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Taos Pueblo

During the recent holiday weekend I took a trip with an old friend from high school and his family to Taos, NM. Taos (rhymes with house) is less than a two hour drive from La Veta. It is a wonderful old town built in the Sante Fe, adobe, style. The town is centered around a plaza and many shops and fine art galleries abound. The famous frontiersman Kit Carson lived in Taos and his house is now a museum.

However, the jewel of Taos sits just outside the town proper. The Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark. The multi-storied adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years.

The Taos Pueblo is an amazing place and no doubt the photos I took will inspire my quilting in some way. I hope the images will inspire you too. Three Purple Pueblos is a quilt I designed and made in 1991, my first year as a quilter, that was inspired by pueblo imagery, but long before I knew about the Taos Pueblo.

The music is "Journey" from my Sacred Age CD.