how these guys made it through!

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We dug these up, sprayed with week killer cause they were next to
house (nice to know it doesnt work on plants) and then covered with
cloth!!!! Still they got through...

But even WITH the cloth....

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....the weeds will still come through. Looks like I have some work to
do Sunday, after 24 Hour Plays.

A lot of rain and no barrier cloth

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On the driveway I didn't use the weed barrier because I figured that
car wheels would chew it up....

Pecan orchard Fabens, Texas

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Food Shark: Best dining in Marfa! This is their commercial

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this one's for Dad - he checks the blog everyday and I've been slack....I remember seeing this girl shooting video one time when I was at Food Shark...click on the little pictures on her website for mini-docs about the "young" people of marfa...they're OK, but it's a pity that she used the same interviews for each of the pieces, if she'd varied the interviews each piece could have had a different flavor....still they're cute, and look out for Radio Rachel! For a slicker take on the mini-doc/video portrait check out this from auteur David Lynch. He interviewed 3 people from Marfa, and as opposed to the previous videos, where I knew most of the people being interviewed, in Lynch's I can't say I know any....yet!

Stay tuned for a landscaping update - I'm headed out to Texas tomorrow morning for some weeding & watering, as well as 24 Hour plays!

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Another party pic, from David
In other news, vintage farm sink and replacement faucet have arrived, so sink installation is next...still waiting for countertops....

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little soiree at the house Saturday night to celebrate the awning, the landscaping and the new appliances (no pics of those)...oh well, next time