The Old Timers Reunion

Every year in July, the weekend after the fourth, Magdalena holds its Old Timers Reunion come rain or come shine. Sometimes it's almost deadly hot; this year it rained buckets, though that never cancels out the rodeo because, well, this is the West after all. No cowboy worth a damn is gonna cry over a little mud on his boots. This is our fourth summer here and the first time I've managed to get good pictures -- here are a few, and the rest are on a Flickr slideshow. Enjoy!


Our friend Gerry, waiting patiently for the parade to start (and end)


One of the town's many vintage car enthusiasts


Alamo Navajo dancers (from the small rez 30 miles NW of town)

A sunny day

We went to Jai's birthday party today, and Marin (our marvelous babysitter, who is going off to college a year early -- sniff) was there. I asked her to pose with the kids for a moment, but she was otherwise off duty! (She handled the kids wonderfully for four long days last week, and not only did I not want to impose on her AT ALL today, I'm also broke now!) ;-)

Just pictures

Sherlock Sanchez (looking for ants) and Maggie pretending to be in a studio portrait (actually an action shot on our recent camping trip):