May 9

2019
Kia on couch, Sammy in lap (a cat sneaks into the album)

Coast walk Ilfracomb
Drying wings

Hippie cat (two peace signs In courtyard

Tide’s out

They cage the lights

Stairs to nowhere

Bird spackle

Devon coast

Small beach, clambering over slippery rocks to get to other flight of steps
Note the seaweed on the railing: rather scary walk

Public art in Ilfracombe

Commemorating a Russian girl who plummeted from Capstone headland in 2000

Standing on legal tomes

Verity: stance inspired by Degas

Guarding the harbor, on loan to Devon

Paint job needed
For Kelley K

For Barb L

New view: sea off to the right out of frame

2018
I tagged along with a class field trip to Tsankawi. It's an ancient puebloan site at Bandelier National Monument (located on the road to White Rock.) Most people go to the main site, but this one was replete with petroglyphs, pot shards, chert and obsidian flakes, cave dwellings, carved out foot holds, and breathtaking views of ashflow. The trail followed paths that cut deeply into the tuff, providing rain run-off from the reservoirs on top of the mesa to the now sage-filled fields below. It was a very hot day, and we stopped often for water breaks, but most of us suffered some form of heat exhaustion. After 3 hours in the sun, we cooled off at the Los Alamos Bradley Science Museum and thought deeply about radiation and atomic bombs. Then we took a dash to see snakes at the Nature Center before it closed. A long day, but full of wonder.

Many of the paths had drainage cut into them. so that people could still use the paths when it rained.

black on white Santa Fe pottery

multiple paths and foot holds

a snake

the ancient Puebloans used foot holds, but we got to use the ladder. Still heartstopping.

A cavate, with roof beam holes still visible for the long-gone attached room.

remains of fire smoke

cavate: a whole series of them where we stopped for lunch after the ladder descent.

I guess they climbed the cliff, using these foot holds? hard to fathom.

petroglyph city

not sure what this was. A dam? a secondary path?

footholds carved into a vertical wall.

closeup of roof beam anchor holes

flutist, playing into the crack: an entrance into the mysteries

a collection of cavates, with paths. The archaeologist guide thinks this was a ceremonial spot, not just a communal dwelling area.

another cavate. I didn't enter any of them, but I could see plenty from the entrance.

an unusual find: a complete projectile point (yes, we left it at the site.)

mineral glaze

Another bright cloud
Floating above Pedernal.
And that’s a wrap, guys!

New Mexico scenes

2017
The final haul: I passed
And must dispose of my wares
Before departing.

2015
Trying to recall
All the books I read this year.
A futile effort.

white dots streaming down
like rain, through a grey May sky.
Yes, that would be hail.

2014
Mesa Art Center

2013
Greeted by lilies
At my front door. I smile back
And bring them inside.

He's a bit taller than me!

My new best friend

Loved ones are en route.
My journey is internal.
The dawn greets us all.

Walking, not running,
We go our separate ways.
The mountain ridge glows.

Just got scary news.
In such moments, I miss the
Habit of prayer.

2010
My life has such joy.
I owe her so very much.
(Thinking about Mom.)

2009
it's not right that my mood doesn't match the gorgeous weather on my day off.