summer Taos plaza

Same coffee shop 4 years later

2007

2011

Taos plaza

backstage at first Taos arts and crafts fair of the year

warm Spring day

Taos reveals itself

Taos: Camino de la Serna and Arroyo Hondo land grants

I'm not making this up. Some locals formed a Spanish land grant board under NM law for land encompassing most of Taos. They filed claim to title for most of Taos. All real estate sales and refinancings have stalled in 2011. WAITING FOR QUEEN ISABELLA TO RULE, I guess.

New Mexico's Smallest Fort

Mad Max Taos

Portal view of main intersection in Taos

Taos blue w/o photoshop

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.