ghost town
while in new mexico we went to madrid . it was a ghost town - abandoned when the mine ran out and the train stopped coming. it's been re-populated and is quite cute now... but remains of ghosts and lives past remain. i am naturally attracted to rust and the beauty in decay.
i really liked it there. i also fell in love with a shop. rock paper gallery. they don't have a website - but you can get a feel for the shop via some photos here . just precious items. both vintage and reproduction. i could have spent hours in there. i did buy some wooden bobbins which i love.... if i didn't have to get on a plane with one carry on bag i probably would have bought much more.
i still am feeling a bit quiet. the virginia tech tragedy has my head spinning. i've noticed as i walk around the campuses i work how really easy it is to gain access. and how very confining my classrooms really are. i don't want to be afraid. my heart goes out to those who have suffered and lost. it all seems so senseless.
more pictures from madrid.... i hope you have a pleasant thursday.
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This world has become a very sad place when we have to be on our guard all the time. I feel so sad for everyones loss...
on a lighter note, i've wanted to visit new mexico so badly, and now i want to go even more! these photos really seem to have a voice.
hope you are doing well, take care.
oh, and hello.
and on another note, i love love love your photos of madrid. once we are settled in the west i want to take some road trips visiting places like this...
and viginia tech...I don't even know what to say.
thinking of you!
i must go there.
still feeling
quiet too.
xoxox
You probably feel a little lost for words when stepping into a classroom, like waking up from a bad dream yet hazy. Such a terrible thing to happen and so sad.
take care, g xo
I really love that dry landscape.
At school on wednesday, I found myself looking around studio, wondering where I would tell my students to go, what I would do...
And then we had a bomb scare and they closed 7 buildings and canceled classes in those buildings...
very unnerving.
hope you have a great weekend!
Wendy Kawabata here. I'm happy you got to Madrid, it's a great little town. I'm in Rochester right now for a show, I found a beautiful old baseball in a shop for $2.00, with red stitching of course. Be well, take care. Wendy.
and THANK YOU for the lovely, surprise package the other day!!! it was so super sweet!
best,
k.
mikimono - thank you!!
meg... faded colors are some of my favorites
erin... i know. you should definitely go to NM. it's a very interesting place
kari - hello! thanks for coming by and commenting!
risa... i can only imagine what people abroad are thinking... sigh.... road trips are god. i can't wait to see your photos :)
wendy - yes what humans leave behind... hmmm....xo
xtina - i didn't even think of that - you are so right about david!
hi gwen... sending you big hugs
momo... thank you!
gracia... comprehend the incomprehensible. so true... xo
martha... i know... how would one escape. some of my classrooms have only 2 doors - no windows. it was hard to imagine... so sorry about your bomb scares. ugh.
meg... that sounds like the best wedding ever?? :)
hi wendy... so nice to see you here... that baseball sounds perfect... XO
kelly! oh yay! glad it got to you!!
the vt incident has reverberated so much on college campuses, i think. UF had a gun scare last week after the shooting that turned out to be nothing, but people are so jumpy and the students are really freaked out. the asian-american students are distressed too because of racism against them... they had a meeting last night to talk about it... distressing all around. xo