A pleasant New Year’s eve walk
For the first time in many weeks, Linda, Cassie and I walked together through Menlo’s gray-skied morning, looping down to the San Mateo foot bridge and back up the bank of San Francisquito Creek. My left side felt as good as it has since surgery, and I was greatful for the air and company. Dawn […]
Optio’s ‘replacement’ goes for a test spin
Optio, actually my old Pentax Optio X camera, has been dispatched to Pentax repair for the 3rd time. Readers may recall that I liked it’s small size and swivel viewfinder that made it easy to quietly capture scenes for the N Judah Portfolio.
Last couple times, we received prompt response and quote for repairs, but it’s […]
Gulker labs latest: the ‘cheesy crate’
Honest, I have been thinking for a long time about upgrading the LAN, making the gulker.com World HQ experience richer and easier to use and generally cleaning up the whole thing. I’m used to working against technology, defaulting to bad work flows because of a system glitch and otherwise working around things that should be […]
The Taos blogger
One of the nice things about the spread of broadband, is that one can blog from almost anywhere. We’ve been blogging on our (wondeful) Santa Fe and Taos Christmas ‘road trip’: words and pictures as we make our way through cold and beautiful New Mexico. I snapped this photo of Linda in our cozy room […]
A view of the Rio Grande
On our way back from Taos Pueblo yesterday, Linda and John did a little expert navigating to get us back via a suspension bridge that spans the Rio Grande. We parked and joined a few other onlookers who trekked out onto the two-lane bridge to see the river valley below. It was chilly and […]
San Geronimo, the church at Taos Pueblo
Everywhere I looked at Taos Pueblo, something caught my eye. The crosses on San Geronimo, the current church rebuilt in 1850 to replace the one destroyed by the U.S. Army with 150 people in it in 1847 were a study in white and gray against a dun sky. The church is very pretty inside, reflecting […]
Morning stirrings at Taos Pueblo
This was as busy a scene as I saw in the Pueblo proper, other than the guided tour. This shop seemed to be a gathering point for people and dogs as the day was getting under way.
Nearby, this painted door on Hlauuma or north house caught my eye, one of many whose bright hue stood […]
Taos Pueblo
We visited the famous Taos Pueblo this morning: I wasn’t quite prepared to find how achingly beautiful it was. I bought permits for both of my Nikons, and John and Linda both borrowed them when their eyes, too, were grabbed by the beauty of the place. The light changed continuously as we walked around Hlauuma […]
A drive-by sky…
New Mexico is so pretty, that you can literally find an interesting image shooting through the window while zooming down the road. The sky is deep blue, the clouds luminous and unusual: the terrain changed every few miles as we made our way from Santa Fe to Taos. Fun ride, Linda at the wheel with […]
Geronimo!
We ate Christmas dinner at Geronimo late yesterday afternoon. Like Ristra, Geronimo’s kitchen produces copious, inventive dishes that blend many flavors including, of course, Southwestern tastes. The wine list was good (for my tastes, anyway), and not overwhelming (though I’ll bet a ’special’ list lurks somewhere).
The hardest task, at least for John, was choosing from […]