Santa Fe Skies and Buildings for Skywatch

I've been posting photos of Santa Fe all week, taken during a recent and all too quick visit. I wish the pictures could convey the very peaceful and quiet feeling of the downtown area. There are beautiful, shady trees and amazing flowers everywhere. The tiny streets were fairly empty in the early morning when we were there. The smells were amazing--clean air, pine trees, flowers, and the occasional whiff of breakfast cooking in the restaurants as we passed.

I can't wait to see the city in all of the seasons, especially at Christmas time.

For city and country skies around the world, be sure to go to Skywatch Friday.

The flowers at this motel stopped me in my tracks!

Cemetery entrance. I wish that I had taken this photo from another angle. Next time...

More Santa Fe Photos

Our time in Santa Fe was way too brief; I snapped away with the camera as fast as I could, hoping that we will be going back many, many times.

Santa Fe Architecture

Downtown Santa Fe doesn't look like any other American city. Parts of it are really old--it will celebrate its 400th anniversary next year. The buildings are low and earth-colored. Adobe is the dominating building material.

Set those unique buildings against the gorgeous, clear blue sky, and place them on tiny, meandering streets and you have it--the Santa Fe style--a style unlike any other.