ADD LIGHT

                                                 OUT OF THE DARKROOM,
                                                         INTO THE LIGHT.

                                                            REFLECTING

                                                    ON REFLECTIONS,

                                                             in
                                                                      and
                                                                                 out
        
            

lover of stones, lover of mountains

mud walls washed

dried into dust

distant ancient pueblo

my breath           taken away

NOTHING LIKE SEEING YOUR NAME HANDWRITTEN IN THE MAILBOX

 

 

 

 

REAL TIME.
SNAIL MAIL.
TIME TAKEN
TO STAMP AND POST.
IN THE BOX.
THROUGH THE AIR.

these are from taos friendships formed at workshops at the mabel dodge luhan house.
Carol Austin sent the first talisman with the cross. on the rothko calendar now.
yesterday, the joy of opening a card from my friend renee in
denver, dancers around the fire, so old blinking light on margarittas
in arroyo seco. two georgia postcards that i bought at the harwood museum there this summer.
the red asian silk piece is from caroline in montreal. and a card from sas in berkeley.

SO YOU SEE, IT'S NOT JUST THE MOUNTAIN I LOVE THERE.
and from a card from my vllbff, this quote:

"FRIENDSHIPS don't just 'happen', but the best ones seem to fall into place right from the start, naturally and easily, as if they were always meant to be..."

TAOS TIME: bon voyage

 

 

 

 

bon voyage to LA DOLCE VITA (click on her blog in my sidebar to see her paintings of the SAN FRANCISCO DE ASSIS church in ranchos de taos),
caterina giglio, journeying back to our shared mountain muse!
i appreciate your thoughts of me that you shared ~~~PEACE.
more now than then.
perhaps.

1. a little crescent moon behind the chile ristra,
2. july at the church
3. dorothy brett's church at taos pueblo
4. ernest blumenschein's chuch in ranchos

ranchos de taos, for caterina

 

 

 

 

THIS CHURCH DATES BACK TO 1772 and you can see why it has always been frequently photographed and painted.
the first two shots are of the church's buttesses in the back, my favorite great big chunk of adobes!
there's a regular mudding of the adobes by many, many people to keep those walls all intact. adobe can be washed away, disintegrated by the weather over time, as you can see in the third photo.
as it should be, well cared for and appreciated .... daily!!