Today, Saturday 10th February, pm, a crowd of us went into Santa Fe to look around. I really enjoyed it. It was so interesting. The adobe buildings are so different and the goods in the shops are so different that I took lots of photos which unfortunately didn't all turn out. (The reason being that, only on the way home, did I re-discover the little switch on the side of the camera whose position one must change depending on whether the photographer needs 'close-up'/ people / distance'!) Of course I took everything on the same setting, so many were out of focus, and not worth keeping. BooHoo! There were a couple of photos, however, of a standard sufficient to be published, so I am feeling bit more optomistic about the camera for future ventures. At the top of the page you'll see three photos of Pueblo Indian art works seen in a shop with displays of pottery from the nine pueblos in the area.
At the bottom of the page there are two photos taken outside St Francis Cathedral of 1) a particularly joyous statue in the plaza area, and 2) a few of our group on the way to the car park. (
I did have quite a nice photo of myself standing beside the St Francis Cathedral sign, but 'lost' it during a glitch in the work on this blog! Sorry to all my fans!) 
Santa Fe is absolutely packed with interesting shops. The streets are fairly narrow, between adobe buildings. There are artworks everywhere and tourists everywhere too. It would be a really interesting place to come to as a tourist. A lot of the people in the shops are obviously Indians also, and the culture is quite genuine. I will return at the next possible opportunity and take lots more photos.
I did have quite a nice photo of myself standing beside the St Francis Cathedral sign, but 'lost' it during a glitch in the work on this blog! Sorry to all my fans!) 
Santa Fe is absolutely packed with interesting shops. The streets are fairly narrow, between adobe buildings. There are artworks everywhere and tourists everywhere too. It would be a really interesting place to come to as a tourist. A lot of the people in the shops are obviously Indians also, and the culture is quite genuine. I will return at the next possible opportunity and take lots more photos.
The course is getting underway now and we will soon be put in small groups and sort out who our Spiritual Directors will be (from a possible 4 on staff). I will be playing the keyboard at Mass this Sunday in our Chapel - which has bow-ed side walls and a wonderful stained glass area at the back. I seem to be the only keyboard player in the group.
The snow is melting a bit, but there is still a lot and more is predicted during the week. We'll see. Hope I am making you wish you were here.
2 comments:
Nice to hear a bit about Santa Fe Rita. The USA is so vast there must be tremendous variation between areas. We don't feel envious. We have just had 27.5 mm of rain and the peace of not having to water for a few days is wonderful. Kambah had 70 and Rivett (where Ruth lives) 50. Almost no rain at Hackett and the airport areas. The Doorknock has started, slowly, and we are looking forward to it being over and our Tasmanian trip in early March. Continue to enjoy what will be a rather brief stay! Love, Kath (and John)
Buenos dias Rita
It sounds as though you're quickly settling into the international jet-setter lifestyle. Don't worry about the camera mishaps, we're sure that will improve with more use.
With your walking tours around the local areas we're having visions of you getting around Sante Fe and being greeted by the locals just like Burt Munro (the main character from the movie The World's Fastest Indian). If you haven't seen the movie as yet, then do yourself a favour and see if you can get a viewing of it.
Fr Ashley mentioned that you've been diligent in providing regular e-mail updates, so you'd probably already know that they had a special set-up for his birthday at last weekend's Mass. Payback time for the good Fr.
We've had some nice rain over the last few days, so it was good to have our prayers answered. However, Murphy must have also been praying as there's been no rain over the catchment areas!!
We're looking forward to hearing more of Sr Rita's Most Excellent Adventure.
Keep well and God Bless
Mal & Kathy Jensen
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