Zuni reservation

I went to the Zuni Reservation with Public Health Nurses this past Thursday. It's about 2 1/2 hours west of Albuquerque on Rt. 40. We took a "short cut" on Rt. 53 from Grants N.M. to the Zuni Pueblo. It is a small town of about 11,000 + People in the middle of nowhere. We passed through the Navajo Reservation of Ramah.  I saw the most wonderful cliffs and rocks and  stone houses. I'll share a few of them here.

Twenty Days

Sorry Friends that I haven't posted in 20 days. I've been exhausted. I spend quite a bit of time getting ready and driving to work and then driving home and getting ready for work (washing my uniform, etc). Maybe I need more Iron. Anyway, here is a cute photo of little Dorrit at a french cafe in Old Town. We ate quite well that day.

Georgia O'Keefe flowers

Went to Santa Fe to the Georgia O'Keefe Museum to see her paintings. I saw more of her work at the NM State Museum down the street which I liked even better. I'm not the biggest fan of her early work, which the GO"K museum has quite a few of on display. Horrible to some to say it, but O'Keefe was not a skilled painter yet she found a way to transcend that lack a create her masterworks that simplified shapes, purified colors and inspire us today. Looking at her early work, it looks crude and not well done. Marketing, by her husband, and the refinement of her vision helped her to become very famous. I love her middle years, and I saw quite a number at the state museum.
Here's an early one we saw: I don't care for it. @ 1917

Santa Fe Limo

How is this legal? I couldn't believe my eyes. It's a cut off dodge van, with wooden supports..like an adobe car, and mexican blanket seat covers. 'Couldn't pay me to ride in this one. I saw it fill up with people and away they went. God bless 'em.

Coolest small village in North America..Placites

Where's the village? It all there, hidden behind trees and bushes in this tiny green belt tucked up in the foothills. All old adobes hidden behind adobe wall. I took these while driving, so I was a bit distracted, but can you tell how narrow the road is? One lane plus a bike path. I'm moving there someday.

Great Dog

Little Dorrit is helping me here. She how she is reading the GPS? This is a very smart dog.

Here in Tibet

We finally made to Tibet. Here you can see us walk up the path, and through the gates that take us from NM to someplace very far away. This is a private estate in Placites NM, which has these street lamps like C. S. Lewis' novels, which mark the way for his young travelers. Enjoy the view.