Santa Fe Images: A Favorite Passageway

Daily gratitudes:

• Hummingbird frenzy
• Work
• Fans
• Books
• Tomorrow’s adventure

ABQ Images: Alcove

Daily gratitudes:

• Rain
• Mist on the mountains
• Driving music
• Tears

ABQ Images: Curves

Curves.

Daily gratitudes:

• Lemon water
• Curious cats
• Continued unpacking
• Sunrises
• Kitchen mornings

ABQ Images: A Juliet Window

Daily gratitudes:

• A decent night’s sleep
• A lap cat
• Pecans
• War paint
• Birdsong

Photo Essay: Dallas Indoors

All quiet on the western front.

Contemplative.

Inception.

The roof of the Atrium.

Carpeting, Texas-style.

Tiny bubbles.

Keeping watch.

The first blue sky I’ve seen in six days.

Today’s gratitudes:

• Curious (and shorn) alpacas
• Room service
• Favorite trees

Details, Carelli’s, Boulder, Colorado

Inside sunset.

Intimacy for four.

Inside Sunrise.

Waiting to be filled.

Lemon with water.

Wild zebra.

Today’s gratitudes:

• A good hike
• That Monday is almost over
• My bathtub
• Wearing MKL’s shirts when he’s not here

Leaving Las Vegas (New Mexico)

Hope you’ve enjoyed seeing just a part of Las Vegas through my eyes.

The Plaza Hotel from a corner of the Square.

The bar, which we did not get to hang out at.

And which looks much more upscale than when I was last here in 1990 on my honeymoon with ex-Pat.

Art and sun.

Something you don’t see every day.

Refreshing.

I debated sharing this but it really had an impact on me. We explored one of the local cemeteries and these were, we deduced, the graves of COVID-19 victims who could not have a formal funeral. There were several long rows just like this off to the side of the cemetery.

Bye now.

Today’s gratitudes:

• Sunshine
• That MKL and Pharaoh arrive today
• My truck
• That I’ve won over one of the postal workers (it only took six months)

Architecture, Las Vegas, New Mexico

The Plaza Hotel and Neighbor

Stern and Nahm Building

Don’t Fence Me In

Edges Are Not Always Sharp.

Firefighters. 💙

The Old Kiva Theater.

Do You Want Door Number One?

Or Door Number Two?

Today’s gratitudes:

• Clouds
• Getting everything done
• A moment of silence for the first anniversary of the King Soopers shooting
• Daffodils pushing up through the cold earth

Steel Lace

Last week, I went to surprise my daughter for her 20th birthday. It worked out splendidly, she was completely surprised, her friends were wonderful, and I think a good time was had by all. One of our adventures was a trip to Vancouver. I hadn’t been there in 40 years, and it certainly doesn’t look anything like I remember. We had limited time, so we explored the Gastown District, which must be one of the oldest parts of town. This completely modern building retained a touch of times past. I’ll share more images from my trip in the coming days.

Vancouver, British Columbia.

Quote of the day: “Canada is not the party. It’s the apartment above the party.” — Craig Ferguson

Daily gratitudes:
That Kelsea comes home in four days
MKL’s hugs
Smiles with mothers at the grocery store
Christmas lights
Cleaning out drawers

 

Either Side of the Cat

Another curious and entertaining doorway. I suppose the residents of this little duplex tell visitors to go to the right or the left of the cat.

San Miguel, Cozumel, Mexico.

Quote of the day: “If you want to believe in something like Fate, she’s a capricious character. Sometimes she stand there blocking the doorway you were born to pass through, and sometimes she takes you by the hand and leads you through the minute you poke your nose out. And the stars gaze down and keep their counsel.” — John Avide

Daily gratitudes:
Pussy willow
Pie with my sweetie-pie
Stark white seagulls agains barren fields
Intrigue in the early morning
The first blooms of a dwarf weeping cherry tree