Black Iron Cross Fence
Nambe, New Mexico Cemetery
Karen Rivera 2009
July 11, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Crosses, Folk Art, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Black Iron Cross, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, Graveyard Crosses, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Nambe, New Mexico, Old Churches, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
sebastian 2009
July 9, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Cross, Cross of the Day, Jemez Springs, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Old Churches, Outdoor Photography, Sebastian | Leave a comment

Chimayo Chapel
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2009
July 8, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Heart Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Mountain Splendor, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Savior, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santos, Spirituality, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Chimayo Chapel, Christian Crosses, Cross, Cross of the Day, Folk Art, God, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Prayer, Religious Art, Tinwork | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day
St. George on a Horse
Sanctuario, Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2005
July 7, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Heart Crosses, Historic Churches, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Santos, Spirituality, Story Crosses, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches | Tags: Christian Folk Art, Folk Art, God, kdsebastian, Memorial Cross, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Novena, Prayer, Saints, Saints and Martyrs, Santos, Shrine, St. George, Village Churches | Leave a comment

In Santa Fe, the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe is honored within the parish’s santuario. Outside, a 12-foot bronze statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe stands near the entrance, its base often decorated with fresh roses. Parishioners accompanied the statue from Mexico City, where it was cast in bronze, to Santa Fe in 2008.
Church is converting a weedy slope in front of its parking lot into a shrine that tells the story of the iconic Our Lady of Guadalupe. The church also will create an Institute for Guadalupe Studies and a Marian Resource Center and Library in the old Guadalupe School and Convent across Agua Fría Street.
The area will be called “Santa Fe’s Hill of Tepeyac.”
“It’s a place where people can come and look for resources about Our Lady of Guadalupe,” Nguyen said.
The Santa Fe Hill of Tepeyac is “a wonderful way to pay honor to our Mother,” parishioner Diana Lujan said.
More from the Santa Fe New Mexican
July 6, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Christian Photography, Churches, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Holy Family, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mission Churches, Mother of God, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Shrine, Stone Churches, Traditional Crosses, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Bronze Statue, Christian, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Photography, Santa Fe, Santuario, Tepeyac | Leave a comment

Our Lady of Gudalupe Shrine
Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2003
July 5, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Historic Churches, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santos, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crucifix, Folk Art, God, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mother of God, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Novena, Old Churches, Our Lady of Guadalupe, painted walls, Patron Saints, Prayer, Saints, Santos, Village Churches | Leave a comment

Small Easter Wall Church at Sanctuario
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter Crosses, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine | Tags: Adobe Church, Carved Cross, Carved Wooden Crosses, Chapel, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter, Easter Cross, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, mission church, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Old Churches, Road Trips, Sanctuario, Shrine, Southwest Crosses | Leave a comment

Church Tower with Cross, Chimayo
Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2007
November 18, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Shrine, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Church Tower, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Photography, Road Trip, Sanctuario, Village Churches | Leave a comment

San Franciso Church ~ 1976
Golden, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
Golden, New Mexico, on the Turquoise Trail, is having a bit of a renaissance these days. It’s still a ghost town but the few houses have been restored and the old Mercantile is open in the summer for the tourists. Built in 1830, he San Francisco Church off Highway 14, doesn’t look much different than when I was shooting black and whites in the mid-70’s. Restored in 1960 by Fray Angelico Chavez while he was the padre of St. Joseph’s Church in Los Cerrillos, the graveyard has mostly escaped the vandalism common to New Mexico’s abandoned mining towns.
November 17, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Architectural Crosses, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Iron Crosses, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: 1830's Church, Adobe Church, Black and White Photography, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Fray Angelico Chavez, Ghost Town, Golden, Graveyard Crosses, Karen Rivera, New Mexico Photography, San Francisco Church, South Highway 14, Turquoise Trail, Village Church, Vintage Photographs | Leave a comment
San Raphael with Hearts
Roadside Gallery Art
High Road to Taos
Photography by Karen Rivera
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Heart Crosses, Karen Rivera, Modern Crosses, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, San Raphael, Sanctuario, Santos, Spirituality | Tags: Chimayo, Cross of the Day, Hand Painted, Heart Crosses, High Road to Taos, Karen Rivera, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, San Raphael, Sanctuario | Leave a comment

Grace Morales, 1893 ~ Graveyard Crosses
Illustration
Karen Rivera 2010
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Free Clipart Crosses, Graveyard Crosses, Karen Rivera, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Story Crosses | Tags: Cemetary Crosses, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Free Cross Clipart, Graveyard Crosses, Illustrations, Karen Rivera, Religious Art, Southwest Crosses | Leave a comment

Manzano, Founded 1824
Manzano, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
Manzano is one of New Mexico’s small almost ghost towns tucked away in the Cibola National Forest. With an estimated population of 54, the main attractions are its photo opps and the legendary Manzano Mountain Retreat.
For 35 years, the working apple farm has produced 4,000 bushels of apples and 3,000 gallons of cider annually. A daily update on the web site lists which of the 34 types are currently available.
The aerial shot below, taken from the Manzano Mountain Retreat website shows the orchards cut out of the forest.

November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Southern New Mexico, Spirituality, Stone Churches | Tags: Adobe Church, Apples, Cemetery, Cross of the Day, Ghost Town, Graveyard Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Manzano, mission church, Mountain Churches, Mountains, New Mexico, Religious Art, Road Trips, Southern New Mexico, Stone Churches, Village Churches | Leave a comment

Church at Sanctuario, 1950’s
Chimayo, New Mexico
Scanned Vintage Postcard
Karen Rivera
This vintage postcard of Sanctuario left me stunned. I’ve shot hundreds of photographs of the church but I never saw it as a real small Northern New Mexican town chuch like those scattered all over the state until I found this postcard.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Chimayo, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, Stone Churches | Tags: Adobe Casas, Adobe Churches, Architectural Detail, Art, Artists, Black Iron, Blue Doors, Chimayo, Churches, Georgia okeefe country, Graveyards, Hand Carved, Hand Crafted, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, Sanctuario, Santos, Scenic View, Shrine, St. Francis de Assisi, Stonework, Village Churches, Vintage Photographs, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Punta de Agua
Highway 55, Southern New Mexico
Karen Rivera
The small villages along Highway 55 have always held a special place in my hard-scrabble New Mexican heart. Using the few resources available in the barren, harsh acres early settlers recycled the ever-present rocks into homes, walls, and churches.
In Punta de Agua, the rough-cut stone San Antonio Church stands as a monument to an earlier example of sustainable and green building.
If you’d like to walk through Punta de Agua at street level, click here to go to Google Maps, then click satellite.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Santos, Southern New Mexico, Spirituality, Stone Churches, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Architectural Detail, Blue Doors, Churches, Classic Churches, Classic Mountains, Classics, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Hand Carved, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Manzano, Mission Churches, Mountainair, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Outdoor Photography, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Signs, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, San Antonio, Santos, Scenic View, Stone Churches, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

- Church at San Ysidro, New Mexico
Old Adobe Church
San Ysidro, New Mexico
Karen Rivera Spring 2010
The village of San Ysidro, originally a farming settlement, was named after Saint Isidore the Farmer in 1699. San Ysidro holds an annual Fiesta in his honor each year in mid-May.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Architectural Crosses, Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Sandoval County, Spirituality | Tags: Adobe Casas, Adobe Churches, Architectural Detail, Black Iron, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, Folk Art, Georgia okeefe country, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Jemez Springs, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saint Isidore, Saints and Martyrs, San Ysidro, Sandoval County, Santos, Scenic View, Shrine, Stone Churches, Stonework, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

The Deacon’s Blues
High Road to Taos
New Mexico
July 2010
Karen Rivera
July 22, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Floral Crosses, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Irish Crosses, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Spirituality, Story Crosses, Taos | Tags: Cross, Cross of the Day, Descansos, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Irish Crosses, Karen Rivera, New Mexican, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saint, Prayer, Religious Art, Road Trip, Roadside Shrine, Sacred, Saints, Santos, Sculpture, Shrine, St. Lawrence, Taos, Wood | Leave a comment
Four Corners Baskets
Zia Pueblo
July 2010
Karen Rivera
Local Native American Basket Makers incorporate the designs of crosses, native plants, mountains and rivers into their wonderful baskets. Made of raw reeds and natural dyes, the basketmakers weave spirituality into their art.
July 21, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Heart Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Native American, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Rustic Crosses, Sandoval County, Spirituality, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Baskets, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Woven Baskets, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Photograpy, Religious Art, Road Trip, Spirituality, Zia Pueblo | Leave a comment

Saint Ray of Richardsville
Roadside Shrine
Taos, New Mexico
July 2010
Karen Rivera
July 20, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Spirituality, Story Crosses, Taos | Tags: Art, Artists, Cross of the Day, Descansos, Folk Art, Hand Carved, Hand Crafted, Hand Painted, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Patron Saints, Photography, Recycled, Religious Art, Road Signs, Road Trips, Saints and Martyrs, Santos, Shrine, Signs, Stonework, Taos, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Small Easter Wall Church at Sanctuario
Chimayo, New Mexico
kd sebastian 2007
February 22, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter Crosses, Free Clipart Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario | Tags: Chimayo, Churches, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Easter, Free Cross Clipart, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Old Churches, Patron Saints, Sanctuario, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Andreita Avila’s Cross
Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery
Bernalillo, New Mexico
kd sebastian 21010
There’s something so touching about handmade grave markers. Many of the cemeteries in New Mexico have suffered from vandalism and neglect. Families die out, move away or simply abandon the traditional New Mexican ways.
My favorite crosses are what I call the “hard times” crosses: handmade from whatever durable materials could be afforded. Rebar, cement, wood, rocks–everything is fair game and free. Oddly enough, the poorer the community, the better kept the graveyards are.
Andreita Avila’s Cross is on the left side of Our Lady of Sorrows Graveyard in Bernalillo, New Mexico. It’s proximity to the Placitas off-ramp has made it a vandal’s dream so it was heart-warming to find this small pocket size memorial exactly where it was placed years ago.
February 22, 2010 | Categories: Art, Cemetery Crosses, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Free Clipart Crosses, Graveyard Crosses, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sandoval County, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Andreita Avila's Cross, Cemetery Crosses, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Free Cross Clipart, Graveyard Crosses, Hard times Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, New Mexico, Our Lady of Sorrows, Patron Saints | Leave a comment
Chimayo Easter Cross with Lilies
Chimayo, New Mexico
kd sebastian 2007
February 22, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Chimayo, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter Crosses, Floral Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario, Spring Crosses | Tags: Abobe Churches, Chimayo, Cross, Cross of the Day, Easter, Easter Cross, Free Cross Clipart, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, New Mexico, Old Churches, Patron Saints, Sanctuario, Village Churches | Leave a comment

Carlos Medina’s Doors
Chimayo, New Mexico
sebastian 2005
February 22, 2010 | Categories: Art, Chimayo, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Sanctuario | Tags: Black Iron, carolos medina, Chimayo, Cross, Cross of the Day, Folk Art, gates, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Mural, New Mexico, Patron Saints, Sanctuario | Leave a comment
Izzie’s Easter Cross
Bernalillo, New Mexico
sebastian 2010
February 21, 2010 | Categories: Art, Cemetery Crosses, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Easter Crosses, Floral Crosses, Graveyard Crosses, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints and Martyers, Spring Crosses, Traditional Crosses | Tags: Cemetery Crosses, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Easter, Easter Lily, Floral Cross, Graveyard Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Izzie's Cross, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Lily Cross, New Mexico, Patron Saints, Sebastian | Leave a comment

Cornelio’s Cross
Northern New Mexico
sebastian 2010
February 21, 2010 | Categories: Art, Cemetery Crosses, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved Crosses, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Ornate Crosses, Patron Saints, Rustic Crosses, Saints, Saints and Martyers | Tags: Cemetery Crosses, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crucifix, Free Cross Clipart, Graveyard Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, New Mexico, Patron Saints, Sebastian, Silver Cross | Leave a comment