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Pergola

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From that first part of the trail, under the pergola, everything looked the same…

Garden of the Gods National Natural Landmark
Colorado Springs, Colorado
photographed 9.1.2016

This is private property

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I won’t lie: I sort of wanted to wander around this housing complex, because I was pretty sure there were many things there that needed to be photographed. But there was that whole “criminal trespass” thing…

Colorado Springs, Colorado
photographed 8.31.2016

Off Broadway

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Somehow, I don’t think this is what the term “off Broadway” is referring to.

Matheson, Colorado
photographed 9.4.2016

Eventually, it all starts to look the same

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As it turned out, the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History had an exhibit on this cemetery, so naturally our first stop after the museum was…well, you know.

The cemetery’s split down the middle; the newer side held little interest as it was green and manicured and tidy. It was this side, the older side, that I liked. Right away I saw how the old tree trunk, the concrete curbs, the markers, even the dry ground were all taking on the same color and texture. Dirt to dirt, I guess.

Fairview Memorial Cemetery
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 10.4.2016

Earlier, it had rained

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That particular kind of thunder you hear in the mountains – louder and more rumbly than what I’m used to – woke me up. I drifted back to sleep as a light rain fell.

Later on, our little group went into town for breakfast. Outside the coffee shop, the furniture was still wet.

Ruidoso, New Mexico
photographed 10.9.2016