+ new mexico

Our adventure began with Zapata Falls and the mysterious Sand dunes of Colorado. Then it was down to Ojo Caliente, Arroyo Seco, Taos, and the northern rio grande wilderness. I am in love with the dark red rocks that are crumbled along the Rio Grande and the intoxicating air after a hard desert rain pummels the sage plants. the highways are small, and the vistas are desolate and quietly beautiful. there is a magic in the southwest that if you slow down enough, and want to believe, you will find more than what you came for.

Loosing and finding my shoes at the end of a gravel road. running into a friend in the dark at a campsite 5 hours from denver. seeing the burning stars while in our sleeping bags. soaking in arsenic and iron pools all day, and then doing it again the next morning. spying on frogs in riverbeds. chasing wild rabbits. eating new mexican food. sleeping in a tipi while its raining. playing dominoes with wandering strangers. seeing georgia o'keeffes' heart and mind spilled out on canvas. taking walks in quiet neighborhoods. happy hour in historic hotels. and of course, wild horses.

+ native seeds

Glass Gem heirloom Corn

Native Seeds/SEARCH conserves, distributes and documents the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwest and northwest Mexico. They promote the use of these ancient crops and their wild relatives by gathering, safeguarding, and distributing their seeds to farming and gardening communities.

Native Seeds/SEARCH is a non-profit organization based in Tucson, Arizona.

Native seeds helps Native Americans of the Southwest grow plants that are healthy and help reduce risk or diabetes, something that plagues around 250,000 Native Americans.

-nativeseeds.org

Rocks

we arent sure what these formations were but we saw them along the country highway heading east outside of taos pueblo.
pictures by jasper

taos in filters

rusty truck

ojo caliente

my first time at hot springs was in new mexico earlier this week. there was a mud bath, soda mineral spring, iron spring, a cold spring, arsenic pool at 107 deg, and lithia that you could drink.

Earthships pt II.

Earthships pt I.