For those of you who think that Santa Fe never sees snow:
Santa Fe is actually located about 2,000 feet ABOVE Denver. And we are over 1,000 feet higher in the city than in the Pojoaque Valley where the Renaissance Art studio is. So the three artisans that live in Santa Fe proper and carpool the 25-minute commute to work together have a delay!
When March rolls around at Renaissance Art, we start getting ready for our Spring Pool Party. Preparations include buying snacks, decorative elements, sun screen, and plenty of ice for drinks of course. Spring time is mild and warm here in Santa Fe, anywhere between the high 50’s to the low 70’s – just perfect.
Turns out our planning was a little premature for good ol’ 2008. Imagine our surprise when we woke up this morning and ran outside in our bathing suits to find - you guessed it - SNOW. Last night, it snowed a gorgeous FOURTEEN inches. That’s how much is on this pool chair.
Okay, we weren’t wearing our bathing suits at 7 in the morning (at least not today), but knowing that nobody would be able to make it in today we sent out a two line preemptive email to our employees:
Your choice today.
Work or play.
Normally when we get snow like this, our internet connection would go down because the satellite dish would be full of snow. About 4 weeks ago DSL became available for our area so we jumped on it.
We’ll keep checking in and post some photos throughout the day!
(UPDATE: Our dog Alexandra is loving the snow. We couldn’t resist posting a pic of her - I’m sure you can see why… and does the studio look like Santa’s workshop, or a gingerbread house? Click on the thumbnails for larger images.)
