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Slack Time
Taos, New Mexico
2011

April is off-season in Taos, giving this member of the wait-staff at a local restaurant time to take a little breather between customers.

Taos Pueblo #10
Taos, New Mexico
2011

One more image from Taos Pueblo. It’s interesting how a nice straight trim job can make a bunch of unruly sticks look so formal and orderly–kind of the same effect as a good haircut.

Thinking of Georgia
Taos, New Mexico
2011

This is Connie’s shadow, but for some reason–perhaps because we were near her stomping grounds–it has me thinking of Georgia O’Keefe. Oh, maybe this is why:

Oriville Cox and Georgia O’Keefe
Canyon de Chelly, Arizona
1937

Nowhere is Everywhere
Northeastern New Mexico
2011

I was playing around with an antique/grunge look on this image. I kind of like it although the effect comes across a bit gimmicky to me. While I took this photo in New Mexico it occurred to me I could have taken one like it in any of the states I passed through on this trip: Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Utah, and Idaho. In fact a posted a quite similar one from Wyoming a couple of weeks ago. Lots of places out here in the West look like the middle of nowhere. I’m dedicating this photo to my nephew Daniel who has been there of late, much to his dislike.

Taos Pueblo #9
Taos, New Mexico
2011

Some more interesting shadow patterns.

Taos Pueblo #8
Taos, New Mexico
2011

Besides the general sweeping geometry of the view down this alley, I like the way the shadow from the wall on the left of the photo lines up almost perfectly with the bottom of the wall on the right. Why is that important? It’s not, it’s just one of those things I tend to notice and enjoy in some odd way. Or, maybe it has some astronomical significance, like the rising sun shining through a slit and falling on a particular stone at an Irish megalith only on the day of the equinox.

Taos Pueblo #7
Taos, New Mexico
2011

I just liked the dramatic shadow pattern in this shot.

Taos Pueblo #6
Taos, New Mexico
2011

Look carefully and you can see that this one is also part of my Patriot’s Dream series.

Taos Pueblo #5
Taos, New Mexico
2011

A week ago when we visited Taos Pueblo it was pleasantly calm, warm and sunny; a good day for some of the locals to sit outside and watch us tourists. Today at our house here in Montana it’s 19 degrees and windy with six inches of new snow on the ground and more coming down. I think we might have left Taos a bit too soon.

Taos Pueblo #4
Taos, New Mexico
2011

The cemetery at Taos Pueblo.