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Homer And Penelope Chilling On Ice At Ashley Pond

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 4, 2021

Homer the beloved goose is spotted chilling on the ice with his latest squeeze Penelope today at Ashley Pond (he’s  squatting, she’s standing on one leg), with the ‘Serenity’ statue in the foreground. The happy couple have been lifting spirits for a while now all over Los Alamos. Photo by Ed Birnbaum
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Santa Fe Animal Shelter Hosts ‘Love Above All Valentine’s Pet Photo Contest’ Benefiting Senior Homeless Animals

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 4, 2021
Courtesy/SFAS

 

SFAS News:

Do you have a cute pet photo and want to help out with senior animals in need? The Santa Fe Animal Shelter (SFAS) is hosting a “Love Above All Valentine’s Pet Photo Contest” to fundraise for their cause.

If you want to participate, submit your best photo of your companion pet, set a personal fundraising goal, and collect votes for your chance to win.

Some prizes up for grabs include jewelry from Kendra Scott, a $250 gift card for Target, six online training classes for your dog, a $100 gift card to Thaw Animal Hospital, shelter hoodies, t-shirts and more!

The Love Above

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Bailey Wins Los Alamos Daily Post 4th Qtr Photo Contest

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 3, 2021

Marc Bailey, left, winner of the Los Alamos Daily Post Photography Contest for the 4th quarter of 2020 receives a $100 check and COVID safe high five from Ken Nebel Monday outside the Los Alamos Daily Post on Central Avenue. Nebel, director of Fuller Lodge Art Center, presented the check to Bailey for his photo of a Greater Roadrunner in North Community. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

The winning photo in the Daily Post 4th quarter photography contest is the Greater Roadrunner in North Community. Los Alamos residents Robert and Ann Wells established a fund in 2017 at the Los Alamos Arts Read More

Construction To Start This Week On New Mexico Museum Of Art Vladem Contemporary In Santa Fe’s Railyard District

Submitted by Chris Clark on February 3, 2021

Southwest view of Vladem Contemporary. Courtesy/NMMOA

NMMOA News:

The New Mexico Museum of Art (NMMOA) and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation have announced that construction work will begin this week on the New Mexico Museum of Art Vladem Contemporary on the site of the Halpin Building in the Railyard District in Santa Fe.

This moves the museum one step closer to the vision of a dedicated space for contemporary art to complement the historic 1917 building on the Santa Fe Plaza.

Bradbury Stamm Construction of Albuquerque was selected Jan. 25 as the general contractor for the NMMOA Vladem Contemporary.

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Casting Call In New Mexico For Ex-Inmates, Ex-Parolees And Their Families For National Commercial

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on February 1, 2021

New Mexico True Talent News:

Do you know someone who has a story to share about prison and/or the parole system?

New Mexico Talent is casting for a national commercial shooting in Albuquerque and the want to cast real people with real stories.

They are casting ex-inmates and ex-parolees and their families. All walks of life, all backgrounds, all  ethnicities and all ages.

Anyone who has never been in the prison system but was/is affected by a loved one who was, is invited to apply.

Rate: $500 per person for the shoot day (plus an additional $1,500 per person if you make it into the final edited commercial).

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Posts From The Road: Yellowstone … An Abstract View

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 31, 2021

Swirls: As a photographer, I was amazed at the colorful swirls created in this hydrothermal pool in Yellowstone, swirling colors creating an abstract work of art. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Tree Trunks: Trunks of dead trees stand in multicolored water in this larger hydrothermal pool. The branches and debris add to the abstract design in the image. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

Yellowstone National Park was established in 1872 and is our oldest national park in the United States. Known for its natural beauty, the wildlife, Read More

Bandelier Shares ‘Cloud-Blowers’ Used To Call Rain Clouds

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 29, 2021

This is a pipe of the type often called ‘cloud-blowers’, as the rising smoke was intended to call rain clouds. It has a four-pointed ‘star’ design and three bands painted on the exterior. It retains smoke carbon on the interior. Tobacco was important for ritual use rather than recreational. Image: Pipe, Biscuit ware, ceramic. Ancestral Pueblo, Pueblo IV AD 1350-1550. L 8.1, D 2.7 cm (L 3 ¼, D 1 inches). Bandelier National Monument, BAND 1585. Courtesy/BNM
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Snowy Scenes From Bandelier National Monument

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 29, 2021

Icy stream viewed Wednesday at Bandelier National Monument. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

Kiva dusted with snow Wednesday at Bandelier. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com

Fluffy cloud formations viewed Wednesday near Bandelier. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
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Father Theophan: Winter Pottery

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on January 29, 2021

Frozen pot from winter temperatures. Photo by Father Theophan

By Father Theophan
Saint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox Church
Los Alamos

The winter has put a damper on my throwing. The garage is detached from the house, unheated, and often inhabited by my car. There is, thankfully, a wood stove, but it takes a while to warm the place up. Fingers tend to stop doing what they’re told when throwing cold clay with cold water. To alleviate this, I have to fill a bucket with hot water from the house to throw with. The clay is still cold, but the hot water makes it workable at least.

Freezing is the only real danger with Read More

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