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rest in the place of light
I’ve made hundreds of photos of this cemetery and (what’s left of) the church but I’ve never stopped there at night.
That night in Santa Rosa was just perfect: the temperature was exactly on the edge between warm and cool, there just the tiniest breeze, and the skies were clear. It was far too nice outside to go sit inside a hotel room so I did that thing photographers do. I stopped to take a few pictures of this place and was there for the better part of an hour. Passing traffic helpfully provided a bit of light painting.
Also: I did step inside the graveyard. At night. By myself. And wasn’t even creeped out one bit. For whatever that’s even worth.
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 10.5.2024
4 hearts
It looked like the church had had a Valentine’s dinner that weekend and decided the decorations were festive enough to leave up for a few more days.
Cave Creek, Texas
photographed 2.19.2023
fence decor
If you take the back roads, sometimes you’ll end up driving down into a valley with a tiny town at the bottom and that also feels like maybe you drove all the way into another place, another time. And maybe you’ll stop there for an hour or so. And maybe you’ll feel an overwhelming sadness as you leave, knowing you’re returning to the same place, the same time that you’d just left.
Villanueva, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2024
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
the cloth on the cross
I don’t know if this rope was placed deliberately to echo the purple cloths that are placed on crosses during Lent, but my mind made the connection.
For whatever that is worth.
Ribero, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.24
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