Southwestern PhotoBlog

Taking Off

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:25:00 +0000

These colorful ducks were taking off on Cedar Creek Lake in Texas.

Hubbell Trading Post Peek-a-boo

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:49:00 +0000

This retired horse enjoys peeking at the guests who visit the barn area of the Trading Post.

Cottonwood Majesty

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:51:00 +0000

A change in perspective- lying on the ground and looking up at the massive cottonwood trees along the bosque.

Goodlucks

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:06:00 +0000

The tire road sign, Goodlucks, seems to give a hint of which branch of the road one should take.

Log Cabin

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:37:00 +0000

This log cabin is located on one of my friend's ranch--his grandmother actually lived there!

Hello there!

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:23:00 +0000

This little white tail deer had her little wet nose right up against my car window--they are friendly up in the Brazos!

Morning

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:39:00 +0000

Nature's amazing dichotomy- blades of grass, covered in ice crystals surrounded by tiny bugs sculpting their individual circles in the water.

Where does the road lead in 2010?

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:17:00 +0000

Been absent for a few weeks due to a flood in my home and being a nomad, but I'm back. This sunrise image of the road makes me wonder if the new decade will be filled with beauty like the sunrise.

Heading west from Yeso, NM

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:57:00 +0000

Established in the early 1900s, Yeso, NM today is a ghost town-this old truck, facing west in the field, looks like it's heading towards Socorro, a much larger metropolis!

Standing Out in a Crowd

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:41:00 +0000

The uniqueness of clay sun faces on a wall in Taos, New Mexico allows one to really stand out in this crowd!

Punched Tin at the La Fonda

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:34:00 +0000

Punched tin light fixtures adorn a stairwell in the historic La Fonda Hotel on the Plaza in Santa Fe, NM

These boots are made for walkin

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:32:00 +0000

Santa Fe Boot Company has hundreds of boots to select from for you cowgirls or wanta be cowgirls and cowboys.

Happy Sun Faces

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:30:00 +0000

The happy smiles and eyes are watching you from Santa Fe on this the largest shopping day during the holiday season--be kind to one another!

Thanksgiving

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:01:00 +0000

Today's busy world often does not allow one to stop and be thankful for the many blessing we have, so take time today to slow down, take a deep breath and be thankful for the world in which you live.

Changing Seasons

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:24:00 +0000

The lifeblood has been taken from this large sunflower, after the first frosts and snow in Santa Fe.

Old Town Trading Post

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:19:00 +0000

Late night shoppers stroll in the plaza area of Old Town, Albuquerque.

Hairstream Airstream

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:29:00 +0000

Unique unisex hair salon!

Santa Fe Southern

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:16:00 +0000

Santa Fe rail yards provides an opportunity for artists to display their work on train cars that are stored there-bright colors certainly lift one's spirits contrasting with the winter sky.

Aspen Leaf

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:00 +0000

Volcanic rock, covered with lichen, provides a colorful background for the fallen aspen leaf.

Ghost Ranch Canoes

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:32:00 +0000

Abiquiu Resevior is used by guests at Ghost Ranch for canoeing--these colorful beauties are ready for winter storage--just in time since it snowed in the north today.

Santa Fe Territorial Shadows

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:40:00 +0000

The magic of photoshop help enhance this image of a traditional Santa Fe territorial building and the morning shadows decorating it. Love all the lines!

Wind swept aspens

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:50:00 +0000

Aspen trees, in the height of color, are being wind swept high in the northern New Mexcio mountains.

Fall Classic The Cattle Round Up

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:06:00 +0000

The annual classic of rounding up cattle from the high mountain country is here - frost in the morning and the promise of snow soon means the ranchers are moving cattle to lower ground.

My heart celebrates the Long Walk

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:33:00 +0000

In 1864 the US Government forced members of the Navajo and Apache tribes to walk over 400 miles from their tribal lands to the Bosque Redondo. A soldier has left his/her Purple Heart on a monument there.

It's Chili Rista Time!

noreply@blogger.com (Linda) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:55:00 +0000

Green chili is being roasted at roadside stands and the red chili ristas are hanging to dry. These are at the Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque.