Walking Stick Cholla Cacti

Cholla may not be the most beautiful cactus in the world in any kind of objective sense — but it is definitely my favorite. This is a scene from the Sandia foothills, right up the road from my house.

Maples in the Manzanos

Rocky Mountain Maples show nearly every color imaginable in the Manzano Mountains’ Fourth of July Canyon.

Sandias and Rio Grande

The Sandia mountains and the Rio Grande, seen from Bernalillo.

New Mexican Waterfall

A delightful discovery this weekend was this waterfall in the Jemez. It’s very close to Battleship Rock but it isn’t Jemez Falls. If it has a name, I haven’t learned it.

Dwan Light Sanctuary

Rainbows created by the prisms embedded in the walls and ceiling of the Dwan Light Sanctuary, in Montezuma, New Mexico — a photographer’s dream.