Its a New Month

Welcome March.  Another new month already. :)
I don't know about you but I am ready for it!
But I am not ready for it to be Wednesday of my vacation week already.

This dancing leprechaun  is very happy for March to arrive too. I added him to the  page for the March section in my calendar journal. I gave him some spring tulips and some brown ground-no snow for this guy to doing his little jig on.

I hope this month is really spring like and we can wave winter goodbye.

Yesterday in New Mexico we had some snow.

My friend and I went for a walk out behind the house in the morning while the snow came down.  I got some cool photos but they are all on my camera which I have yet to unload. We weren't going to let the snow keep us down.

I have never been here in New Mexico while we had a snowy day before so it was pretty interesting to see how the clouds covered up the mountains and the landscape changed.

This photo makes the mesa look like an endless plain.

Where in reality there are 13,000 foot mountains. You just can't see them in the top photo since the clouds came down so low during the snowstorm.

Here's a photo I took on Sunday when you could see the mountains.

So yesterday in the afternoon we went to see some artwork and the former home of artist Nicolai Fechin. Fechin was a Russian immigrant to the United States who painted some fantastic portraits. I have some photos to show you, but like my snowy landscapes, they will also have to wait for another day.  

The arts culture in Taos, New Mexico is really outstanding for such a small  town.

But I will show you a few more things from my Sunday museum visit to the Millicent Rogers Museum.

 Here are a few antique Native American woven rugs.

 And I have  more of her jewelry to show you. She had a huge collection of southwestern style bracelets, many with turquoise stones

 And Native American shell jewelry.

 And enough belts to open a well supplied store.

 And this metal collar style piece.  The jewelry is quite vintage and really fantastic, but is definitely a style that doesn't translate as something you could wear anyplace in the world.

Hope you enjoyed your view today. :)

And Happy March everyone.