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A confusing message
Yes, of course you can bring the dogs! Bring ’em all!
Unless, of course, they are not allowed.
It’s hard to know.
Cathedral Park
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 7.5.2014
Chapel
I stayed on campus when I attended a photography workshop earlier this summer in Santa Fe. The campus used to be a monastery, and there’s still a chapel on the grounds. Almost every afternoon, when I’d walk to my room, I could hear someone inside the chapel playing the flute. It was lovely, and calming. I wanted to go inside, to let the curve of that handrail pull me toward the music, but it felt like it would be an intrusion on the flautist. Instead, I walked a little slower, gaining a few more seconds of a serenade.
on the grounds of the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops
Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
Contrasting
A study in contrasts – of dark/light, smooth/rough, alive/dead.
near Madrid, New Mexico
photographed 7.2.2014
Pediment
I liked this stately building, now retired from its previous life as a bank. The tiny pediment over the door is a nice touch.
It’s for rent now, so if you (or someone you know) needs a bank, this might be a good place ago start. However, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to admit that I saw neither drive-up tellers nor an ATM…
Rockville, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
Processing
You probably already knew that Dannebrog is considered the “Danish Capital of Nebraska.” And that it was settled in 1871 by a group from the Danish Land and Homestead Company. And that the leader of the group was named Lars Hannibal*. And that, with Germans, Czechs, Poles, and Swedes also settling there, Lars’s dream of an exclusive Danish settlement was never realized.**
But did you know you can get all your custom slaughtering needs met here at the Dannebrog Processing Plant?
Dannebrog, Nebraska
photographed 8.30.2014
*What an excellent name!
**All according to the marker in town, placed by the Dannebrog Area Booster Club and the Nebraska State Historical Society.
