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Bus Shelter Tree
I didn’t intend for this to turn into a series showing how spring appeared in New Mexico, but that’s what happened.
First, there was this image, which I made on March 22 in Santa Fe, of a tree without any new leaves. Then there’s this shot, from March 24, showing trees just about to burst into full bloom.
And now, today, is a photo that I made in March 26, at a bus shelter in Albuquerque. One tree is newly leafed, and the other one is exuberantly clad in white blossoms.
These are nice lessons to remember now that winter has arrived: there’s hope.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 3.26.2015
Guest Check
I guess this is the indoor version of my practice of looking around back – while I was at this diner, I looked at the order window just to see what was there. It was approximately what I expected to see.
the order window at Lindy’s
Albuquerque, New Mexico
photographed 3.26.2015
The Silent Waiting
Sometimes when I look through dusty windows into vacated spaces, it looks like things were left behind. And usually, it looks like the tenants left in a bit of a hurry and maybe left some things that they’ll want later.
There’s something about this scene, though, that makes me feel like the items in the room were just moved in, and are waiting silently for the rest of the stuff to catch up.
Taos, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
Spring gets a royal welcome
I spent a week in New Mexico last spring. While I was busy making photos, the seasons were turning. I didn’t notice.
That is, I didn’t notice until the other day, when I was looking back through my images. Here’s a tree from the first day I was there – no leaves at all.
This image was made three days later, and the trees are just starting to bud.
I like the way this images blends the seasons in a typically New Mexican way – today’s newly budded trees sharing the space with ristras of last fall’s red chile crop.
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
How saints stay warm
Of course they’d need a warm scarf to ward off the cold. I just never thought about it before.
Chimayó, New Mexico
photographed 3.24.2015
One Day | One Image 