giraffe?

Even in town, rural not hard to find

Pueblo/Adobe style high-maintenance

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If you don't re-stucco regularly, water and mold damage soon follow.

Indian land?

Wandering around Taos, you will see large undeveloped tracts of land. Locals often say they are non-contiguous Pueblo lands. Difficult to confirm.

the tract in the center

surrounded by beauty

hardly a place in Taos, that if you look up and around something beautiful

Western ranch appearance

Infrequently, elements of Western ranch style are adopted as a building style. The dark browns contrast with golds of willow trees catching the afternoon sun.

Tepee in Town

A few tepees may be seen in Town. This one is behind Smith's on Siler.

Upscale pueblo style

The obvious pueblo style in an upscale compound off La Loma Plaza.

Colorful adventure front yard

Upscale coyote fence

crypto-forestry (I don't make this up): return of the urban repressed (weeds, thickets, saplings, fringes); a special kind of beauty

Landscape rock by big road

lichen display amidst roadside clutter

Taos funk: all in the details

Taos energy efficiency

Taos blue cliche

Taos Plaza window display action

On LeDoux

more Taos architectural angles

More Taos Blue

housing

what often passes for tree pruning in Taos

collective learning is so often a s--l--o--o--w process