THEME: HANGING (Post #35; Day #31)

Traditional chile ristras hang outside this shop window in Old Town.

THEME: BLUE (Post #34; Day #30)

THEME: RETRO (Post #32; Day #29)

THEME: BREAKFAST (Post #31;Day #29)

If you are ever in the area, stop at The Range in Bernalillo, NM, for breakfast. Today I got their "Home on the Range" Oatmeal. The melting dollop on top is a scoop of cinnamon ice cream. This is NOT your mother's oatmeal! (And no, I couldn't eat it all.)

THEME: TWO (Post #30; Day #28)

The clock on the old church in Old Town says . . . TWO o'clock.

THEME: CHAIRS OR BENCHES (Post #29; Day #28)

Hmmm. I think this bench must have been designed by a father who wanted to make sure no "feller" sat too close to his daughter - ha!

THEME: CANDY (Post #28; Day #27)

THEME: FRUIT (Post #27; Day #26)

Fruit is always nice, but it's BEST this way!

THEME: GATES (Post #26; Day #25)

GATES - Bill Gates, that is! This plaque sits at the corner of California and Linn, near the State Fairgrounds in Albuquerque. This is the location where Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft. I know, this probably isn't in the true spirit of the theme "Gates," but I couldn't help myself!

By the way, while looking for the address on the internet, I ran across THIS AD. Take a look; be sure to scroll to the bottom.



Here's a close-up, which is more readable.

THEME: ASYMMETRICAL (Post #25; Day #22)

Like them or not, you have to admit that these little vehicles are asymmetrical.

THEME: SKY HIGH (Post #24; Day #21)

When you stand at the base of this Redstone rocket, it appears to be SKY HIGH.

It sits outside Albuquerque's National Museum of Nuclear Science & History. It is 69 feet tall. Although it was originally designed to carry a warhead, it was never used as a weapon. Instead, these rockets were used for space exploration.

THEME: POINTED (Post #23; Day #21)

THEME: PRIMARY COLORS (Post #22; Day #21)

This model of an atom, in primary colors, is above the front doors of the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History.

THEME: LOTS & LOTS & LOTS (Post #21; Day #19)

It takes lots and lots and lots of Idaho spuds to make the fries at Five Guys Burgers and Fries. And they are delicious!

THEME: ONE-TWO-THREE (Post #20; Day #17)

These one-two-three huge guys, which I call "The Lego Guys" are landmarks for the local skate park.

THEME: ACTION SHOT (Post #19; Day #17)

THEME: ORBS (Post #18; Day #15)

These "orbs" are actually bowling balls. They were in the same yard as the shoe tree telephone pole below (which is NOT the yard of the strange house a few posts down, by the way).

THEME: FOOTWEAR (Post #17; Day #14)

This telephone pole is covered from ground to tippy-top in women's high-heeled pumps. I guess it could be called a "shoe tree."

THEME: CHILDREN (Post #16; Day #14)

At the aquarium they have this giant starfish sculpture. These children found it a great place to sprawl out for a rest.

THEME: FISH (Post #15; Day #14)

THEME: UNDER WATER (Post #14; Day #14)

I went to the aquarium today. I took this picture from an underwater tunnel that visitors can walk through. The fish weren't cooperating for an overhead shot, but this giant eel slithered by.

THEME: HOUSE/HOME (Post #13; Day #14)

This very unusual house sits on the corner lot of a traditional, older neighborhood here in town.

THEME: SELF-PORTRAIT (Post #12; Day #11)

Not very creative -- just held the camera up in front of my face and snapped. This one is for a couple of my friends (I won't say which friends, Gloria and Genie), who asked to see a picture of the second haircut that I got because of the horrible first haircut.

THEME: RED (Post #11; Day #11)

I've never eaten at the Little Red Hamburger Hut, but word around town is that it is spotlessly clean inside, the help is totally customer friendly, and the burgers and fries are great.

THEME: THE LETTER B (for BARBER SHOP - Post #10; Day #10)

Today, just for fun, I played around with some filters to make this more like a color sketch. I've always thought this little barber shop, near Old Town, was quaint.

THEME: ENTRANCE (Post #9; Day #8)

Following up on the previous post, here is the front ENTRANCE of Jefferson Middles School.

THEME: SCHOOL (Post #8; Day #8)

Jefferson Middle School - one of Albuquerque's beautiful old school buildings.

THEME: REACHING UP (Post #7; Day #7)

Do merchants in your area use these inflatable air dancers to catch your attention? I couldn't resist this one for the "reaching up" theme. The fellow working in the Verizon store kept a skeptical eye on me until I exited his parking lot.

THEME: PLANTS (Post #6; Day #6)

This time of year, Albuquerque is pretty brown. But in the grocery store today, I saw these PLANTS, a great antidote to winter's drabness.

THEME: DAIRY (Post #5; Day #4)

I've been stuck at home with a cold (or flu) so had to capture something in the house. These are just a few of my collection of 30-or-so old milk bottles. I'm soon giving them up to a friend who is buying them from me. Nice to have this post to remember them by.

THEME: BROKEN (Post #4; Day #4)

We traveled to see my mom over the holidays. Dan tripped on a flower box that was sitting outside Mom's front door and fell. He sustained some scrapes and bruises, but the only thing he broke was his Nook e-reader. No cracks, but the screen is a jumble, and it's unusable.

THEME: GLASS (Post #3; Day #2)

A glass paperweight, given to me as a Christmas gift by my boss/friend, Betsy.

THEME: BARREN (Post #2; Day #1)

It was cold in New Mexico on New Year's Day. Single digits when we awoke; in the twenties later in the day. There was also a brisk wind blowing when I shot this picture. The sound of the wind blowing through the sage brush added to the sense of BARRENness.

THEME: CANDLES (Post #1; Day #1)

Happy New Year!