Daily Postcard: Light Snow Falling On Central Avenue
Daily Postcard: Light snow falling Friday night on Central Avenue. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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Lilia Holcomb Shadowboxes In 2020 Virtual Festival Of Trees
Artist Lilia Holcomb captures elegance in her unique shadowboxes available for purchase today in the 2020 Virtual Festival of Trees here. Courtesy/LARSO
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO
The ties are strong when you become a member of the senior centers in Los Alamos and White Rock.
Lilia Holcomb is one senior who is “nifty in her nineties” and as creative as ever. She was born in 1927 and grew up on a farm. Her family was poor and so little money allowed creativity to bloom as Holcomb found unique ways to entertain herself.
The little girl with the artistic nature discovered the art Read More
Handsome Buck Spotted On Canyon Road
A handsome buck is spotted Wednesday on Canyon Road. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
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Daily Postcard: Clouds Break Over Anderson Overlook
Daily Postcard: Clouds break Monday as sun sets over Anderson Overlook. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More
Thanksgiving Surprise Hidden In Rock On Navajo Road
A Thanksgiving surprise hidden in this unassuming rock spotted on the ground today while walking along Navajo Road on Barranca Mesa is lifting spirits all over Los Alamos. Photo by Julie Williams Hill
‘When I put my camera on the QR code, this old song came up on YouTube!’ Photo by Julie Williams Hill
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Northern Flicker Balances On Seed Box in Pajarito Acres
A Northern Flicker (female red-shafted) is spotted balancing on a seed box today while enjoying Thanksgiving dinner at a residence in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. World Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
A Northern Flicker sticks out the tip of its tongue while eating seeds from a box on the patio of a residence today in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. The flicker is a type of woodpecker, but it pecks soil instead of wood, mostly feeding on ants and beetles, but also other insects, berries and seeds. A flicker’s beak is narrower and more curved than other woodpeckers. Woodpeckers generally have disproportionately Read More
Pair Of Deer Spotted Hopping Fence In Pajarito Acres
A pair of deer is spotted hopping a fence Wednesday on Rio Bravo in Pajarito Acres in White Rock. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
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Los Alamos WinterFest ‘Home For The Holidays’ Dec. 4-6
Los Alamos MainStreet News:
Los Alamos WinterFest 2020, with the theme “Home For the Holidays,” will be different this year and run Friday, Dec. 4 to Sunday Dec. 6.
Due to COVID-19 and the current Public Health Orders, the popular Holiday Lights Parade will be replaced with a Holiday Lights Display 6-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. This is a drive-through event where cars can safely view some festive floats and decorated cars parked in the Central Park Square North Parking lot, for a “reverse parade” concept.
No pedestrians will be allowed. Float and decorated auto registration is available through Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Decorating Central Avenue
On the job in Los Alamos are County workers stringing Christmas garland topped off with wreaths on the light poles Wednesday afternoon along Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Creative District: WinterFest ‘Ugly Holiday Sweater’ Contest
Creative District News:
Los Alamos Creative District is hosting a WinterFest “Ugly Holiday Sweater” Face Mask Decorating Contest and giving away cloth face masks that serve as blank canvases for creativity.
It is free to participate, and awards will be given out to the top three winners in three categories:
- Adult (age 18+)
- Teen (age 13-17)
- Youth (12 & Under)
Prizes for each category:
- Gift card to Village Arts
- 1st – $30
- 2nd – $20
- 3rd – $10
Artists must use the mask provided, which may be picked up 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday – Friday (except Thanksgiving) through Dec. 6, while Read More
Daily Postcard: Snow Falls On Jemez Mountains
Daily Postcard: Snow on the Jemez Mountains Tuesday viewed from White Rock. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs Read More
Snow Falls Overnight On Pajarito Mountain
Snow falls overnight on Pajarito Mountain as viewed this morning from Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
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Daily Postcard: Foggy Morning In Downtown Los Alamos
Daily Postcard: A foggy morning greets motorists and pedestrians Monday near Central Avenue and 15th Street in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Scene of a foggy Monday morning on Trinity Drive. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Southwestern Artists Market Goes Virtual Nov. 27-Dec. 13
Goofball Turkey Lifting Spirits Around Los Alamos
A large turkey with a goofy vibe is spotted Sunday at a residence on Walnut Street lifting spirits all over Los Alamos. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
Father Theophan: Critiques Of Style
Various styles of pottery. Photo by Fr. Theophan
By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos
Art school seems like a lifetime ago. Twenty-four years ago I started the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at New Mexico State University after leaving my childhood family and moving 2,000+ miles from Upstate New York.
Culture shock, to say the least; living on my own for the first time and working full-time to support myself for the first time made the college experience less than leisurely for me. My grades dipped and my weight increased. But things settled and I was able to complete Read More
Auction Items For Festival Of Trees Virtual Event
This year’s Festival of Trees is going virtual. Check out the Betty Ehart Senior Center and White Rock Senior Center Facebook pages or the Los Alamos Retired Organization’s website to see the raffle items. People also can take a look at them from the senior centers’ windows. Bidding starts at $15 and increases in $1 increments. To bid on an item, email Director@losalamosseniorcenter.com, or text or call and leave the item number, the bid amount, name and phone number at 505.695.9139. The funds benefit youth and senior programs in the community. Pictured here is one of the auction items, ‘Whispering Read More
Santa’s Workshop Spotted On 45th Street And Urban
Santa’s workshop on 45th Street and Urban was a busy place Sunday as Lena Jackson and her sister Annie work with their mother Brooke Jackson on a Christmas display in their yard. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
Santa’s workshop on 45th Street and Urban was a busy place Sunday. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com
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Daily Postcard: Steller’s Jay Spotted Collecting Food
A Steller’s Jay is spotted Wednesday collecting food at a home on Barranca Mesa. Like other jays, Steller’s Jays are bold, inquisitive, intelligent, and noisy. They spend much of their time exploring the forest canopy, flying with patient wingbeats. They come to the forest floor to investigate visitors and look for food, moving with decisive hops of their long legs. Source: allaboutbirds.org. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan
A Steller’s Jay is spotted Wednesday collecting food at a home on Barranca Mesa. Photo by Selvi Viswanathan
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Daily Postcard: Buck Relaxes Under Pine Tree
Daily Postcard: A buck relaxes under the shade of a pine tree Sunday morning near Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church on Canyon Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
