“The moment I saw the brilliant, proud morning shine high up over the deserts of Santa Fe, something stood still in my soul, and I started to attend.” – D.H. Lawrence
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August finds us in the rented Tesuque Hills “Butterfly House” above Santa Fe.
New Mexico summers are the confluence of natural wonders, cross-cultural nourishment, and abundant gratitude for this yearly replenishment.
Art, adventure, delicious food, opera, mountain hiking, friendships, unpredictable thunderstorms, and music in the plaza shape our days.
As you can judge from the pictures below, creatures – wild and domestic – animate our rambles.
Included is a shot of two relaxed steers taken on a remote road in the Santa Fe National Forest. We hike this broad path weekly and occasionally see cattle having drifted afar from their grazing companions among the timber and alpine meadows.
One photo that “got away” is our close encounter of the “bear-kind”. Upon rounding a curve in a familiar forested canyon, we saw a jet black silhouette hustling out of the tall trees onto the road – about 150 feet ahead. “That ain’t an Angus cow,” I alerted us with confused courage!
Indeed, an energetic juvenile brown bear turns toward us, looks quizzically, and scampers away – probably to inform Mama of the visitors! We calmly, yet determinedly, back-step hoping to disguise our vaporous primal fear.
No, I didn’t get the money shot, so please indulge us with your imagination. (However graphic evidence of bear metabolism is provided, herein – no imagining required.)
We trust the other photos will convey Santa Fe’s beloved iconography…
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All images captured and edited on iPhone 13 Pro Max. Click any pic to surf the photo carousel:
What a delight for the eye, mind and being.
Glad we made the cut — Shabbos candle lighting
Suggest more of Lisa………
Thank you for sharing – as always! The pictures are beautiful (the visual ones and the one of encountering a bear). Glad you were able to backtrack without rousing further interest!