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st. giles and his arches
These kinds of arches are just about my favorite part of any cathedral I’ve ever been in. And I want to go ahead and apologize to everyone I’ve bumped into while I’m busy looking up instead of paying attention to where I am going.
St. Giles’s Cathedral
Edinburgh, Scotland
photographed 11.2.2023
hilltop shrine
If you drive into town from the south, you’ll see this place high on a hill way before you see the town. And then, if you’re like us, you’ll spend kind of a long time trying to figure out how to get there. (Hint: not the way you think.)
And once you get there, you can see this chapel and also enjoy a magnificent view of the San Luis valley.
Shrine of the Stations of the Cross
San Luis, Colorado
photographed 9.3.2024
double cross
When I was in New Mexico earlier in the spring I spent a wonderful day with my photographer friend R. David Marks (if you don’t know his work, you need to) and he took me to this place. It is the ruins of the Santa Rosa de Lima church, an adobe building that was constructed in the 1730s. It was still used as a place of worship until the 1930s.
Earlier this month, I was back in northern New Mexico, this time with my photographer friend Kim Cook (look for her work, too; she’s @kcook64 on Instagram). It was her first visit out west and New Mexico helpfully provided all the things I was hoping it would: dramatic skies, unbelievable scenic vistas, interesting people, and centuries-old ruins. And thanks to David, I knew to return to this place.
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 7.3.2024
PS: To be clear, the ruins are behind me in this shot. I realize that posting about ruins and then not even showing them is weird and confusing.
storeroom
Scotland is many things, including an abundance of textures – walls, windows, mailboxes, traffic cones, signs – all in one handy location.
Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland
photographed 11.10.2023
muted colors on a muted day
The weather was crap the other day, so naturally that called for a drive. In the rain. In the cold. In the wind. Really just a fantastic day to…see what stuff looks like when it gets rained on, since that’s not a thing that happens all that much.
Matador, Texas
photographed 3.15.2024
One Day | One Image 