Mario and the Santa Fe Sage Inn Stage Coach Shuttle
Mario shuttled us up to Museum Hill where the International Folk Art Festival is held - the Festival was awesome! We spent most of the day there - so much to see, incredible artwork in many dimensions, native costumes - Kudos to the artists and to all those sponsors, staff and volunteers who make this Festival possible! Colors, textures, sounds of different cultures, different languages coming together in unity to make the world a better place. What a privilege to have experienced this today!
Sharing the Shuttle with Hamzeh Natsheh from HebronHamzeh from the Palestinian Territories, one of the artists at the Festival rode with Carol & me this morning. Yesterday he had great success and sold everything he brought so he was going to help another artist sell her art today.
Pedernal
PedernalCarol and I drove off about 4pm today to search out Abiquiu - we did not get lost...
Carol drove, I took photos through the windshield - the road rounded, the peak appeared and commanded attention! My first thought - "this is Pederal!" Later it was confirmed that this mountain top is indeed Pedernal, the mountain that wooed Georgia O'Keefe to paint it numerous times.
Church at Abiquiu
We found Abiquiu! Tiny but what a special place - Georgia O'Keefe bought a house and lived here. We stumbled on to this exquisite mission church, and Georgia's house is closeby but was closed as we drove by to figure out which it was.
Leonard, our new best friend
We're trying to get into a tour this week of Georgia's house and studio and were truly fortunate to be able to talk with Leonard, who maintains the security of the property on weekends. We had the most delightful conversation with him - what a wealth of information he is! Several generations prior, his family had owned the very land where Georgia O'Keefe's house is, and he told us that Abiquiu is now a land trust. His love and respect for the land was evident as he spoke about it, and he was gracious enough to give us some tips on where we might be interested in painting plein air - Ghost Ranch and some of the surrounding area - also good places to visit and eat close by. Carol and I left Abiquiu feeling that we'd been presented with a special gift in our conversation with Leonard - an afternoon indelibly marked within each of us.
And then to top it off, riding back down Highway 84 to the freeway, the scenery changed into the colors of the sun laying down to sleep, just like I'm getting ready to do...
good night and good rest
Carol drove, I took photos through the windshield - the road rounded, the peak appeared and commanded attention! My first thought - "this is Pederal!" Later it was confirmed that this mountain top is indeed Pedernal, the mountain that wooed Georgia O'Keefe to paint it numerous times.
Church at AbiquiuWe found Abiquiu! Tiny but what a special place - Georgia O'Keefe bought a house and lived here. We stumbled on to this exquisite mission church, and Georgia's house is closeby but was closed as we drove by to figure out which it was.
Leonard, our new best friendWe're trying to get into a tour this week of Georgia's house and studio and were truly fortunate to be able to talk with Leonard, who maintains the security of the property on weekends. We had the most delightful conversation with him - what a wealth of information he is! Several generations prior, his family had owned the very land where Georgia O'Keefe's house is, and he told us that Abiquiu is now a land trust. His love and respect for the land was evident as he spoke about it, and he was gracious enough to give us some tips on where we might be interested in painting plein air - Ghost Ranch and some of the surrounding area - also good places to visit and eat close by. Carol and I left Abiquiu feeling that we'd been presented with a special gift in our conversation with Leonard - an afternoon indelibly marked within each of us.
And then to top it off, riding back down Highway 84 to the freeway, the scenery changed into the colors of the sun laying down to sleep, just like I'm getting ready to do...
good night and good rest
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