A New Mexico Icon

After Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings became widely known and appreciated, this icon definitely is identified with New Mexico.  

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Charlie as a Camera Critter

While checking on an order of allergy dog food for Maggi at a local veterinary clinic we watched Charlie, a very obedient Boston Terrier, being weighed on a floor scale before his appointment.  

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”
― Will Rogers

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Camera Critters--Not a lot of bull!

Have you ever been followed around like a dog by a creature of this size?  This big guy wandered freely around the grounds and parking lot of the Sanctuario de Chimayo...a startling sight to our dog Maggi, who despite their differences in size this strange creature still aroused her curiosity.  The steer ignored all of us, occasionally staring us balefully in the eyes.  I was a little worried about our dog, but we all made it back to the safety of our car.

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CoCo-Camera Critters

CoCo, My Santa Fe Companion

This sweet little Border Collie lives across the highway from where I am staying in Santa Fe.  According to her owner, CoCo is an "outside dog" with her own doghouse. He provides food and water for her there and has paid attention to her veterinary requirements: spayed, all shots with ID tags on her collar.

Shortly after  I get up in the morning, CoCo appears on the backyard deck, remaining there 'til I leave for my adventures.  When I return she lopes down the gravel driveway and beats me to the door.  She'll remain on the deck every night until I go to bed, even if I'm in a different part of the casa. It's hard for me to honor my friends' request not to feed her or let her in their casa. Because her owner is gone almost all day long, 10-month old CoCo is alone and literally starved for affection and companionship.  Because our family are animal lovers, an outside dog is a foreign concept to me and hard for me to understand.  I'm worried that someday she might be injured or killed crossing the highway from her house to this casa.  When I'm not here, one of my friends gives her some attention also.  If I were driving instead of flying home, I think I would be tempted to engage in dognapping and whisk her away to Minnesota because of her sweet temperament and good nature.

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Camera Critters

This little critter and his brother (unseen behind the adobe wall) goes wild whenever we walk by and is beside himself when we pass while walking our dog.  Glad he's behind the wall!

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