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just stop
I made the drive from Española to Santa Fe taking the access road for as much of the trip as I could. Stuff like this was the reason: I could see the possibilities from the main highway but the actual Good Stuff seemed unreachable.
To be honest, while I did get some photos I liked, the things that seemed so photographically alluring when I caught only fast glimpses and had not way to photograph them were not that great when I got close.
But I tried, at least.
near Santa Fe, New Mexico
photographed 9.20.2026
like angel wings
I found this little cemetery up the hill from the regular one, which is noted on the map as the Catholic Cemetery. I guess this one is, then, by default, the one for everyone else.
At any rate, the two plastic trash bags looped over the post looked like a pair of droopy angel wings.
unnamed cemetery
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 9.19.2026
drizzle/saint
A light rain fell as I wandered the cemetery; it made everything seem quiet and close and I didn’t dislike it one bit.
But I was glad that the saint and little blonde toddler Jesus had found shelter in case the rain got bad. And up there in the mountains, winter weather’s probably not to far away: they need to just stay inside until spring, probably
Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 9.19.2026
it didn’t feel like there were too many emergencies
This little building is right beside a scuba-diving location in New Mexico. So the potential does exist for a scuba- or swimming-related emergency, in addition to just normal emergency stuff that happens.
But the way that sign is just left there in a spot that’s not even visible from the parking lot OR the water makes me think there aren’t really THAT many emergencies. (But I can also make myself believe that there are so many emergencies that everyone already knows where the emergency vehicles and the sign itself is just unnecessary.)
Blue Hole
Santa Rosa, New Mexico
photographed 9.18.2026
beyond my interior walls
I’d been here a while and had already taken all the photos I thought I needed. But then, I sat on the bed of the truck and had lunch, which lined me up with this arrangement. Maybe a normal person would have finished lunch first, but I don’t have any experience being normal. So I (temporarily) abandoned a nice chicken salad sandwich so I could get this shot. First things first, or whatever. The food could – and did – wait.
Santa Rosa de Lima
near Abiquiu, New Mexico
photographed 9.19.2026
