No One Passes
We took a tiny road at the turn because of the sign that said Historical Missions. We spotted the church tower easily but had to drive past it for a while to find a place to turn around: the already-narrow road was down to one lane from a recent snow.
On our way back, we saw about a dozen identical black and white cats eating from a metal bowl on a porch. We drove within a couple of feet of them; only one glanced up at us, flicked its tail, and turned back to dinner. We were of no importance.
The church, when we eventually did get there, was snowbound, and I was happy to be able to see what it looked like with no one having been there recently. The sign out front said the church was built in 1764, a reminder of just how long there’ve been European settlers in this part of New Mexico.
(On an unrelated note, today ends my 7th year of daily blogging. What started as a whim – on Blogspot! – has turned into so much more than I could have even imagined when I started. Thanks to everyone for the follows, likes, comments. And most of all, for the friendships that’ve come my way. Who even knew that was a possibility?! Here’s to an other seven, or so, years!)
Truchas, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
Posted on December 31, 2015, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, architecture, black and white photography, church, melinda green harvey, monochrome, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, truchas, Truchas New Mexico. Bookmark the permalink. 19 Comments.
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Congratulations on 7 years. Quite an achievement, especially when you consider the consistently high quality of images
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Thanks, Ken. The quality of the photos has gotten better over the years – it’s almost painful to look back at that first year. If you’re brave enough, you can go see what I mean: http://365photos2009.blogspot.com (Note that I had five – 5!! – followers at the end of that year.)
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And remember when you didn’t get one ‘like’ for quite a while? Or, maybe that didn’t happen to you!
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Ha! Ha! That TOTALLY happened. I sort of wonder what made me think I should go on to year two of the blog!
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Isn’t that true!
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Good start for a new year…
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Thanks, John. I am excited to see where I’ll go, photographically, this year, and am happy you’re along for the journey.
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Beautiful peaceful way to end the year with this pristine image. Happy 2016!
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Blog spot – uhg! Congrats on your seven years.
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Blogspot is how dumb I was seven years ago!
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Well now, I wouldn’t say dumb but think of Blogspot as a starting point.
I started there too many years ago. At some point we realize that there are far better platforms for hosting our work.
Frankly I am surprised that Google hasn’t pulled Blogspot off the web for good.
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Blogspot was the only blogging platform I’d even heard of, at first. I have to say that things really picked up after I switched over to WordPress.
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And that is why I just haven’t left in spite of wanting to because of the stupid Admin UI. WP just won’t finish it and keeps forcing us to use two different types. But the community here is second to none.
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All the best in 2016!
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I love the starkness of this image and the unusual patterning on the church building – I wonder why that is there.
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I suspect it has something to do with the way those old adobe walls need nearly constant maintenance. And the damp from the snow might make it more pronounced.
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Congratulations on 7 years, it’s a huge achievement. Especially given that you have more than one blog running at the same time.
I really like this shot too, and those traces of repairs add interest.
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Thank you, Ehpem. I surely never anticipated that I’d still be blogging all these years later!
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