Snow Day, Snow Week
I hope you are enjoying winter. I know some of our neighbor states are getting weather they don’t normally experience. Stay safe and warm where you are. Here are some images from a trip around the extended neighborhood this week.
The first image may look familiar to many people as I stop here often in Arroyo Hondo on the drive to and from home and Taos.
![Snow Day, Snow Week Red Willows and cottonwood tree](https://geraintsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/red_willows_cottonwood_8621_8622.jpg)
The sun came out on the way home today and the landscape looked pristine. Here’s my favorite “stretch gate” and farm road.
![Snow Day, Snow Week Stretch gate, Hondo Mesa](https://geraintsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/stretch_gate_hondo_mesa_8777.jpg)
A stretch gate in San Cristobal on my morning walk yesterday.
![Snow Day, Snow Week Stretch gate San Cristobal](https://geraintsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/stretch_gate_san_cristobal_7962-1024x574.jpg)
Martina’s Hall, formally Old Martinez Hall directly west of the Saint Francis church in Ranchos de Taos, has some nice lines accented by the snow.
![Snow Day, Snow Week Martina's Hall Ranchos de Taos](https://geraintsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/martinas_hall_toned_8737_8738.jpg)
The beautiful mission church of San Francisco de Asis in Ranchos de Taos.
![Snow Day, Snow Week Saint Francis Church](https://geraintsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/saint_francis_church_ranchos_de_taos_8049.jpg)
A view of the church in a location I’ve not shot before. The morning sunlight breaking through the clouds caught my eye from highway 68 which runs through Ranchos de Taos.
![Snow Day, Snow Week Saint Francis Church](https://geraintsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/saint_francis_church_ranchos_de_taos_8752.jpg)
In San Cristobal this morning our garden Buddha wore his full snow blanket. The snow is still coming down as I write. We are warm and cozy with the wood stove filling the room with a golden glow as well as heat. From the sofa we can watch the snow falling all around the valley.
![Snow Day, Snow Week Garden Buddha, snow](https://geraintsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/buddha_blanket_8708.jpg)
Thanks for looking and have a great week. G