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The other cross
Sun + shadows + pipe + downspout = one more cross at this ancient church.
San José de Gracia Church
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 3.16.2019
Angels are the first to go
My patient spouse, who grew up in Nebraska and is much more familiar with snow than I am, is the one who recognized the remains of someone’s snow angel in front of this church.
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
Ladder
For reasons that I do not know, there was a ladder on this snowy roof. The snow was starting to melt, and sheets of it were sliding off the metal roofs of buildings all over town.
And another storm was on the way.
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 12.24.2015
Mud + Straw
This is one of the oldest churches in northern New Mexico; the marker in front says it was founded in 1751 and that the building was built over a sixteen year period, beginning in 1760. The adobe walls are remudded periodically, and some of them are (again, according to the sign) as much as six feet thick.
The low wall around the churchyard is also adobe, a mixture of mud and straw. When you see it up close, it is sort of amazing that the church has lasted as long as it has.
San José de la Gracia church
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 12.25.2015
Only by candlelight
The church doors were locked.
But that didn’t stop me from peeking inside a dusty window on the side of the building, where I saw this small chapel that seems to be lit only by those candles in the cross-shaped candelabra.
San José de Gracia Church
Las Trampas, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
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