Glorieta Vistas

The new auditorium and tower, NM Hall on right Glorieta view
NM sky from Glorieta
1" of snow on mountain tops in mid-October...a treat for us.
And then I was ready to get back to the South and our warm days.
Lee would have stayed. He's always looking for a place to wear his sweaters! 

Loretto Chapel and Glorieta

"Miracle staircase" of Loretto Chapel. Legend of carpenter who built the staircase with amazing tight spiral, then disappeared and no one knew who he was. So they call the builder St. Joseph after Jesus' carpenter father. The nuns requested later that the railing be added. Can you imagine going up and down this in a nun's habit without the railings? I don't think so! Alpha Omega windows of Loretto Chapel
Spiral from below. Beautiful beryl in the wood of the staircase. Spanish rail added later.
Horizon at Glorieta
 

Sante Fe

Downtown Sante Fe - typical stucco composition. This building has both the traditional logs extending which were originally used as roof support, as well as the drainage troughs. Red green and blue - morning glories in the mix...
Several shades of red.
Rose window in balcony of Loretto Chapel downtown Sante Fe.
 

Sante Fe

The other side of the apartment courtyard The state seal of NM on the Capital Building.
Inlaid turquoise on copper doors of the capital. We didn't get to tour since it was Columbus Day observance.
Typical architecture in Sante Fe. Where logs used to be extentions from roof tops, now troughs extend in keeping with the traditional architecture and help with the flat roof drainage.
 

Sante Fe

Sante Fe square from the car. We ate lunch on the second story restaurant looking out on this side of the square.
Native jewelry vendors sell outside shops on the square - as they have for decades.
In 2006 they wear sport sweats instead of native dress as they did in the 1960's. Typical pueblo and totem in downtown Sante Fe.
Apartments with lavish flowerboxes - downtown Sante Fe.
 

Glorieta and Sante Fe

Glorieta yellows Sante Fe architecture against the New Mexico sky.
I took this one!
Iron work inset on business echoes Frank Lloyd Wright stained glass patterns. I love these geometrics and attention to detail in the architecture.
Heading off the Square in Sante Fe.
 

Albuquerque then Glorieta begins

Native American Band - 1 vocalist, 1 drummer and 1 mike. Nothin' says lovin' l ike somethin' from the oven...
Fresh hot flat fruit tarts
Glorieta - view from our room
 

Native American Museum - dancers

Eye-Yie-Yie-Yie, Eye-Yie-Yie-Yie layers of lace and turquoise beside the passing of traditions
I just knew the middle man was going to step on that pelt. It was dragging low.
The latest in New Mexico headgear fashion.
Estimate the cost of the turquoise they are wearing. They are laden with it!
 

Albuquerque Botanical Gardens continued

Looking out on the organic garden with fresh side-dressing (manure) Georgia O'Keeffe's subject matter
Glorious blues...artichoke on lower left.
Native American Museum - dancers
 

Albuquerque Botanical Gardens continued

Cosmos and black-eyed Susans in mounds of color In a circle of iron trellises with roses climbing.
Indigenous flowers flourish
Wall of glory