Wednesday - Oh where or where is Ghost Ranch?

After a night of thunderstorms, yes I brought rain to very, very dry Santa Fe, we took off for Abiqu the home of Georgia O'Keefe. There is a special fiber exhibit at the museum there
The scenery did change quickly which always surprises me. At times we drove along a river so things were fairly green, then we drove back into desert. We drove and drove and wondered just how far it was to Abiqu, it didn't look that far on the map. We finally found Abiqu, not a whole lot there but still not sign of Ghost Ranch. We kept driving, it had to be here somewhere. Then we hit the Red Rock area. You start to understand why Georgia O'Keefe was attracted to this area for painting. I also learned the lesson "if you see a great photo opportunity stop to take the picture now, not on your way back."

We went beyond Ghost Ranch to the Welcome Center to view an exhibit by the weavers of the Espanola Valley Fiber Arts Center. There were some beautiful pieces and some that we didn't really get. I can see that they use a different colour pallet than I do. There is also a lot more tapestry here than in the midwest. I guess that they are just not as in as much of a hurry as we are. I don't see myself ever doing tapestry long term. I keep planning to do another one, just don't know when. Outside of the welcome center we could go up to an observation platform and see Georgia O'Keefe's studio. You cannot actually tour it since it is a private residence.

If you look very carefully at the picture at the base you can see the studio. I mean VERY carefully.










Now on to Ghost Ranch. Eek, the dreaded school bus. Luckily they were in the paleantology area and we headed to the anthropology area. They had the weavings displayed around their anthropology displays. The docent explained that they regularly have art displays here, and most of them are fiber related. when she was not looking or busy elsewhere I took a few pictures of pieces that I found particularly inspiring. There were a few artists who overlapped from the previous display to this display, but for the most part there were new ones. When we came out of the museum the clouds had rolled in. The red rocks were not quite as impressive as they were with the bright blue sky as a back drop.

We stopped along a river to eat lunch. It was very quiet and we got to watch some birds. We tried to find something to see in Abiqu, but discovered that there just isn't anything there.