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November 16, 2012 · 5:45 am

Renaissance ArtsFaire


Las Cruces, New Mexico, holds an annual Renaissance ArtsFaire that is an absolute blast to attend.  So, once again this year, we loaded ourselves into the roadster (big mistake, as you’ll soon see) and headed north from El Paso.

Althought it’s billed as an Arts Fair, Renaissance is much more than that.  Participants dress up in fancy period costume and parade about the grounds.  Innumerable food vendors ply their wares.  “Gypsies” perform sword dances.   And even rescue greyhounds are sent off to new homes.  It’s a pretty fun time for those of all ages.

Now for the story of bringing too little car to too large a source of art:

Being an Arts Fair, we of course went art shopping.  What we found (see gallery below) was something that does not fit into the trunk of a BMW Z3.  Thus, we wound up driving back to El Paso, switching out cars, and then returning to Las Cruces to load up our new acquisition.

So, here’s how a Renaissance ArtsFaire appears:

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April 25, 2012 · 5:48 pm

We Interrupt the Current Travel Series for This . . .


One of my favorite photo sites is Photobotos.com.  There’s some really stunning photography located there for your viewing pleasure.  Think you’re good enough?  You can upload one of your favorite photographs and see if it makes the cut.  But be forewarned—there’s some really stiff competition here.

How good is this stuff?  Here are just a couple of samples (please visit them and enjoy even more beauty; after all, it’s free!):

Coral Garden by Floris van Breugel:

Coral Garden by Floris van Breugel on Photobotos.com

Horns of Paine by Ian Plant:

Horns of Paine by Ian Plant on Photobotos.com

How impressed was I?  Here’s the review I left in the comment section for Horns of Paine:

There’s a definite, surreal, almost Dale Terbush-like sense to this photograph. The warm vibrancy of the sky colors is stunning, especially in juxtaposition with the cool colors of the vegetation and water. The craggy, angular features of the mountains also lie in sharp contrast to the flowing, dream-like quality of the waters below.

What an absolutely marvelous study in contrast—from textures to colors. Great job.

Starting Friday and following into next week, we’ll continue our pictorial travelogue on a cruise to Europe.  Next up—more on Normandy, France; Brugge, Belgium; Brussels.

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