Little Tree in the Big Bar

See the tree. See the tree grow. See the tree grow in the bar. See the tree grow in the bar and through the roof.

Hidden peaceful place to get tippled in Santa Fe. After imbibing walk next door and load up on excellent chow. Next walk around the plaza and have a coffee from Ispiritu Cafe.



Here is the Bar. I will miss this place when I move.

Tiny Bird Edna

here she is with her husband of almost 30 years
On Edna St. Vincent Millay
This little bird woman ate and drank way too much crap. She became a morphine addict and that was just to supplement all the Gin and other doctor prescribed pharmaceutical pain pills she took on a daily basis.
In the video we see the home she lived in for about 20 years. It looks so peaceful. Why was she not able to find any peace there? She was a meteor of shinning womanhood in her day. A star on the level of our singer/dancer Madonna. St. Vincent was a Poet. A hugely famous and for her day, very wealthy poet. She would tour the country and give readings to packed halls and auditoriums. She was loved by America. And yet she died a sad weakened 58 year old recluse.
Oh she had some fun in her day. She had many lovers of both sex and kept some of them as friends till the end. She loved fine clothes and had a special interest in horses. She was such an Amazing woman.
A stone placed for her in St. John the Divine reads: Take up the song; forget the epitaph
She had written this for a friend who had died and in the end it was carved into her own tombstone.
I have been reading her poems lately, she had a voice, unique seducer, oh baby did she have a voice.

Santa Fe Paintings

What a wonderful world it is when you can pop into a cafe to escape the cold flinty wind and not only get an excellent drink served by a friendly bartendress, you also get to experience these wonderful colorful paintings. The magic of Santa Fe is that it is full of places like this cantina called The Pink Adobe.
The building itself is very old and authentic adobe. You just feel you are back in time with the thick plaster walls and the vigas.


This was just such a nice day for me! I just loved being in the presence of so much lovely art. Yes, it had the classic Santa Fe theme, but it was still good art.


The last group of paintings I have posted here are mostly abstract, and those are nearest to my heart. The little tiny window up to the right is also classic Santa Fe. They put little windows in some of the oddest spots. It was so tiny and so cute.


The sky here really is the magic ingredient for most painters. It really is a different sky. You wont find the light you get here in any other state.

After this little escape I wandered out back into the downtown area and just soaked up the antiquety of the town. Santa Fe is the oldest continually inhabited city in the United States and you can really feel the age of the town when you walk around.