hi folks, and season’s greetings. i got halfway through posting these photos, and realized i skipped a few from the end of November, so i’ll go back and update those when i post next…which will probably be when i’m in Ft Myers, Fla., right around Christmas! i can’t wait to get away from this CHILLY weather for a bit (visiting Dennis’ mom in Ft. Myers — any good seafood restaurant recommendations?). yay for vacay!
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Jay Fann, small business owner of Mancos Doors LLC, works on a wall hanging he called "Madonna and Child" in his discounted commercial space offered by the business incubator at San Juan College's Quality Center for Business on Friday.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nina Bennally, education coordinator at Navajo Ministries, helps Danielle, 8, get dressed Dec. 12 in the traditional clothing she will be wearing for the upcoming Navajo Live Nativity at Navajo Ministries.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Seven-year-old Ezra Holmes and his mother, Abby Holmes, heat up in front of the fire outside Berg Park’s Little Pavilion, lined with luminarias, where the First Baptist Church Choir performs Friday night.
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this was a bit difficult to get get a photo at. PNM’s security were informing me that they own the County Road connecting the power plant to U.S. 64., a half mile stretch of road … um hmm.
- Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; San Juan County Sheriff’s Office patrol cars rush toward the PNM San Juan Generating Station on Monday in response to power plant operators identifying an overheated piece of equipment which had the potential to be a fire hazard, according to PNM officials.
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- Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Vicki Miller, an aide at Mosaic Academy Charter School in Aztec, greets grandmother and Mosaic volunteer Kim DeSpain in front of the school after returning from a lunchtime walk under the cover of a standout umbrella Monday.
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- Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Joseph Archuleta, an employee at the Roadrunner Car Wash, shovels snow out of the driveway and car ports at the Aztec establishment Monday during continued snowfall.
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- Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Shiprock artist Christine Lewis sits at a table with her horsehair pottery on display during the first day of the Christmas Bazaar at the Shiprock Chapter House on Thursday. The event is scheduled to run at the Shiprock Chapter House through Dec. 12, the 14, and Dec. 16-24.
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- Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; McCormick Elementary fifth-grader Jose Dominguez, 11, tosses the end of a constrtuction-paper chain onto the Christmas tree at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites on Friday. Erin Acosta, director of sales for the hotel on Bloomfield Boulevard, said they donated $300 to McCormick Elementary’s fifth-grade art program, and in return students made ornaments and helped decorate the tree.
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- Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Ten-year-old Ingrid Lopez, a fifth grader at McCormick Elementary, takes a trip around the large Christmas tree Friday, pausing occasionally to admire the decorations.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bryant Hart, who celebrated his sixth birthday Tuesday in Carolyn Velasquez's Ladera Elementary School kindergarten class, helps make luminarias Tuesday at San Juan College. Farmington-area elementary school students are helping to make nearly 20,000 luminarias Tuesday and Wednesday, according to San Juan College's Linda Baker, and people can tour the finished display Saturday beginning at 6 p.m.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Nine-year-old Lance Eldridge, of Newcomb, turns around to wait in lightly falling snow for his family after eagerly leaving Kmart on Saturday with a new remote-controlled car after the annual 'Shop with the Posse' event.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Farmington twins Eve and Jose Mitchell, 4, talk to Santa Claus in Kmart on Saturday after they made the rounds during 'Shop with the Posse.'
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Kirtland Central and Bloomfield players, from left, Whittany Boyd, Sabastian Russell, Damien Charley and Luis Villanueva, reach to bring in a loose rebound after a missed Bobcat shot during the second half of Tuesday night's game in Kirtland.
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Xavier Mascareñas/The Daily Times; Bloomfield High wrestler Mikey Loy, competing in the 135-pound weight class, shows his disappointment with losing the championship match to Ignacio High's Casey Haga Saturday in Bloomfield.
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