Old Adobe and Door

Here is another part of the compound that surrounds the chapel that I posted a few days ago.

Adobe Wall

This is one of the walls that surrounds the chapel from yesterdays post.

Old Chapel

The Santa Fe Wine Festival was held on the grounds of El Rancho De Las Golondrinas. El Rancho is a Living History Museum in the southern end of our city. Click on the link for more information. This chapel is still amazing being that it was built in the 1700's.

Santa Fe Wine Festival

One of this weekends events is the Santa Fe Wine Festival and all of the wineries are from here in New Mexico. There were quite a few tasty sample to suit everyone's palette. Whether you like Red or White, Dry or Sweet there was wine for everyone. Oh and yes, I did come home with a few bottles.

Look There!

This was another one of those surprise shots that you find after you upload it. I was shooting the balloon artist in the colorful hat and then I noticed I have a couple looking in opposite direction and a guy looking at me with a not too happy look. All this at the Farmer's Market.

Flower Power

I love these flowers, not that I know what the name is. After looking at this photo while setting this post up it actually starting to look like one of those big fireworks. Happy Friday everyone!

Touch Up

As some of you may know Kate from Visual St. Paul will be here in Santa Fe starting tomorrow until the end of the month. Well, here in Santa Fe we know that she likes to visit out library downtown so they decided they'd better give the place a little extra cleaning before she the arrives. They have the screens off the window so that they can repaint the trim.

Two Sisters, Two Trees

Well that's the English interpretation, Dos Hermanas, Dos Arboles is a sculpture by local NM artist Paula Castillo. It's right next to the entrance of the New Mexico History Museum.

Sacred Advertising

Mary can be seen everywhere in New Mexico but this is the first time I have seen her advertising Oil Cloth.

CDP Theme Day: Facade

Theme Day has come to CDP and this months theme is Facade. "The Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) is the country’s only museum for exhibiting, collecting and interpreting the most progressive work of contemporary Native artists.(from their website" It is one of my favorite museums in town. It's 5 minutes from my workplace so I spend some of my lunch hours here. They have a fantastic shop with great books.

To see other Facades from around the world click here.

In the Glow

I shot this for the glow of the sunset. While taking this shot I noticed this young woman in orange singing every word to the Dunwell's songs. Imagine my surprise when the woman to the left of her busted out in song too.

And They Danced

The evening of The Barefoot Movement and The Dunwells concert people were having a great time dancing to both groups. No I was not brave enough besides someone had to take the pictures.

The Dunwells

Following The Barefoot Movement we had the chance to hear The Dunwells. They came to us all the way from Leeds, England and had a great sound. Check out the link to find out more about this wonderful group.

Music on the Plaza

Every Summer we get to enjoy music at the plaza bandstand. The other evening I had the pleasure of hearing the Barefoot Movement. They stopped here after performing at the Bluegrass Festival in Colorado. Here is a snippet from their website but to read more click on the link: "The Barefoot Movement is a quartet of immensely talented musicians from North & South Carolina and Tennessee whose music successfully melds Americana influences with the invigoration of acoustic modern rock and jazz."

This Party Calls For A Hat.

This was one of those surprise shots that I thought turned out pretty good.

Flying the Pride Flag

This gentleman was part of a trio in the Pride parade flying the Pride flag behind him.

Party Time

These two young women were dress in their party best for the Pride Festival this weekend. No I didn't wear anything that wild.

Santa Fe Pride

Yesterday people were out and about for Santa Fe Pride 2013. This guy was running all over the park while the mayor and city officials were speaking about the importance of equality in our city.

Gray and White

I didn't notice the two colors in the clouds at first. I was going for the split in the cloud with the Adobe.

Children Crossing

Bet you've never seen a Children Crossing sign like this one. Happy Friday everyone!