
Cemetery Cross
Karen Rivera 2012
Cripple Creek, Colorado
Scattered on a barren, windswept hilltop, outside of town and hidden from the casinos that have taken over the entire town, handmade crosses mark the graves of the miners who died far away from home.
November 4, 2012 | Categories: Artists, Cemetery Crosses, Christian Photography, Colorado, Cripple Creek, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Vintage Crosses | Tags: christian photography, cripple creek cemetary, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Carved, inspirational photograhpy, Karen Rivera, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

San Raphael
Patron Saint of Travelers
Acrylic on raw alderwood
Karen Rivera 2005
July 12, 2011 | Categories: Art, Bottlecap Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico Photography, Patron Saints, Religious Art, Saints, Saints and Martyers, San Raphael, Shrine, Spirituality | Tags: Bottlecap Art, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Previously Painted, Religious Art, Road Signs, Road Trips, Saints, Saints and Martyrs, San Raphael, Santos, Taos, Tinwork | 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

The Airforce Academy Chapel
Photography by Neil Talbott
Neil Talbott’s Colorado Photography can be seen and purchased at his studio #105 at Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Avenue in downtown Colorado Springs, CO. Can’t make it in person? Email Neil or reach him at (719) 523-0499.
July 5, 2011 | Categories: Art, Christian, Christian Photography, Churches, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Artwork, Inspirational Photography, Mountain Splendor, Neil Talbott, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Shrine, The Air Force Academy Chapel | Tags: Airforce Academy Chapel, Balance Rock, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Historic Site, Inspirational Photography, Neil Talbott, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Religious Art, Scenic Photography, Wayside Attraction | 2 Comments

Copper Turquoise Beads with Vintage Silver Cross
by Jane Beeder
To say Jane Beeder travels the world is an understatement. From her years in spent in the Middle East buying antique strings of hand carved gemstones to her upcoming trip to Russia, Jane never misses a chance to search out the most exquisite and exotic beads for her original jewelry.
In her recent show last month at Hayden Hays Gallery at the Broadmoor Hotel, Jane’s jewelry held it’s own with all the other masterpieces displayed.
Crosses, whether they are antique Navajo sterling silver, gem studded artifacts from Morocco or hand crafted by local Colorado Springs artists, are combined with the rough-hewn gemstones, hand-forged crosses and elegant silver findings that are a hallmark of Jane’s work.
Many of her recent pieces combine Coptic (Ethiopian) Crosses with turquoise beads.
Ethiopian crosses are made from elaborate lattice or filigree work in a baroque style. The artists designing the African crosses take great delight in creating ornate decorative patterns. They embellish a simple cross with trefoils, flared arms, fanciful projections, complex openwork and intertwined patterns of lines that symbolize eternity.
Traditionally worn around the neck on a deep blue cotton cord, the crosses are given to children when they are baptized and they become one of the most prized of all personal possessions.
Named after the region they come from, the crosses that Jane uses in her work are hand-cast and made from nickel or brass alloys.
Jane Beeder combines a hand-carved Antique Lapis Lazuli and Sterling pendant with oversized Lapis Lazuli rondelles and hand made sterling silver beads
Jane’s studio at Cottonwood Center for the Arts is an out-of-the-ordinary voyage. Crammed floor-to-ceiling with Chinese antique cabinets full of exotic beads just waiting to be turned into collectible, wearable works of art, Jane can be found working surrounded by overflowing baskets of chunks of amber, strings frosted 1930’s lucite and tribal beaded headbands
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For more of Jane’s necklaces, check out photos of her work here on Fresh Ink.
Jane’s studio, #103, is at 427 E. Colorado in downtown Colorado Springs at Cottonwood Center for the Arts. For more info about Jane’s workshop, call (719) 520-1899. Her work can be purchased at Cottonwood on Tejon or The Boulder Street Gallery in Downtown Colorado Springs.
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Antique Silver Crosses, Artists, Celtic Crosses, Christian, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Cottonwood on Tejon, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Ethiopian Crosses, Galleries, Hand Carved Crosses, Inspirational Artwork, Iron Crosses, Jane Beeder, Ornate Crosses, Religious Art, The Boulder Street Gallery, Traditional Crosses, Vintage Cross Jewelry, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Christian, Coptic Crosses, Cross, Cross Jewelry, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Ethiopian Crosses, Hand Carved, Hayden Hayes, Inspirational Jewelry, Jane Beeder, Karen Rivera, The Broadmoor Hotel, Vintage Crosses | Leave a comment

Dusty Shutt and “Blue Morpho”
Photography by Craig Shutt
“Morpho’s Garden”
Can be seen at the Pioneer Museum at 215 S. Tejon, Colorado Springs
After taking flight at Colorado Springs’s Imagination Celebration , Dusty Shutt’s “Blue Morpho” butterfly has landed. Inspired by her strong Christian faith to contribute to her community, Dusty finds her work with organizations that help local chilidren to be her favorite.
Donating her skill and time to create the colorful, exuberant sculpture to “Butterflies and Friends”, Dusty joins dozens of local artists who share the same passion to use their talents to assist local children.

Side view of Dusty Shutt’s Metal 3D Butterfly “Blue Morpho”
Photography by Craig Shutt
Butterflies and Friends is a community service initiative created by the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs to raise awareness and funds to serve children and promote the arts in local school. Participating artists raise transform large scale metal butterflies into works of art that are then auctioned on September 17th at Cheyenne Resort.
In addition to raising attention to endangered species all over the world with her photo impressionism, Dusty contributes to raising awareness and funds to several causes at home in Colorado Springs. Dusty chose the short-lived Blue Morpho butterfly as the base for her inspiration, connecting the threatened rainforest dwelling iridescent butterflies with at-risk children here at home.
Information about last year’s successful event
As one of the few artists chosen to create a Butterfly for the upcoming Rotary Club auction at Cheyenne Mountain Resort on September 17th, Dusty and the generous group of local artists that paint the huge over-sized metal butterflies annually to do their part to ensure that a “healthy cocoon for every child” and to “encourage a creative metamorphosis into all that each can be”.
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Art, Artists, Butterflies and Artists, Christian, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Dusty Shutt, Folk Art | Tags: "Morphos Garden", Art Auction, Blue Morpho, Butterflies and Friends, Cheyenne Mountain Resort, Christian, Colorado Springs Rotary Club, Community Service, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Dusty Shutt, Endangered Species, Imagination Celebration, Irridescent Butterflies, Photo Impressionism, Rainforest Alliance, Spirituality, Wildlife Photography | Leave a comment

Our Lady of Miracles
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2010
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Mountain Churches, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Sorrows, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Adobe Wall, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Karen Rivera, Los Cerrillos, Madonna, Mountain Churches, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Miracles, Our Lady of Sorrows, Religious Art, Religious Mural, Road Trip, Village Churches, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

Nambe Cemetery
Nambe Pueblo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera
January 2011
I shoot a lot of cemetaries. For heart-rending, technicolor boisterous displays, you just can’t beat a New Mexican cemetary on Easter, Day of the Dead or Christmas. I’ve made it to my favorite, the Nambe Church cemetary in Nambe, every Boxing Day for most of the last 20 years. I follow that up with New Year’s Day in Acoma. It seems to make the perfect emotional double-header.
I found this small, weathered cross tucked away in a far corner surrounded by tumbleweeds and scruffy dead plants. The new flowers shows that this lonely hidden grave hadn’t been forgotten.
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Community, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Nambe, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Shrine, Story Crosses, Traditional Crosses, Village Churches, Vintage Crosses | Tags: Adobe Church, Art, Carved Cross, Carved Wooden Crosses, Cemetery, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Descansos, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Graveyards, Hand Carved, Hand Painted, Karen Rivera, mission church, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Outdoor Photography by Karen Rivera, Photography, Road Trips, southwest, Southwest Crosses, Wayside Attraction | 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
Cross of the Day

Nambe, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2008
July 4, 2011 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Free Clipart Crosses, Inspirational Photography, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Ornate Crosses, Our Savior, Religious Art, Saints and Martyers, Village Churches | Tags: Abobe Churches, Art, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Crucifix, Folk Art, God, Graveyard Crosses, Karen Rivera, kdsebastian, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, Nambe, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Spirituality, Village Churches | Leave a comment
Cross of the Day
Buddha’s Cross
Recycled Tinwork
Karen Rivera
I’ve found that I incorporate crosses into my work, no matter what the medium or the message.
July 1, 2011 | Categories: Art, Buddha, Buddhist Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Free Clipart Crosses, k.d. sebastian, Karen Rivera, Patron Saints, Saints and Martyers, Spirituality, Tinwork | Tags: Art, Bottle Cap, Buddha, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Karen Rivera, Patron Saints, Prayer, Sebastian, Spirituality, Tinwork, Zen Cross | 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

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
Courtyard, Saint Joseph’s Church
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
Los Cerrillos has always seemed to me to be the perfect example of a New Mexico boom town. Once the unofficial capitial of the state, it’s now a modern day ghost town on South 14, a few miles north of Madrid.
After the arrival of the Santa Fe Railroad in 1880, shipping the gold, silver, lead, zinc and turquoise from the 3,000 miners in the area no longer had to be shipped by wagon. Los Cerrillos grew to feature 21 saloons, 5 brothels, 4 hotels, several dance halls and a real honest-to-goodness Opera House. The construction of Saint Joseph’s Church on Main Street confirmed that civilization had truly arrived.

- Casa Grande Trading Post, Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum, & Petting Zoo
Today, the washboard streets and dusty storefronts are a mostly undisturbed reminder of Old West meets celluloid. 13 films have been shot in and around Los Cerrillos, including the 1972 John Wayne movie The Cowboys shot just outside of town. A remnant of the production of Young Guns lingers on a two-story stucco wall. The real Wortley Hotel (Motto: No Guest Gunned Down in Over a 100 Years) is in Lincoln, not Los Cerrillos.

- Los Cerrillos porch ceiling
On weekends, Mary’s Saloon and the Casa Grande Trading Post, Cerrillos Turqoise Mining Museum, & Petting Zoo swarm with tourists from the City Different stopping off on the Turquoise Trail. Several seasonal businesses open up with the return of the tourists, adding whimsical touches.
Several artists call Los Cerrillos home. Metal sculptures and eclectic murals are scattered though the tiny town. A few of the gritty, sandblasted storefronts now make it possible to walk under the stars as you stay out of the sun.
My connection with Los Cerrillos was very short-lived. My job working weekends at the Tiffany Saloon and Melodrama ended when, as usual, my confidence in British mechanics was misplaced and my 1961 Morris Mini-Cooper needed a new engine.

The Tiffany Saloon and Melodrama burned down in 1977 but you can still find traces of it, and other long-lost buildings, by looking for the metal yellow signs all over town.
Karen Rivera 2010
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Churches, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Historic Churches, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, Santos, Spirituality, St. Joseph | Tags: Christian, Church, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Los Cerrillos, Memorial Cross, Mission Churches, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Old Churches, Prayer, Religious Art, St. Joseph, Tiffany Melodrama, Village Churches, Vintage, Wooden Crosses | Leave a comment
My favorite kinds of church services are ones that happen outdoors. There’s just something about a group of people singing hymns outside under a blue sky early on Sunday morning that touches me. It seems to be more of a direct spiritual connection when the sound echoes directly up to the sky without a roof in the way.
Chasing down an overheard reference in an Old Colorado Springs coffee shop, I stumbled on another of Colorado’s unexpected treats. Driving through most small towns, you wonder where the end of town is. In Penrose, 35 miles south on 115, you won’t have that problem. The town ends after a few blocks when the paved road abruptly does.The town has no stop lights, a volunteer fire department, and almost no problems except for what seems to be a group of entitled clowns.

The Sunday I stopped by the Cowboy Church, there were more horses than cars. The steam rising in the cold air from riders and the huffing of the horses was a scene out of a cowgirl’s dream. When they read the Rodeo Cowboy’s prayer at the end of the service in memory of long lost friends, I wasn’t the only one in tears.

Rodeo Cowboy’s Prayer
Our gracious and heavenly Father, we pause in the midst of this festive
occasion, mindful and thoughtful of the guidance that you have given us.
As cowboys, Lord, we don’t ask for any special favors.
We ask only that you let us compete in this arena.
We don’t ask to never break a barrier,
or to draw a round of steer that’s hard to throw,
or a chute fighting horse, or a bull that is impossible to ride.
We only ask that you help us to compete as honest as the horses we ride
and in a manner as clean and pure as the wind
that blows across this great land of ours.
So when we do make that last ride
that is inevitable for us all to make, to that place up there,
where the grass is green and lush and stirrup high,
that you’ll tell us as we ride in that our entry fees have been paid.
These things we ask.
Amen.
© Clem McSpadden. In memory of Howard Manuel, Jim Moore and Zachary Vanwhy.
November 16, 2010 | Categories: Art, Churches, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Cowboy, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, Mountain Splendor, Spirituality | Tags: Christian, Churches, Colorado Springs, Cowboy Church, Cowboys, CrossoftheDay, Heaven, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, Outdoor Service, Penrose, Religious Art, Road Trip, Rodeo Cowboy Prayer, Sunday Services, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment
The Assisi Sisters
Hanging with Claire and Agnes in Taos
July 2010
Karen Rivera
August 5, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Carved Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Saints, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, St. Agnes, Taos | Tags: Art, Assisi, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, High Road to Taos, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Photography, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saints, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, St. Angnes, St. Claire, Taos, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment
Telephone Pole Cross
Summer Thunderstorm at Colmer, New Mexico
July 2010
Karen Rivera
August 1, 2010 | Categories: Art, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Free Clipart Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Iron Crosses, Karen Rivera, Mountain Splendor, New Mexico, Northern New Mexico, Spirituality | Tags: Art, Colmer, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Free Cross Clipart, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountains, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, Outdoor Photography, Photography, Religious Art, Road Trip, southwest, Thunderstorms, Wayside Attraction | 1 Comment

Sunday Morning in the Garden of the Gods
Colorado Springs
July 2010
Karen Rivera
July 27, 2010 | Categories: Art, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Splendor, Spirituality | Tags: Coloradao Photography, Colorado, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Garden of the Gods, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Manitou Springs, Mountain Churches, Mountains, Old Colorado City, Outdoor Photography, Photograph, Photography, Pike’s Peak, Pike’s Peak from Gardern of the Gods, Religious Art, Road Trips, Rocky Mountains, State Parks, Sunday Services, Wayside Attraction | Leave a comment

No Pennies, Please
Colorado Springs, Colorado
July 2010
Karen Rivera
July 22, 2010 | Categories: Art, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Shrine, Spirituality | Tags: Charity, Colorado Springs, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Donations, Feed the Homeless, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Humor, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Parking Meter, Pennies, Photography, Prayer, Religious Art, Road Trip, Signs, Wayside Attraction, Wayside Attraction Art | Leave a comment

Patron Saint of the Kitchen
Roadside Tin, Chimayo, New Mexico
Karen Rivera 2006
July 22, 2010 | Categories: Art, Bottlecap Art, Chimayo, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, San Pasqual, Santa Fe, Santos, Shrine, Spirituality, Tinwork | Tags: Art, bottlecaps, Chimayo, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Karyn Rivera, New Mexican Photography, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Religious Art, Road Trips, Saint, Santero, southwest, Tinwork | 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
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Tilework
Pike’s Peak, Colorado
July 2011
Karen Rivera
July 10, 2010 | Categories: Architectural Crosses, Art, Black Iron Crosses, Christian, Christian Photography, Churches, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Community, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, Iron Crosses, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Modern Crosses, Mother of God, Mountain Splendor, Nuestra Senora, Ornate Crosses, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Outdoor Photography, Patron Saints, Photography, Pikes Peak, Saints, Saints and Martyers, Santos, Spirituality | Tags: Christian, Churches, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Cross, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Folk Art, Graveyard Crosses, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Madonna, Manitou Springs, Mexican Saints, Nuestra Senora, Our Lady, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patron Saints, Pike's Peak, Prayer, Religious Art, Saints, Santos, Village Churches, Viring Mary | Leave a comment
March 5, 2010 | Categories: Art, Bottlecap Art, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Hand Painted, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico Photography, Northern New Mexico, Patron Saints, Saints, Saints and Martyers, San Raphael, Santos, Tinwork | Tags: bottlecaps, Christian, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, New Mexico, Patron Saint, Patron Saints, Saints, San Raphael, Santos, scrabble tiles, Tinwork | Leave a comment

Punta de Aqua
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 Aqua, 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 Aqua at street level, click here to go to Google Maps, then click satellite.
March 5, 2010 | Categories: Adobe Churches, Art, Cemetery Crosses, Churches, Cross of the Day, Crosses, CrossoftheDay, Graveyard Crosses, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, New Mexico, New Mexico Photography, Patron Saints, Saints and Martyers, Southern New Mexico, Stone Churches | Tags: Christian, Churches, Cross, Cross of the Day, CrossoftheDay, Free Cross Clipart, Inspirational Photography, Karen Rivera, Mountain Churches, Patron Saints, Punta de Aqua, Stone Churches, Village Churches | Leave a comment