Friday, May 8, 2009

Images IV - New Mexico

Cactus1

Cactus2


Cactus3


Cactus4


Fist-shaped rock


Sandia Peek


Sandia Peek2


Sandia Peek3
























Atalaya


Atalaya too


Atalaya 3
















Atalaya tree marks
























Atalaya tree
























Piled rocks
























Route 66 sign
























Walkway


Walkway2


Adobe house


Adobe house2


Adobe house3












Typical Santa Fe front doors

































































































































































































































































































African motifs
























Hanging peppers


Old time store


Navajo vases


Navajo vases too


Dreamcatchers


Native motif
























Pueblo motif
























Pueblo motif too
























Native statue
























Metal motif
























Metal mountain lion


Deer horns hanger
























Driving by what looked like Afghanistan...


Because one detour and the landscape suddenly looks like Swat Valley!!!














Like most visitors, and maybe the locals themselves, I assumed that blue or turquoise-colored doors were merely a form of southwestern cosmetics. But a distinct example of African influence in New Mexico is the use of the color blue to ward off evil...(Professor Emeritus Dr. Cortez Williams (R.I.P.), University of New Mexico)















































































































































Bench and floor vase


Tied tree branches


Tibetan flags on window with dog












NYC Subway and...


Back to Earth!

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