Tour Georgia O'Keeffe's New Mexico
“THERE, SEE THOSE FLOWERS,” calls Susan Cross from the front of the small bus. “Those are mariposa lilies. This is a special sight; they don’t bloom every year.” Cross, our guide on the Ghost Ranch…
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Visit Bode's Pink Flamingo
LIKE A PIECE OF THE EVERGLADES perched in Abiquiú, a 12-foot tropical bird greets motorists as they pull into Bode’s General Store. “It’s a pink flamingo in the middle of nowhere,” says Andria Mae…
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O'Keeffe's World
THEY DON'T CALL her a lady painter any more. And though her work is saturated with feeling for the Southwest, nobody calls her a regional painter, either. She's an artist. Just that. Her fame is…
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Painting the Beyond
WE KNOW THE SOUTHWEST’S MOST FAMOUS PAINTER for the objects she made more beautiful on canvas: flowers and bones, mesas and adobe. But the early years of New Mexico–based painter Georgia O’Keeffe were…
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Discover the Wonders of Abiquiú Dome
JUST OFF U.S. 84 SOUTH OF ABIQUIÚ LAKE, a tiny adobe building with a turquoise door and a rounded roof stands out against the Jemez Mountains. What is that? you wonder, driving past the mix of ancient…
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Georgia O'Keeffe's Apricot Muffins
From A Painter’s Kitchen: Recipes from the Kitchen of Georgia O’Keeffe (MNMP, © 2009 by Margaret Wood) In this landmark cookbook from America's oldest state magazine, fifty recipes showcase classics…
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Hit The Trails On Horseback
Ghost Ranch, Abiquiú View the spectacular vistas and actual locations of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings on the back of a horse rented from the stables at the Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center…
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Unique and Fun Date Ideas in New Mexico
WHEN YOU’RE IN NEW MEXICO, true romance comes easier than a dozen roses or a prix fixe dinner. You can find it in the mares’ tail clouds that frame a mountaintop sunset, on a chilly morning hiking the…
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What's Past is Prologue
A former high school teacher, New Mexico State Historian Rob Martínez tries to view the past through a human lens. Photograph by Jen Judge. ROB MARTÍNEZ LOVES A GOOD STORY—whether during an…
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Beyond O'Keeffe
Sculptor Debra Fritts and artist Frank Shelton in their Art Chapel. NOT MANY ART ADVENTURES begin with what sounds like spy talk: Meet me under the pink flamingo at Bode’s . That’s the starting point…
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