Looking Back At Murals In Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico

I would like to expand a bit the definition

 of alternative building to include murals.

(I want to continue looking back at some of my posts 

from a couple of years ago that may have been missed

 by the weekly readers of this blog,

and this post comes from December 13, 2010.)

Faces And Masks - Looking Back At You

It is interesting how we present ourselves to the world.

The mask above is found on a home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

(Please note that I am continuing to look at posts 

from a couple of years ago that current readers may have missed

 and this post was originally done in January of 2011,
with several additions we have run across since then.)

More Murals

On December 13th I did a post on Murals In Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico

 and now I would like to show some indoor murals.

How To Design An Entry Way

We were walking down a side street in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

 a couple of years ago when we passed by this long set of stairs (above)
 leading into a home.

 It really made me want to enter
and climb down the stairs to see what was there.

It got me to thinking about what it was that made an entry way so inviting.

Faces And Masks

It is interesting how we present ourselves to the world.

Murals In Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico

I would like to expand a bit the definition

 of alternative building to include murals.

An Artist's Home

We have been camping near the tiny town of Pilar, 

about 20 miles south of Taos, in northern New Mexico recently.

Cabins

Small buildings are making a big comeback, 

at least in the blogging world, as witnessed by the number of sites 

devoted to the subject.

Above is a cabin at Breitenbush Hot Springs in Oregon.

Tile Mosaic

I saw this very nice tile mosaic

 in Silver City, N.M. the other day.

What Is Wrong With This House?

We are currently in the Silver City, New Mexico area

 and just down the street from where we are staying 

is this seemingly empty but very new house

 in the county just outside the city limits.

So far we have not seen anybody in or around this house.

 We don't know if it a foreclosure or what.

 There is no for sale sign and it just seems 

to have been sitting empty for quite awhile.

Snake Motifs in Design

We walked by this rattlesnake wall in San Carlos, Sonora

 many times this past winter.