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color range
The place was in a bit of disrepair but the colors were nice.
This block of Douglas Avenue has – in addition to this scene – two pretty good places to eat – Charlie’s Spic Bakery and Span Café (huevos rancheros!) and Dick’s Pub and Restaurant (posole!!). In case you are about to start making travel plans or whatever…
Las Vegas, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
fire/bug
I would have preferred for the church to have been unlocked.
But since it wasn’t, I had to resort to my familiar shoot-through-the-window-and-see-what’s-there technique. In this case it was a glass candleholder, with a bugged-topped candle.
La Sagrada Familia Catholic Church
Garita, New Mexico
photographed 11.11.2025
flagged
The only thing I know about these flags at the cemetery entrance is that they were not there in February 2024, when the Google car drive by.
Mora, New Mexico
photographed 11.9.2025
over/hang
It is either family tradition or state law that any time we go through Santa Rosa, New Mexico, we have to stop at the Blue Hole, a locally-famous place where you can go scuba diving. (Yes. In the middle of New Mexico.)
“Someone” has a strong need to stand by the water and gaze upon it, sigh heavily, offer (probably unsolicited) observations to anyone else standing there, and otherwise wax nostalgic for those long-ago scuba days (which were as recent as last year, but whatever).
During this ritual (or legal requirement) I go to the restroom. And this is what the building looks like.
Blue Hole
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 11.8.2025
picnic/table
I don’t know: it just struck me as a photo-in-waiting. You know, the ways things do sometimes.
Lamb County, Texas
photographed 11.8.2025
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