Photos: This week in Idyllwild: December 3, 2015

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In a rare weather event, Garner Valley had about an inch of snowpack Friday morning near Fobes Ranch, while the distant hills toward Idyllwild (May Valley area) had only a dusting. Photo by Halie Wilson
In a rare weather event, Garner Valley had about an inch of snowpack Friday morning near Fobes Ranch, while the distant hills toward Idyllwild (May Valley area) had only a dusting. Photo by Halie Wilson

 

A magnificent buck graced Tom and Karen Higgins with his presence in their front yard in Fern Valley a few days ago.Photo by Karen Higgins
A magnificent buck graced Tom and Karen Higgins with his presence in their front yard in Fern Valley a few days ago. Photo by Karen Higgins

 

Tara Rose Davison performed at Cafe Aroma Saturday afternoon, bringing classical guitar to the patrons as they dined. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Tara Rose Davison performed at Cafe Aroma Saturday afternoon, bringing classical guitar to the patrons as they dined.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

 

Kinsey Kretsinger and Archer Scott enjoy Idyllwild Library volunteer Virgina Lumb’s seasonally themed story time reading Monday at the library. Photo by John Drake
Kinsey Kretsinger and Archer Scott enjoy Idyllwild Library volunteer Virgina Lumb’s seasonally themed story time reading Monday at the library.
Photo by John Drake

 

Evelyn and Carter Johnson are the first to drop their letters to Santa in the box bound for the North Pole. Santa’s helpers are (from left) Sherry Kaufman, John Aussenhofer, Postmaster Kelly Gates and Christina Reitz. The mailbox will be in the Idyllwild Post Office lobby until Friday, Dec. 18, for children to send Santa their Christmas wishes. Santa allows the Town Crier to print the letters in the Christmas edition for readers to enjoy. Photo by Halie Wilson
Evelyn and Carter Johnson are the first to drop their letters to Santa in the box bound for the North Pole. Santa’s helpers are (from left) Sherry Kaufman, John Aussenhofer, Postmaster Kelly Gates and Christina Reitz. The mailbox will be in the Idyllwild Post Office lobby until Friday, Dec. 18, for children to send Santa their Christmas wishes. Santa allows the Town Crier to print the letters in the Christmas edition for readers to enjoy. Photo by Halie Wilson

 

Penelope Smrz, visiting the Wonderland of Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park for Thanksgiving, cannot resist catching up on the latest news in the Town Crier. Photo by Alois Smrz
Penelope Smrz, visiting the Wonderland of Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park for Thanksgiving, cannot resist catching up on the latest news in the Town Crier.
Photo by Alois Smrz

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