Walking Old Town Albuquerque (a touristy attraction comprised mostly of trinket shops) I turned down a side alley to find this simple adobe wall with wooden support beams (technical term: vigas), casting long shadows at a 45-degree angle across the stucco canvas.
The Inn and Spa at Loretto is located on the Old Santa Fe Trail, just southeast of downtown Santa Fe. The hotel's abstract geometric adobe block architecture, punctuated with brown metal gutters that look like wooden support beams jutting out from the walls; and the shadows from the morning sun, caught my attention.
Valles Caldera National Preserve is located in the Jemez Mountain range of northern New Mexico. The volcanic eruption that occurred 1.25-million years ago left behind a 14-mile wide volcanic caldera. As we explored the preserve in our rented Highlander that afternoon, squalls streamed across the basin, illuminated by late afternoon sun.
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, located about 12-miles northwest of Taos, is purported to be the fifth highest bridge in the U.S., spanning the gorge 650-feet above the Rio Grande. I couldn't resist flying my drone underneath the bridge, which was technically challenging from 800-feet away, above the cliff walls, in the bright sun. High five for not crashing the drone!
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, located about 12-miles northwest of Taos, is purported to be the fifth highest bridge in the U.S., spanning the gorge 650-feet above the Rio Grande. I couldn't resist flying my drone underneath the bridge, which was technically challenging from 800-feet away, above the cliff walls, in the bright sun. High five for not crashing the drone!
The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, located about 12-miles northwest of Taos, is purported to be the fifth highest bridge in the U.S., spanning the gorge 650-feet above the Rio Grande. This shot was taken about 1/4 mile north of the bridge. In reviewing the video afterwards, I realized the drone grazed the cliff wall—as evidenced by shaking video. Lucked out again.
Sage shrub with lavender flowers anchor the adobe wall of an art gallery on Old Santa Fe Trail, downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A wooden lintel frames a blue trimmed window, accented by a gas lamp on a cracked, weather-worn adobe wall in downtown Santa Fe.
A black wrought iron scroll-caged window, framed in peeling teal-colored paint, complements an adobe wall in Santa Fe. A nearby hand-painted rooster crows-in the morning.
Early morning sunlight brightens rusted wrought iron window bars guarding a teal-colored window frame in Santa Fe. Weathered, splintered, wooden beam posts (called vigas) protrude from the top of the wall.
An adobe stucco wall frames a weathered rustic wooden door in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Hernando's hideaway?
Gallery hopping along Santa Fe's Canyon Road, we ducked into a back courtyard for some cold, iced slushies. Against a side wall, a bench fused rusted iron into a patina of light green and deep teal. I love the patchwork of sun and shadows playing on the stucco wall.
