Away in Sante Fe

His Lordship and I spent Thanksgiving at the home of my sister in the oldest capital city in the US.  We enjoyed hiking at Bandelier National Monument on the Rio Frijoles trail.  While returning to the car, we spotted this fellow in a cavity.  It is a western screech owl for all my non-birder followers.

We also scampered about downtown Sante Fe and discovered an amazing shop right next door to the store front for Los Alamos sneakiness. 

This store contained so much art work.

Love these jolly gals with their skull shaped breasts.

  The Marty Feldman of pumpkins!

Beautiful folk art.

Lots of wood carving

 and metal work.

Naturally we could not leave such a place without a souvenir. So we got this fun bat - it is made from rusted metal and looks great hanging off of the back deck.  The artist is Henry Dupre and you can see more of his creations here.