Onion River Exploration Project: Santa Fe and Madrid

Desert Sky

Day 3 (3/31/2015)

Our goal for the day is to head north to Santa Fe and Madrid. Tauni is once again serving as our tour guide. One of New Mexico’s outstanding features is its skies. Perhaps because of the altitude the desert sky is very blue and large. It always seems to have layers of clouds, overlapping in different directions. We spent a lot of time on our trip admiring those clouds. Just outside of Santa Fe we came across a sculpture garden that looked like it was going to be dedicated to paper and origami. It wasn’t open yet but we did take a few pictures through the fence. We also stopped at an area were an owl was nesting in rocks that looked like Swiss cheese. Our first stop in Santa Fe was at the city center where the Native Americans were out selling their wares. We bought a couple small pots and some necklaces. Next we found a gallery that had a handmade papermaking show. It gave me some ideas that I want to incorporate into my own work. The gallery also had one of those cigarette machines that sold art. I really want to find one for myself. After the paper show we worked our way to the Georgia O’Keeffe museum. I had forgotten that that Georgia was born in Wisconsin. Whether you like her art or not you have to respect her tenacity. We were starting to get a little peckish so we stopped at a little French bistro and had some lunch and coffee. After a little more a shopping we headed for Madrid. Madrid is a dusty little mining town that has been reborn as an artist community. We didn’t spend a lot of time there but managed to make a few more purchases. Then it was back to Steve and Tauni’s for some pulled pork and Moscow Mules.