“Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.” – Richard Paul Evans I find that sunsets make everything better, maybe because it is fleeting or maybe because it’s a moment to stop everything and reflect. I have yet to find or do anything that a sunset…
Category: New Mexico
Photo of the Week 2/12/2018
“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Forgotten Friday 2/2/2018
“The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people.” – Walt Whitman Along with barns, I love abandoned/forgotten churches. These places have…
Storrie Lake, NM
Storrie Lake State Park, NM, US, (elevation 6,600 ft) located 4 miles north of Las Vegas, New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, is an 81 acre park with the lake itself having a surface area of approximately 1,100 acres. Open year round. This peaceful lake offers vast opportunities for fishing, bird watching, windsurfing, cross country,…
Photo of the Week 1/29/2018
“Simplicity is the glory of expression.” – Walt Whitman
Forgotten Friday 1/26/2018
“We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants.” – Hillary Clinton Before moving to New Mexico, I had no idea what an adobe home was. Now, I appreciate them and love the culture behind them….
Forgotten Friday 1/19/2018
“Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; And haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away.” – Walt Whitman I have a thing for barns, especially abandoned/forgotten ones. Maybe it’s because they symbolize a once easier time or because it was once…
Revamping Forgotten Friday
From 2013 to 2015, I ran a series of “Forgottens” photographs – from cars to homes to businesses. Because of my love for these structures, I am starting this collection again. Some photos will be revamped and some will be new. “Forgotten Friday” is back! This photo was taken in Northern New Mexico.
Keep going
“You never know what’s around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you’ve climbed a mountain.” ― Tom Hiddleston
No permanence
“We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.” ~ Zhuangzi
January Adventures 