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Another year with my cute family

Another year with my cute family.

2025 wasn’t a great year for many people. For us, I’d call it an “okay” year—and honestly, okay still carried plenty of warmth. When I look back, what stands out most are the wholesome, silly moments: hosting our first friends’ dinner, and Joy and Dyson splashing around in a tiny kiddie pool like it was the best day on earth.

As the years pass, remembering a specific point in time gets harder. That’s why I’ve learned to **keep a few key moments—little anchors—**that can bring you back instantly. Photos help. Objects help. And for me, art helps most.

A Visual Time Capsule: Our Growing A to Z Art Collection

I’m a visual person, so this growing collection of A to Z illustrations has become my way of holding onto the moments that matter. It’s also a gift I love giving Angel—something meaningful, personal, and tied to the life we’re building together.

This year’s piece symbolizes:

  • The hope I have for our growth in Montour Falls
  • The love of our puppy babies (Joy and Dyson)
  • Building our next chapter with the Goldenrod Inn

And yes—there’s an Easter egg in the illustration: can you spot the goldenrod in the artwork?

Why This Matters to Me

It’s easy to let time blur. But I don’t want these years to disappear into a vague “back then.” I want to remember the tiny, ridiculous details—the laughter, the chaos, the small wins, the ordinary days that turn out to be the important ones.

This artwork is one of the ways I’m choosing to remember.

What I’m Looking Forward To

Montour Falls continues to feel like possibility. The Goldenrod Inn feels like a dream that’s turning into something real—step by step. If 2025 was “okay,” my hope is that the next chapter is steadier, brighter, and built with intention.

If you’re building something too—whether it’s a home, a family, a business, or just a better year—I’m rooting for you. 👨🏻‍❤️‍👨🏽🏳️‍🌈🐶

Bastianilkk Sabastian Delgado Illustration - Original
Bastianilkk Sabastian Delgado Illustration - framed
Illustration by Sebastián Delgado

Thankful for these great people we meet while living in BK

Brooklyn always has a way of pulling us back into its rhythm. On this trip, that rhythm led us to an easy, familiar night at The William Vale, tucked into their downstairs outdoor patio—cocktails in hand, city buzzing softly around us, and our puppy Dyson right by our side.

We were in town for a work event and finally stayed at a hotel we’ve long admired and hosted events at, but never actually experienced as guests. Being able to slow down and enjoy The William Vale as a home base made the trip feel different—less transactional, more like stepping back into a version of our Brooklyn life.

The night became even better once friends joined. I was sitting with Carmen and Dwayne, two people deeply woven into our everyday history here. Carmen has been Dyson’s long-time dog walker, his best friend, and even brought him to our wedding. Dwayne used to work at the coffee shop across from our old place on North 10th Street—someone we saw nearly every day, until daily hellos turned into real friendship.

After dinner, we regrouped for a casual cocktail, catching up, laughing, and letting the night unfold naturally. No agenda, no rush—just one of those Brooklyn evenings that reminds you why the city sticks with you long after you leave.

Moments like this aren’t about landmarks or hype. They’re about people, shared history, and returning to places that still feel like home. Every time we’re back, Brooklyn gives us exactly what it’s best at: connection, familiarity, and just enough surprise to keep us coming back.

My baby Dyson is cute art inspiration!

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Compromise has a negative connotation, but finding middle ground helped to revive one of my passions: painting. I graduated from college with an art degree, but I have not made any art in awhile. I have been thinking about painting lately, but there are many reasons as to why I have put it off. It is a hassle to set up an easel, get paints out, and find the space to create. So, I got an iPad and all those problems were solved.

My iPad acts as a digital canvas, there are very few limitations, and most importantly, no mess. I used my new found medium to combine what I know with what I love, and created a portrait of my dog, Dyson. My artwork allowed me to show off his best attributes: a fluffy coat and happy face.

I do not know if this will be a sustainable medium for me. I have to relearn a new surface, a new set of tools, and a new way of working. I am hoping one of the millions of ProCreate YouTube videos will help me spread up this process, but only time will tell.

He looks out on the morning mist

He looks out on the morning mist.

From the balcony, the river is a sheet of quiet glass, holding the pale sky the way a house holds a familiar smell—something you don’t notice until it’s gone. Across the water, the hills sit in a single long exhale, their edges softened by fog that refuses to hurry.

He stands at the railing and watches as if the view is speaking in a language older than commands. No barking, no spinning in place. Just that forward-tilted attention, the kind that makes the rest of the morning feel like it should lower its voice.

Down below: a curve of path, a bench waiting out the season, stones stacked along the shore like punctuation. Out there: the Hudson, slow and wide, carrying the day in without ceremony. Even the distant boat looks like a thought you almost remember.

The mist makes everything honest by making it unsure. It blurs the line between what’s happening and what you’re imagining, and somehow that’s comforting. You don’t have to name the feeling. You just have to stand near it.

Dog Overlooking Misty River: a small moment, held still long enough to feel like a place you can return to.

Everything the light touches…

The caption says, “Everything the light touches…,” and it’s hard not to believe it when the morning hits the floor in clean, angled stripes.

By the window, the room feels quiet in that settled way—like it has already decided what kind of day it will be. A small dog lies stretched on a dark, plush bed, paws folded around a worn toy, ears lifted as if listening to the house breathe. The sunlight doesn’t just brighten the space; it softens it, turning ordinary corners into something almost familiar, almost remembered.

There’s a table nearby with a patterned runner and a book left open, as if someone paused mid-thought and stepped away. The rug holds the light in pale patches, and the rest of the room stays gentle and still.

I like moments like this because they don’t ask for much. They’re not grand. They’re just proof that warmth can land wherever it wants—on a rug, on a tabletop, on a dog who has claimed a bed as if it’s always been theirs.

Everything the light touches becomes its own small world for a while, and if you stand there long enough, you can feel the day widen.

ZAMartz Best of 2019

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The most important events of this year boil down to 3 items.
  1. Angel and I are Married now and Dyson kicked off the ceremony
  2. We had an amazing month in Japan
  3. My parents finally sold their house and are down-sizing

 

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Top ZAMartz Instagram Posts of 2019

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The Goodest Doggo

Dyson has turned 2 this year and has his own Top9of2019 take a look @dysoncyclone we love him to bits!!

 

Compare to 2018

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Puppy Pool Party

There’s a particular kind of summer moment that doesn’t ask for much. A patch of sun on the deck. The wood warm underfoot. A small blue pool holding a thin, honest layer of water—barely enough to make ripples, but enough to change the day.

Puppy Pool Party is the name, and it fits in the simplest way. Not a crowd, not noise, not anything staged. Just a puppy standing in a fish-print kiddie pool, looking up with that steady gaze that feels like a question: is this all there is? And if it is—can we stay here a while?

The pool turns the ordinary into something a little brighter. The water catches the light. The painted fish float under the surface like a tiny summer world. The puppy’s paws make soft circles that travel outward, then disappear at the edge, like so many things do.

I like how animals don’t overthink joy. They step into it. They test it. They decide, in a moment, whether it’s worth trusting. And when it is, they settle in—not with grand declarations, but with presence.

Maybe that’s the whole party: a small body of water, a warm day, and the quiet permission to be exactly where you are.

Deep Deep Thoughts

A small dog sits with its back to me, ears lifted like two questions, watching the day through a bright window. Outside, everything is washed in light—soft greens, a pale street, the faint suggestion that the world is continuing without asking us to keep up.

I keep thinking about how dogs practice attention better than we do. Not the frantic kind that chases pings and updates, but the quiet, steady kind. The kind that can sit on a favorite bed and simply stay with what’s there.

“Deep Deep Thoughts” sounds like a joke until you meet a moment that’s too ordinary to be anything but true. A window. A pause. A creature whose whole philosophy is presence.

Sometimes a home teaches the same patience. It holds warmth, collects routines, and turns them into something like memory. In that familiar stillness, you can feel two worlds touch: the inside where you’re safe enough to soften, and the outside where everything keeps moving.

Maybe that’s what the dog is doing—listening to one world press up against another, making sense of it without words.

If you need a thought to carry today, let it be simple: sit for a minute. Look out. Let the light arrive. Let the quiet have its say.

Dyson, “I’m snooow much fun”

Dyson, “I’m snooow much fun”

Dyson runs straight into winter like it’s an invitation. In the middle of all that white, he’s a dark, eager shape cutting a path through the churned-up snow, tennis ball held tight like a prize he earned fair and square. His ears are up, his eyes are locked in, and his whole body says the same thing: throw it again.

Snow has a way of rewriting a place. It softens the edges, hushes the street, and makes even familiar ground feel briefly new. Every footprint becomes a small story—where you went, how fast, how excited you were to get there. Dyson seems to read the page as he goes, adding lines as quickly as he can.

There’s a particular joy in watching a dog take the cold personally, like it’s not something to endure but something to conquer. The air might sting, the snow might melt into slush later, but right now it’s all possibility. A ball, a run, a return. Simple rules, endless rounds.

Maybe that’s the best part of days like this: the reminder that you don’t need much to feel full of it. Just a bright green-and-blue circle, a stretch of snow, and someone who comes back every time like it’s the first time.

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ZAMartz Best of 2018

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The most important addition this year is Dyson, our newest addition to the Family. He is now a 1 year old Rescue puppy. He is half hound dog and half Blue Heeler. The love of our life and definitely a highlight of the year. I have also now been at Eileen Fisher for a full year as Director of DTC Project Management.

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The Goodest Doggo

I want to specially point out the new addition to the family Dyson our beautiful puppy @dysoncyclone we love him to bits!!

Compare to 2017

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My baby is sooooo handsome

    My baby is sooooo handsome.

    He’s the kind of handsome that doesn’t try too hard. Just a tri-color face turned slightly toward the window, ears caught between perked and relaxed, like he’s listening to the house breathe. The tag on his collar taps softly when he shifts, a tiny chime in a quiet room.

    I took this photo and realized how much of loving a dog is learning their still moments. Not the sprinting, not the chaos—just the pause. The look that says he knows his name, he knows his people, and he’s deciding whether to be brave or be cuddled.

    Some days the world feels loud and over-lit. Then a dog settles into the blanket like it was always meant to be there, and the room becomes its own small weather system—warm, steady, and familiar. If you’ve ever looked at your pup and felt your chest soften for no logical reason, you’ll understand this picture.

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    Happy Pride from our Family to Yours

    Some days arrive like a familiar coat you pull on without thinking—soft, worn-in, and somehow new again. Pride feels a little like that in our house: not a single day on the calendar, but a season of remembering what we’ve built, who we love, and how we keep choosing each other.

    This photo catches that mood perfectly: our dog, calm and watchful, wrapped in a rainbow bandana like a small flag of belonging. The colors are bright, but the feeling is quiet—steady eyes, a settled posture, the kind of presence that says, “I’m here.” It’s a simple image, but it holds a lot.

    Family isn’t only the big moments. It’s the everyday rituals: the familiar creak of the floor, the way light lands on the couch, the sound of tags jingling when someone gets up to follow you into the next room. Love lives in those ordinary corners, and it grows there.

    So from our family to yours: Happy Pride. If your home is loud or peaceful, crowded or still, if you’re celebrating openly or finding your way in private—may you feel safe, seen, and held. May you find your people. May you keep making a life that fits.

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