Public scupture

Stop and smell the roses

Even robots need to take time to appreciate the nice things in the world.

This large sculpture stands in the parking lot of Meow Wolf, a expansive and unique art installation in Santa Fe.

Detail

Sunflowers

When sunflowers almost make your home invisible.

Radio Plaza

White

During my days in Santa Fe I spent quite a bit if time walking the streets exploring and photographing and saw mostly earthy brown buildings, so it was almost a surprise to see this white-washed structure... a bit of variety.

Keeping it cool

La Fonda window view

My hotel

Maybe I am posting too many images from Santa Fe but it is a really and interesting town. We stayed at the La Fonda right on the old Santa Fe plaza. The hotel is historic having being built in the '20s, but compared to the native pueblos in the area, it is a modern youngster. Those pueblos are several thousand years old!

Having said that La Fonda has been updated, restored and thoughtfully modernized and is indeed a first class operation even though it looks like it could have been standing for much longer than it has. It is filled with amazing original and authentic art.

An example of how much effort has been made to keep it looking authentic... here is a photo of part of the hotel, but the structure in the foreground is actually a parking garage.

Through the screen

Santa Fe Doors

New Mexico Museum of Art

Alley

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

Looking up

On the street

Santa Fe rooftops

It's a state, not a country

I am just back from Santa Fe New Mexico, quite a nice place to visit. I am amused that many people are confused by New Mexico, thinking it is not part of the USA, but the American flag in this photo proves otherwise.

Also I did not have to deal with customs, immigration or a silly wall.

Near the end

We had about ten days in Santa Fe but I have been posting images for almost a month. The trip was one of my favorites and I would be ready to return tomorrow if possible. But all things come to an end, so they say.

Barn mural

Just sitting on the side of a secondary road, miles from any real town.

Nicely done, wouldn't you say (whatever it is)?