Happy Weekend

Hi everyone.

I hope everyone is having a nice weekend at home. I think that is where most of us are spending our time now. My big event was taking an early morning trip to the grocery store. The hubby went with me but because he is immune suppressed he  just waited in the car. I'm hoping the wind won't feel so cold tomorrow so I can get out for a walk, which would have been nice today, but oh well.  And Monday evening the prediction is for a pretty good dumping of snow. OH NO! Let's hope that changes.

But the real excitement of the day was spending most of my afternoon in my happy space with some extended art time. I got caught up on some challenge pieces, and then worked on my New Mexico travel journal. I thought I would share a few pages from that travel journal with you today.

I went back to a mini ring binder for this project. And mostly I been doing some collage style pages. But not  all. I found this travel magazine while in New Mexico, and it was even a freebie. I've been using lots of images from it, as well as some of the little write ups. 

I also added some stickers and business cards I picked up as well as some ephemera I had in my stash.

I used a bit of a map to outline our travels, as well as making a tag that explained those travels.

The right side of this last spread used an image out of the magazine, mainly because it reminded me so much of the view from our friends home in Taos. And on the left I made a page about our trip into Taos, off the beaten path., through the National Monument. 

This National Monument is one that celebrates the Rio Grande River gorge.  Here are photos of the upper part of the gorge and the very high bridge that goes over it.

But  my husband and I took the back way into town, as the main road into Taos would totally bypass the bridge. 

We started on the bottom of the gorge, next to the river. This is the same river you are looking down upon in the upper photos.

 And then we crossed the river over the bridge and started up a steep gravel road that wound back and forth around the sides of the gorge.

 And before we knew it we made it to the top of the gorge.

 Can you make out the river?

It was quite an exciting ride. And I think it was a highlight for my husband.

 And at the top of the gorge you come onto the large flat top of the mesa.

That dark line you can make out on the right of the photo is the edge of the gorge.

That's all for me today.

Thanks for visiting. And stay smart and healthy.