Happy New Year!

As promised, the photos from the Santa Fe part of the road trip.  Got up early Friday to try to catch good light in downtown Santa Fe . . . starting with the store next to my hotel:

Next to the gun shop and the hotel was a sculpture gallery.  (Welcome to Santa Fe!)  I liked this piece against the excruciatingly blue Santa Fe sky:

Then had some fun with it in Lightroom:

Then spent two hours walking around downtown Santa Fe, first with the 14-42mm:

Photoshopped an electrical wire out of this one!  Progress!

I just loved this statue of St. Francis of Assisi dancing on water.  He’s dancing so joyously his toes are curled!

Getting set up to sell jewelry to tourists:

Pause for hot coffee and cheese danish and a switch to the Nifty Fifty — at the Burro Alley Café.

The eye of the aforesaid burro:

The rare white buffalo:

Fun with HDR and Photomatix.

Loved these ladies – in a store window (also HDR):

More adobe and blue sky:

And my favorite, though I’m not even Christian:

To be continued… with photos of my step-brother, his gorgeous office, and his cat.  Yes, this very very dog-oriented blog is about to host its first cat photo.  Be sure to tune in!