Full Snow Moon (of course)

This bowl with rabbit conveys the  Snow Full Moon. From a Mimbres Artist of New Mexico dated  1100 it reminds me of the moon's  stark white light cast on a blanket of snow. And here at home, yes, there is a snow moon. From the San Francisco de Young museum.

Sun Catchers

At Bandelier National Park, in New Mexico, this was the outdoor teaching place. The stretched fabric was the perfect foil to the relentless sun. I just found my box of sunbrella fabric, and might just take a lesson on what to do with it.

Resist Temptation

A walk through Bandelier National Park in New Mexico takes one by groups of collected shards. We were instructed to leave artifacts alone, but someone (well, many, actually) left them in the open for all to see. The striped lines are painted, and many were similar  This craft still echoes what was the traditional pot from 1300. Or 1400.

Enormity of the Landscape

I left my shadow next to that path. The slit in the rock, walked on for centuries, was the way up to the mesa, past the cave dwellings, and down the back side. The view was enormous, and there is no way I can show that.

Stranger Things I Have Seen

To a New Mexican, this is pretty ordinary. To me, well, just odd. Landscape here has all sorts of things that I just need to get used to. Right?

Abiquiu's "The White Place"

Standing for miles is a white stretch of eroded "pillars" in the New Mexico landscape. It was a favorite place for Georgia O'Keeffe to paint. I walked to it today, and could only think about that church I saw yesterday. Same massive form.