tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208027712659472082.post2300420829318828457..comments2024-03-07T15:50:54.318-06:00Comments on Riding The Horizon: 2021 Photography Portfolio: San Francisco de Asis MissionCCjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16417345400369951250noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208027712659472082.post-15299391969777270522022-01-19T01:01:52.608-06:002022-01-19T01:01:52.608-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Erica Rushtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10216264970160377765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208027712659472082.post-80786762843965617752021-10-20T17:57:17.968-05:002021-10-20T17:57:17.968-05:00Forbidding...? I can hear a dog barking in the dis...Forbidding...? I can hear a dog barking in the distances as I make my way across the empty plaza, rushing home to a small room with a kerosine lantern and a warm bed. CCjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16417345400369951250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208027712659472082.post-9271205924728424972021-10-20T17:52:14.072-05:002021-10-20T17:52:14.072-05:00Thanks Dom, most likely the idea that the structur...Thanks Dom, most likely the idea that the structure could serve as a fortress was on their minds as the original church in Rancho de Taos was destroyed in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.<br /><br />The thick adobe walls offered protection from the heat and cold as well as from marauding bands of bandits. <br /><br />As you might remember, this mission radiates that same essence commonly experienced in small dusty villages in Central and South America. Large imposing church in the central plaza, surrounded by tiny shops, cafes, open market atop the dirt, rock and sand courtyards.<br /><br />CCjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16417345400369951250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8208027712659472082.post-73533370491388079972021-10-20T15:08:03.357-05:002021-10-20T15:08:03.357-05:00I liked the next to last pic best....it looked &qu...I liked the next to last pic best....it looked "forbidding"....probably not the effect you were going for... ;)redlegsrideshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10927757855921321097noreply@blogger.com