My trip to New Mexico was unbelievable. This was my first time to visit New Mexico and I now understand why I have heard so many great things about it. I started my adventure in Albuquerque. The New Mexico Quilters Association invited me to do two workshops and a lecture. To find out more about the guild check out their website at http://www.nmqa.org/ The guild held their workshops at
This is the business to the right of the shop.
And the business on the left side of the shop.
Johnnee picked me up at the airport and showed me some of the area and took me to one of their local quilt shops called Kokopelli. This shop is fabulous and really has the southwest flair. And I mean that in a good way. You can find out more about the shop at www.swdecoratives.com
From the moment you walk in the front door you are drawn into the store.
The displays in the shop really reflect the southwest theme.
Here is a peek inside the classroom.
This was the view from my hotel window. What a view.
Even the carpet in the hallway of the hotel had that southwest flare.
Joe flew in to met me so we could spend a couple of days seeing more of the surrounding area. We drove from Albuquerque to Santa Fe on the “Turquoise Trail”. It’s what I would refer to as the back way…instead of taking the freeway. And oh did we see some beautiful scenery.
Here are some photos taken from the top of the Sandia Mountains overlooking Albuquerque.
I understand now why they refer to this as the “big sky” part of the country. You can see forever.
As dry as it is in this area….we hardly saw any water in the streams. It was really dry. But, there are still beautiful flowers that can survive in this kind of weather.
Along the drive we found a place called “Tinkertown”. It was kind of strange. They had taken lots of recyclable items and used them in different ways. I did like their wall. Instead of stone and mortar they used glass and mortar.
The place was…….interesting.
I was hanging around outside of the Tinkertown structure and got some nice photos of the hummingbirds.
They were very active.
OK, that’s it for the first leg of the trip. I still have lots to share with you from Santa Fe and surrounding area. More to follow in next week’s blog. Try to stay cool. It’s been in the 100’s in our area and it was in the 100’s in New Mexico too. Thank goodness for air-conditioning.