GEORGIA O'KEEFFE MUSEUM

One of the main reasons for visiting Santa Fe New Mexico is to see the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.

Outside of the museum is this wonderfully huge tree.  There was a plaque nearby, saying the tree has it's own instagram tag #doublecottonwood

BANDELIER NATIONAL PARK

Sunday, Darrell is done with his workshop and we are on our own to explore and discover the Santa Fe area.

After breakfast, we headed out to Bandelier National Park, which was highly recommended by several of Darrell's friends.

No more snow, the weather was perfect - 60 to 65 degrees and sunny.

SATURDAY IN SANTA FE

I'm on my own all day Saturday, then.

I went to Abiquiu to see Georgia O'Keeffe's home.  It was great.  I really enjoyed it.

We woke up to a bit of a snow and it continued to come down a little.  I headed out anyway, hoping it would not last.  

First stop, Starbucks for extra caffeine (not much sleep last night).

Headed north to Abiquiu

And it did start to clear up.

I checked into the Welcome Center where I waited for our bus to the house.

The view from her house.

A small group of 12 and our tour guide.

The tour was great, but we couldn't take pictures of the inside.

I can understand her fascination - the light and shadows and colors, oh my.

The door she painted so often.

She's holding a picture of Georgia's gesture painting of the road in the background.

The painting of the trees down below.

After the tour around noon, I headed back towards Santa Fe.

I made a stop at the Audubon Center and went for a little walk.

 I heard the Wild Turkeys, but I didn't actually see them.  I saw Juncos with rufous backs, I guess they are Dark-eyed Juncos but just differently colored than the ones I see at home.  I also saw Whited Breasted Nuthatches, Mountain Chickadees, Pine Siskens, small Spotted Towhees, and a Ruby-crested Kinglet.  Lots of House Finches singing up a storm.  Oh, and Ravens.