Mon July 2 - Dylan's Birthday!
Tue July 3 - Tours of Georgia O'Keeffe's Abiquiu House, 3:30pm
Wed July 4 - El Rito Fireworks! 7:00pm
Thu July 5 - Tours of Georgia O'Keeffe's Abiquiu House, 11:00am, 12:00pm
- Spa Day at Ojo Caliente Mineral Springs
Fri July 6 - Tours of Georgia O'Keeffe's Abiquiu House, 9:30am, 11:00am
Sat July 7 - Wedding 2:00pm
Sun July 8- Sunday Brunch 11:00 am at the Abiquiu Inn
Directions
From the Albuquerque Airport: Yahoo map!
Start out going WEST on SUNPORT BLVD SE. Go 1.7 miles.
Merge onto I-25 N toward I-40 / DOWNTOWN & SANTA FE. Go 60 miles to Santa Fe.
Take Santa Fe exit #282, Saint Francis Dr. This turns into US-285 N. Follow this road to Espanola, about 30 miles.
In Espanola, turn left on Stanley Griego Bridge Dr. Go 1 mile.
Turn right on the Los Alamos Highway. Go 0.2 miles then bear right and the road turns into US-285 N / US-84. Go 20 miles.
Take a right on NM-554 toward El Rito. Go 0.6 miles and make an immediate LEFT after crossing over the Chama River Bridge onto County Road 155.
Follow signs and Balloons to Drive 1706, El Sueno del Corazon. About 3.3 miles
Georgia O'Keefe House
Georgia O'keefe wore only black and white because she felt if she took the time to pick colors to wear she wouldn't have time to choose colors to paint in. When her house first opened as a museum the waiting list to get in was 2 years long. We grew up in the landscapes she made famous in her paintings and would love to share this experience with you.
Registry
Thank you for the many inquiries we've received as to whether we have created a gift registry.
We are gradually developing a registry at myregistry.com. We have our vacuum, lamps, mixers and even kid's toys so it is difficult to register for more things.
We tend to love antiques, earth tones and things with character, especially your special touch. We encourage gifts used by your hands, made by your hands or purchased from locally owned businesses.
In honor of Dave's hobbit feet, we quote JRR Tolkien, “Anything that Hobbits had no immediate use for, but were unwilling to throw away, they called a mathom. Their dwellings were apt to become rather crowded with mathoms, and many of the presents that passed from hand to hand were of that sort.” In other words, mathoms are things loved and used by you with a little bit of your history in them.
Here are some other bits of history. Guests invited to a Korean wedding often present envelopes containing cash or checks to the parents of the bride and groom, who in turn present the money to the newlywed couple. Guests at a Chinese wedding often hand the bride monetary presents in red envelopes (red symbolizes luck). There's an Italian custom called "The Grand March" -- the wedding reception ends with a receiving line in which the couple gives each guest a sweet in exchange for an envelope of money. During the traditional New Mexican "Dollar Dance," guests dance with the bride and groom and give them money as a gift by pinning it on to them, also the bride is kidnapped for a ransom.
Since we are traveling to Korea for Dave's work, we might adopt their traditions. Perhaps you can consider handing our parents money in envelopes. This way the bride (me) won't have to fear being stolen.
We welcome mathoms, creativity, money and your love and blessings, too.
Our deepest love & gratitude,
Terra & Davesomewhere around the New Mexico/ Arizona border...
The train rattled somewhere around the New Mexico/ Arizona border.
From the sleeper car we could hear the whistle blow.
Dave held my hand tightly and offered a small ring, slightly too large for my ring finger.
Come join our celebration.
El Sueño del Corazon
Abiquiú, New Mexico
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