Corrales Mailboxes

Rural mailboxes in Corrales. They are almost a thing of a past, having mostly been replaced by the Postal Service with ugly large “mailbox units.”

Aldridge Petroglyph Panel

No doubt an archaeologist would disagree, quite possibly for good reason — but in my eyes, this is one of the best petroglyph panels I’ve ever seen. It’s not that there are so many petroglyphs, or even that I understand what they mean — it’s just that, visually, they look so great on the rock with its mix of colors.

Bosque Cottonwood

A large old cottonwood is silhouetted by the setting sun.

Old Truck

I really love old trucks.

Christmas Eve in Santa Fe

Looking up the street to St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe, Christmas Eve 2011.

Low Rider

Not just any old truck, but a low rider in action—at the Dia de los Muertos Marigold Parade in Albuquerque’s South Valley, 2011.

Truck With Pumpkins

Outside Zion National Park, in Utah.

A Route 66 Icon

The neon sign of La Puerta Lodge, a Route 66 icon in Albuquerque, with a classic New Mexican sunset behind it.

Santa Rosa de Lima Graveyard

The graveyard in front of the old Santa Rosa de Lima church in — where else? — Santa Rosa.

Madonna and Pigeon

This carving of the Virgin of Guadalupe is in a cottonwood tree behind the San Felipe de Neri church in Albuquerque’s Old Town. I was told that the carving was originally done by a veteran returned from the Korean War — that he made the carving in thanks for his safe return from the war.