Zia Sun Symbol

Spending the summers recently in northern New Mexico has piqued my curiosity about the culture of the state.

The emblem on the state flag is the Zia Sun Symbol, a very simple but very meaningful symbol.

One evening as I took one of these glasses out of the cabinet I took another look at them, it was then that I realized they were "screaming" for a Zia Sun to be etched on them.

I used the New Mexico "flag" option from the Cricut 50 States cart and Armour Etching Cream.

No longer a "city girl"?

I have considered myself a "city girl" all my life. Even in my RV travels with my husband, Jack, we have never been too far from a "decent" size city. Three years ago we "found" the town of Chama, NM and moved there for the summers. Chama is 125 miles from a "decent" size city and I've had to learn a new way of shopping.

In 2001 we were in Fairbanks, AK and I noticed how the people who lived in the "bush" stocked up, and I mean stocked up. This year knowing we were coming back to Chama after being "snowbirds" for the winter I remembered those people in Fairbanks and I took a page from their book. As you can see in the picture, our SUV was packed. In fact it was a one person car by the time we arrived in Chama.

Yes, that is a freezer and yes it was loaded with frozen food - that's story by it's self.

Albuquerque

This balloon is only one of the many balloons that were flying over Albuquerque, NM today when we arrived.

I wish I would have had my camera available to take advantage of the site before us as we descended the long hill unto the city, it was a spectacular site.

Even though the trees in the picture make it appear that winter still has it's grasp on the area, spring has sprung and the city is beautiful.