Mornings in Santa Fe are always cool and shady.
A shadowy pedestrian bridge at Bandelier National Monument about an hour or so from Santa Fe.
Shadows are welcome at the sunny Chimney Rock National Monument near Pagosa Springs, Colorado. The woman on the left is my wife.
A mano and a metate on display at Chimney Rock National Monument. The metate is the big rock and mano is the small one. These are used by the Ancestral Puebloan People to grind maize, nuts, and seeds into flour. This takes grinding labor into a whole new realm. Can you imagine the work that would be needed to make a meal? As a side note, these stones are found all over the southwest. My brother found one while we were hiking out in the desert of central Utah. I don’t know what happened to it. We moved a lot and these things are heavy. It probably got left near one of the houses we lived in. It’s not like you could throw it away and I don’t think most of them are worth much. Nowadays if I saw one on a hike I’d take a photo and leave it be.
I’m linking with Shadow Shot Sunday
…enjoy the shade and stay cool.
You´ve found some great shades for us.
Especially liked the patterns in the third picture. Shade would certainly be welcome in the summer. Alana ramblinwitham
Those trees look so cooling on what looks like a hot Summer’s day, liking the wooden bridge crossing too, have a nice week.
Look like a lovely day.
I liked all of your shadow shots. The mano and a metate are very interesting. I’d like to get out to the southwest again one of these days.
Those cool Santa Fe mornings set the absolute best mood for chasing shadows through Bandelier or Chimney Rock. Picturing the sheer physical labor of grinding corn using just a heavy mano plus a metate gives massive appreciation for Ancestral Puebloan daily life. Leaving historical artifacts right where they rest on the trail proves wise indeed. Thanks for taking us along on this gorgeous southwestern trek
That’s a nice bridge.