Rio Bravo Fall

I took a long walk to the middle of the Rio Bravo bridge to see the color in the riverside forest.

On the way back I was met by the flashing lights of a sheriff's car.  The sheriff said someone had called in a report of an old guy hobbling across the bridge.  I hadn't seen anyone like that, and I thanked the sheriff for his concern.

Photo Murals

 Chip Thomas murals at the Albuquerque Museum

Watch his larger than life story in a PBS video.

 Or, watch the talk Chip gave at the University of Colorado at Boulder about his time as a doctor in the Navajo Nation and the development of his photo mural project.

Friday Sunset

 

Cool Morning

wheels

 I went by the Wheels Museum this morning; it is housed in one of the Rail Yards buildings.  There are a bunch of nicely restored vehicles, but the place is kind of a jumbled mess.  There is no shortage of pleasant docents who pay close attention to every visitor.  I'm told they are looking for a bigger location on the site where the exhibits could be better sorted out.

Old Town Color

 

Animatronic T-Rex

 

Low Rider

 

Dinner

 We celebrated our 54th at Scalo's, an Italian restaurant on Central Av.  in Albuquerque.

After the Storm

 

Museums

 I have made a lot of pictures over the years in and around museums.  Most in Albuquerque have been with my film cameras at the Albuquerque Art Museum.  Lately, I have been using the unique potential of my phone camera to make panoramic and ultra-wide-angle shots.

The museum does a lot of large wall-mounted photographic images, both inside and outside.  The current big murals in the lobby are part of a collaboration by visiting artists, Sabrina Mathues Manygoats and Chip Thomas in an exhibit about the effects of uranium mining in New Mexico.

Yerba Mansa

 I enjoyed a morning walk through the riverside forest this morning.  I ate some wolfberries and some mulberries and snapped this picture of the blooming yerba mansa with a borrowed clip-on fisheye lens for my phone.