extended autumn
November 12, 2017
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I can remember many a November in years past when the temperatures were well below zero and snow was flying fast and furiously. This year, the collective "we" in New Mexico are spoiled. The weather has been a delight as we experience an extended autumn. Although it is dry, the relative warmth keeps me from thinking that winter is in the wings, wait...
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Sawmill District details
November 05, 2017
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As promised last week, I continue to blog today with images from the Sawmill District in Albuquerque. My penchant for geometrics was definitely piqued by the architectural elements of a number of different buildings, particularly those designed to obscure mechanical areas. In the two photographs below, the concrete blocks appear to do exactly that.
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Sawmill District revival
October 30, 2017
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Something is afoot in New Mexico's largest city. My old stomping grounds, Albuquerque, is frequently in the news because of crime, and on the political front due to a troubled mass-transit system, but there is a revival going on in the Sawmill District. We have seen it in detail during the past several years while staying at the Hotel Albuquerque d...
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bravo!
October 23, 2017
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On all counts, we are experiencing an extraordinary autumn in northern New Mexico. The aspen were stunning and long lasting, the scrub oak are still presenting themselves in shades of orange, rust and red, and the cottonwoods take ones breath away. Lining streams and rivers, they are the brightest and most profound I have seen in some years, presen...
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the over and under of weaving
October 15, 2017
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During the Wool Festival last weekend, answering four basic questions about weaving consumed a good portion of Fred's time in his booth. So I thought it might be good to shoot the process for the purpose of explanation.
The first was "On what kind of loom do you weave?" He weaves on a Rio Grande walking loom. Fred's particular loom has a wealth of...
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Wool Festival in review
October 09, 2017
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This weekend was the Taos Wool Festival held in Kit Carson Park. From the Friday wind that sent the top of our EZ Up tent flying when we were setting up, to the gorgeous, sunny autumn weather on Saturday and Sunday, it was a busy and wonderfully social event.
Teamwork is the key during the festival, and my job is to help Fred during the event in a...
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return to the aspen
October 01, 2017
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The weather was perfect this week for another aspen viewing drive, courtesy of U. S. Highway 64 in northern New Mexico. As is frequently the case, the aspen and scrub oak trees were in varying stages of yellow, red, and orange, displaying more color than the week before, given two morning low temperatures of 32 and 30. The mountain peaks east of Ta...
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autumn has arrived
September 24, 2017
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Driving on U. S. Highway 64 west from Tres Piedras to Tierra Amarilla is a pilgrimage for us, one we make at least twice during the autumn months. It is one of the great drives in the western United States. When the aspen are having a good year (whether that is determined by moisture, temperature, or infestation of bag worms, I do not know), they a...
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last and first of the season
September 18, 2017
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Friday, 22 September, is the autumnal equinox, a time when the light is changing faster than any time during the year, other than at the vernal equinox in March. Tomorrow, the daylight will be shorter by 2 minutes and 17 seconds at the Valverde recording station in Taos, according to the Weather Underground website. As the weekend approaches, low t...
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not precisely as prescribed
September 11, 2017
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Hurricane Irma dominated the 24/7 news cycle for much of the week and certainly this weekend, as the hurricane dragged its enormous form over many islands in the Atlantic and Caribbean before approaching the Florida Keys and settling over the entirety of Florida. Since the life of the storm is still not complete, the damage to people, property, and...
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head in the clouds
September 03, 2017
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During this week of devastation on the Gulf Coast of Texas from Hurricane Harvey, and fires in the western United States, the air in New Mexico was rendered into an odd haze that has obscured almost all the surrounding mountains. The atmosphere wasn't precisely smoke filled, nor did it contain massive amounts of moisture from Harvey or Lidia off of...
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odds and ends
August 28, 2017
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Today's blog takes a page from Fred's weaving. Every year before the Taos Wool Festival, which this year is 7 and 8 October in Kit Carson Park, he weaves a rug from the surplus small amounts of wool left from larger rugs, and uses them to weave a one-of-a-kind piece. Ever popular because of the myriad colors and the way Fred puts them together, Rug...
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capturing the unexpected
August 21, 2017
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One of the things a photographer in the field learns early on is that not everything will be as one expects, and frequently, it is not. You travel - by foot or mechanical means - to one place, with a specific plan. You have carefully thought about the weather and environmental conditions, the time of day and light, the equipment you need, and yet,...
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playing with your food, again?
August 14, 2017
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Talking with friends recently, the subject of harvest season in New Mexico arose. It almost always means one thing - the smell of roasting green chile. I did not grow any this year, and have yet to procure some, but you will soon see photographs, no dobut, in this blog. Since I have been in the garden, picking assorted lettuce from the raised bed e...
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a week in the life
August 06, 2017
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When I am not doing environmental portraiture or weddings, a typical photography week includes a number of different photo sessions and a wide variety of subject matter. This week was no exception.
My husband, Fred, is a weaver of fine, 100% Navajo-Churro wool rugs, runners, and rifle scabbards, made on a Rio Grande style walking loom. He uses woo...
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