Chitzen Itza

 I visited Chitzen Itza in the early 1980s. While there I went up into the center of this pyramid. The passage was extremely steep and narrow and ended in a room where there was a panther(?) of onyx. Quite impressive but not for those with claustrophobia!

The second photo is of  the area where sacrifices were  made.  After going up and down this one, I couldn't walk the next day!  Then I learned that you ascend and descend from side to side, not straight up and down.  Live and learn!

Copper from Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan

This is just a small sampling of the vast selection of items produced in Santa Clara.

More from El Refugio de Potosi

This little cutie is a miniature porcupine. She is very affectionate, just don't touch the top of her head...that's where the spines are!

The Life of a Rose

Each flower is a soul opening out to nature.
~Gerard De Nerval~

Laughter of the Earth

Earth laughs in flowers.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"~

Guadalajara, Jalisco in Style

Many years ago I toured Guadalajara by carriage.  I don't know if they still do this but, if they don't, it's a shame as this is a wonderful way to see this beautiful city.

Dancing Horses

The most popular feature of parades and barrio fiestas is the "dancing horses".  These beautiful, superbly trained horses perform to music to the delight of all spectators.

El Refugio de Potosi - Guerrero, Mexico

While vacationing in Zihuatanejo last month, we took a day trip to the Refugio de Potosi about a half an hour drive from Zihuat. This refuge was opened about 10 months ago to provide a place for the native species of plants and animals to be seen and preserved. It is a wonderful, if small, collection of wildlife.  They will be constantly adding to it over the coming years.  I look forward to returning in the fall.
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Touch of the Master

Often while traveling with a camera we arrive just as the sun slips over the horizon of a moment, too late to expose film, only time enough to expose our hearts.

  ~Minor White~

Desfile de Primavera/Spring Parade Patzcuaro, Michoacan, Mexico

Every spring the "little people" of Patzcuaro dress up in costumes and parade through the center of town.  Teachers and parents try to maintain some form of control but it has been said that it is like trying to herd cats!  It is one of my favorite parades.

White Beauty

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.

  ~Beverly Nichols~

Food for the Soul

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.

~The Koran~