Snow, Heat, and Azulejos

  • It snowed again today, just a flurry. That’s three days in a row now. It’s exactly how snow ought to be–frequent and light.
  • My husband fixed the heat. It’s a temporary fix, but one that we will have to live with for a few months while we figure out the permanent solution. For now, there’s a red plastic pipe arching over our front door. It looks sort of ridiculous but also cheerful. We call it “The Rainbow of Heat.”
  • We played our first game of Azul. The theme of this board game is based on a style of painted Portuguese and Spanish tiles, called “azulejos.” Though the theme is not essential to the gameplay, it’s very colorful, and we have nicknamed the five tile designs “Icy,” “Lava,” “Blueboi,” “Sharpy,” and “Goldy.” There are elements of the gameplay that individually remind me of Scrabble, Yahtzee, and Bingo, but as a whole it’s like nothing I’ve ever played before. You can read a little more about it here. I would definitely recommend Azul, and I think my husband and kids would, too.
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