A Visual Tour of Santa Fe

The overwhelming wealth of arts, culture, landscape of Santa Fe and surrounding areas made my weekend trip feel like an exotic escape to a different country. The beauty of the architecture, notably the adobe-style buildings with its earth tones contrasting with the turquoise skies, made for visual delights.  Vigas, heavy rafters atop the ceilings, were reminders of what…

Georgia O’Keefe’s Southwest

I arrived today in Georgia O'Keefe's Southwest today in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Here I first observed the adobe buildings and the dessert-shrubs dotting the landscape of an arid land.  I remember the many Georgia O'Keefe paintings I first admired as a middle schooler: the many flora and fauna that is typical of these parts, the…