There was a time once when I declared this wasn’t a photo-blog. I wonder why I bother. The main thing is, I’m sharing something. The view above lifted my spirits in a most delightful way when I first encountered it. The air was bitterly cold, but just the sight of all that sunshine on the [...]
Taos Valley Overlook
Taos Mountain’s in there somewhere but I love the clouds
That was the temperature when I took off yesterday to walk. It was just a little past ten o’clock. The trail at Taos Valley Overlook was suck-your-boots-off muddy just before it snowed the day before, but I hoped the mud would be frozen hard that early and it was. No one else was hiking. There [...]
Telephoto macro shot from the Rift Valley Trail
For behold, the wealth of Nature lying at your—er, my—feet. I took this last Wednesday at Taos Valley Overlook on a fairly muddy walk. Haven’t been out since. In the next 48 hours, we should get another dose of snow and single-digit lows. That may freeze the ground good and hard so I can hike [...]
Telephoto of Taos Mountain from our road two days ago
I had a wonderful personal revelation today while I was hiking in the snow (and mud) at Taos Valley Overlook. On the off chance that there’s a point in here somewhere, enjoy… For years I’ve questioned what I did in getting us to move out here. Especially in times of fear, focusing on lack and [...]
Taos Valley Overlook strikes again! And again, and again…
I‘ll never get over New Mexico skies. If we ever move away, I’ll miss them terribly. It’s possible there are others—this is one heaving big planet—but in my perversity, I’ve not allowed myself to wander more. Taos is a strange place, though. A very strange place. The sky and wonders of Nature are one thing, [...]
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