14 Jul 2012
by smkelly8
in architecture, art, Blogging Challenge, photos, travel, welcome to my life
Tags: Buddhism, Chiang Rai, New Mexico, temple, Thailand
The architect must have been a dreamer
Do you dream of the open road?
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17 Aug 2011
by smkelly8
in Blogging Challenge, meme, travel, USA
Tags: colonial, door, New Mexico, Photograph, Spanish
Entrance
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I just got back from New Mexico, a state full of delightful entrances and exits.
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16 Aug 2011
by smkelly8
in Blogging Challenge, meme, travel
Tags: New Mexico, postaday2011, postaweek2011, Turquoise Trail
On Highway 14
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15 Aug 2011
by smkelly8
in architecture, art, travel
Tags: New Mexico, Santa Fe, Santa Fe New Mexico, Santa Fe Trail, Wordpress
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I keep liking WordPress more and more. Here’s my first attempt with their slideshow feature.
The images are of my day wandering around Santa Fe yesterday. One thing about Santa Fe is they have very strict building codes. New building must be in adobe style and colors must belong to an approved palate. I’m of mixed feelings. It does make for a lovely tourist experience, but it also thwarts creativity and innovation. It makes more sense for the Old Town district, but the whole city must conform and this started in the 1930s and got strongly enforced in the 1950s. So the earlier Victorian and other style architecture that had been part of Santa Fe style, no longer really was.
I love all the art and jewelry, but boy is it pricey. I’m too used to Asian prices.
P.S. I love their posting features that suggest related articles, tags and images.
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14 Aug 2011
by smkelly8
in architecture, art, Blogging Challenge, meme, travel, USA
Tags: New Mexico, Santa Fe, Trail of Turquoise
Here’s a new meme: I Saw Sunday
So, what did you see this week?
One thing or a whole list! – Words or photos or both!
Share it here with us.
The Rules
1. Write your post on your blog and include a link back to I Saw Sunday.
2. Leave the link to your post in the Mr Linky widget so we can find you.
3. Leave a comment after linking so that I know you have been here.
4. Please be sure to visit the other participants and share what they saw.
Today I went to Santa Fe’s Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, a lovely small museum, and the free Wheelwright Museum of American Indian Arts, which had a good exhibition on Thunderbird jewelry. (Alas, Wheelwright forbids photos.)
Afterwards I went to the sculpture garden on Museum Hill.
Not sure what this represents
Then I went over to Canyon Road, where there are dozens of little shops in little old houses.
Then I drove back to my hotel in Albuquerque on the stunning Turquoise Trail.
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11 Aug 2011
by smkelly8
in Blogging Challenge, meme, travel
Tags: Abiquiu, mountains, New Mexico, postaday2011, postaweek2011
At the Ghost Ranch in Abiquiui
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07 Aug 2011
by smkelly8
in Blogging Challenge, meme
Tags: New Mexico, travel
Here’s a new meme: I Saw Sunday
So, what did you see this week?
One thing or a whole list! – Words or photos or both!
Share it here with us.
The Rules
1. Write your post on your blog and include a link back to I Saw Sunday.
2. Leave the link to your post in the Mr Linky widget so we can find you.
3. Leave a comment after linking so that I know you have been here.
4. Please be sure to visit the other participants and share what they saw.
This week there’s two sightings that spring to mind:
First I saw a fascinating oldish (1960) Japanese movie called <em>When a Woman Ascends the Stairs</em> about a hostess in a bar who’s trapped between her family’s needs and her own best interests and the impossiblity of making headway to get independence. I’ve written my review here.
Second I arrived in New Mexico today and did some sightseeing in Santa Fe. What a lovely old town. The adobe and mission architecture is picture perfect. How I wish I had lots of disposable income to purchase some art or carpets.
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