Tag Archives: New Mexico

Autumn Window

Posted on October 17, 2019 by pearlsandprose

Santa Fe, New Mexico. Great weekend, everyone! {carole}

Posted in photography | Tagged autumn leaves, blue window, New Mexico, Santa Fe | 10 Comments

Just a Little More Taos

Posted on March 27, 2014 by pearlsandprose

I meant to do this post a while ago, but life got busier than usual. We visited two more places on our way out of Taos, New Mexico . . . . A National Historic Landmark, the Spanish Colonial San … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged New Mexico, Old Martina's Restaurant, sauerbraten, St. Francisco de Asis church, Taos | 10 Comments

Old Town Albuquerque

Posted on February 6, 2014 by pearlsandprose

I didn’t know what to expect when we flew into Albuquerque, as I’d never been there and had only brief glimpses from the show Breaking Bad. I ended up liking the city a lot, especially the Old Town area. Old … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged Albuquerque, New Mexico | 11 Comments

Taos Pueblo

Posted on January 30, 2014 by pearlsandprose

Taos Pueblo is approximately 1000 years old and considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited community in the U.S. The native language, Tiwa, is unrecorded and unwritten and the traditional values are guarded as sacred. The buildings are made of … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged New Mexico, Red Willow Creek, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Taos Pueblo | 11 Comments

The High Road from Taos

Posted on January 27, 2014 by pearlsandprose

Hi there . . . back in New Mexico. As I posted before, we took the Low Road to Taos because it was faster. One guidebook stated that it could take up to seven hours to do the High Road, … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged adobe churches, Chimayo, High Road to Taos, Las Trampas, Las Truchas Peaks, New Mexico, wishing well | 16 Comments

Taos Balloon Rally

Posted on December 13, 2013 by pearlsandprose

We just happened to be in Taos the weekend of the Hot Air Balloon Rally. It’s not the big balloon festival–that happened in Albuquerque a week or two before. But instead of hundreds of balloons and over 100,000 people, this … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged hot air balloons, New Mexico, Taos | 10 Comments

The Low Road to Taos

Posted on December 9, 2013 by pearlsandprose

There are two way to get from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Taos: the High Road and the Low Road. I read in a guidebook that the High Road could take from four to seven hours, so we took the … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged autumn leaves, cottonwood trees, Low Road to Taos, New Mexico, Rio Grande River | 14 Comments

Rust and Pastels

Posted on December 5, 2013 by pearlsandprose

I shot this outside Taos, New Mexico. The light was so strange that day. In Taos, it was sunny and dry, but as we drove north, we saw rain and then a rainbow. The truck was completely in shadow, so … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged New Mexico, vintage pickup | 11 Comments

Canyon Road, Part I

Posted on November 19, 2013 by pearlsandprose

Canyon Road in Santa Fe is now one of my favorite streets. Block after block of beautiful galleries and shops and very nice scenery. I pretty much went nuts with the camera there, so I’m dividing the post into two … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged autumn leaves, Canyon Road, galleries, New Mexico, Santa Fe, sculptures | 18 Comments

Santa Fe, Part II

Posted on November 12, 2013 by pearlsandprose

As I said in Part I, Santa Fe has a plaza in the middle of town, and we found ourselves gravitating towards it quite often. It was so nice to feel crisp autumn air and smell freshly roasted kettle corn … Continue reading →

Posted in photography | Tagged autumn leaves, hot air balloon ornaments, Kateri Tekakwitha statue, New Mexico, Santa Fe | 14 Comments