Abiquiu Lake, NM was still enough to reflect the sky and clouds beautifully.
Tag Archives: New Mexico
Taos Snowpocalypse
I thought I’d give you a break from National Parks (but who ever needs one? Not me!) and share a few photos from the recent snowpocalypse in Taos.
Posted in Home in Taos
Also tagged Dogs, Snow, Taos, Winter
Validation and a Really Nice Belt
The magazine came out, so now I can say which contest I placed in (the one I mentioned last week).
Posted in Home in Taos
Also tagged Contests, National Parks, Ruins
As If I Needed To Prove My Motto
It’s been a rough week.
White
This week’s theme of “white” for my 365 photo project was fun and relatively easy.
Posted in Best of 365 Project
Also tagged Christmas, Dogs, National Parks, Nature, Snow, Taos, Winter
Winter Solstice
My friend Susan picks a word to use as a touchstone for the year, and I liked the idea so much I’m giving it a shot for 2015. My word is emergence.
Posted in Home in Taos
Also tagged Sunset
Rallying for Balloons
I’m not a morning person. I mean, I love them, I’m just not great at having coherent conversations or making sure the coffee filter is sitting on top of the mug before pouring the boiling water. (I’ve actually done this.) But I’d never been to the Taos Mountain Balloon Rally, and people said it was great, so even though the balloons take off in the […]
Posted in Home in Taos
Also tagged Festivals, Restaurants, Taos
New Mexican Badlands
I didn’t have much time at El Malpais National Monument (NM), so I only have photos and no fun stories to share. I didn’t check out the lava tube caves, for example, but since I’m claustrophobic there certainly would have been some fun stories there. Like maybe I crawled partway in, the tube got smaller, I got stuck, had a panic attack, tried unsuccessfully to […]
Posted in Travel
Also tagged National Parks
When Places Are Aptly Named
On the last New Mexico Scampabout I visited Shiprock, a town on the Navajo reservation in Northwest New Mexico. It’s home to a community college and medical center, as well as this formation that looks just like how you’d expect it to:
Posted in Travel
Mystery Insects of Taos
I’m sitting in a campground near the Grand Canyon and it’s gray and off-and-on rainy, but I’m here for a few days and the beauty of that is I can ride out the weather. So today I’m posting to the blog, eating leftover pizza, taking a long, drippy walk through the forest with Sam, and later on checking out the IMAX movie about the Canyon. […]
Posted in Home in Taos
Also tagged Insects