Yesterday we drove south past the tiny land grant town of Manzano to the Quarai ruins. These red sandstone ruins were from a Tiwa Pueblo and the large structure was a church from the 1620's built when the Spanish settlers arrived. The pueblo mets its demise in 1677 from a combination of famine and war with the Apache.




You can see the Manzano mountains in the distance. Last year they had a terrible wildfire and there were blackened spots all over the mountains.



Unfortunately I forgot to bring any mittens to photograph so here is a very thick glove I knit from one of Kristin Nicholas' books a few years ago. I keep these gloves in the truck for any emergencies requiring brightly colored worsted weight gloves.




You gotta love New Mexic0!