@ancapbarbie's Happy Place 2015 - Present

[ancapbarbie]

This is Part Two of my #happyplace entry, which @robertandrew created a couple of weeks ago and for which @snook nominated me a few days ago. Click here or on the image to the left for Part One.

My Current Happy Place

Definitely the front porch at my eccentric aunt's house in Alto, New Mexico. I miss this place so much since I moved to the NYC area. So quiet and peaceful, at the edge of the Lincoln National Forest, on a little dirt road that even Google hasn't mapped, and only a couple of other houses visible which are vacant most of the time because my aunt might be the only homeowner in Alto who doesn't live in Texas while renting her house out to tourists.

Mostly, in stark contrast to NYC, there are trees - so many trees that you're required to cut some of them down to prevent potential forest fires from jumping from tree-to-tree and burning down the whole forest, while in NYC they plant them in concrete. And you can see the stars at night. I can't get over that here - no visible stars. I don't have a good enough camera to show the difference but you can see all of them on a clear night at my aunt's house, which is at just below 8000 feet elevation.

As an aside, I always got a chuckle when I would visit Denver and folks would try to say I wasn't used to the altitude, and I'd be like, "Bruh, I came downhill to get here, ya low-lander." Hehe ...

I took these after an ice storm. Nearby Route 48 with "traffic". Some of the forest along Route 37 we nicknamed "Mordor" after a fire burned it down in 2012. This is why you make sure your camp-fires are out, kids. The Sierra Blanca peaks visible from the end of our little dirt road. You see why I love it here? At the Colorado/New Mexico border.

A couple of shots taken at Mescalero Lake/Inn of the Mountain Gods.

The sun setting over the Sacramento mountains on the drive back from Roswell and some sick sense of humor just outside of Tularosa. On Route 54 just north of Carrizozo. A State Trooper stopped while I was pulled off on the side of a construction area to take some pictures of my mountain, only to make sure my car wasn't broken down.

My aunt suggested my landscaping reminded her of Rivendell so I built these stairs along the front of the house with that in mind out of trees the county required us to cut down and rocks that are about the only things which seem to grow indigenously in the yard. I took these pictures before the gravel and back-fill were finished. My aunt and me at Grace O'Malley's Pub, which is sadly no longer in business. Okay so only the first picture was actually taken from my #happyplace. Please submit all complaints to the suggestion bin:

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The idea behind this tag:

The place where you love to do a Combo of things including but not limited to, relaxing, pondering, eating and drinking, meditating, and yes even working on Steemit. This is a new Tag and Initiative that I am creating. I hope to see many others participate in the fun of it. 😄 ~ @robertandrew

I've nominated these fine folks to participate, and I'm tagging them again because I'm a pain in the ass like that:

@rhondak
@battleaxe
@katrina-ariel
@ameliabartlett
@artemisnorth
@shadowspub

Contact Me:

Steem Chat, ProtonMail: ancapbarbie
Discord: ancapbarbie#1123

Comments

[katrina-ariel]

That's hilarious that you look at Denver and think that's low altitude. New Mexico has some incredible places, and yes, the stars...

you can see all of them on a clear night at my aunt's house, which is at just below 8000 feet elevation

Love that.

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[c0ff33a]

Fantastic photographs in this one, I love the highway with the massive construction cones. The landscaped stairs are really impressive I do like them.

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[thekittygirl]

That looks like a lovely place! I like those Sierra Blanca mountains! I bet it would be fun hanging with you & your aunt! 😊

[snook]

Ohhhhhhh I would hate to have left that place!!!!!!

It's just beautiful!!!

Thank you for sharing :D

[ancapbarbie]

Ya. I love @benfranz more than I hate big cities (especially this one) or I wouldn't be within 100 miles of one.

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[tygertyger]

At the moment my keyboard is broken so please forgive this short noting crafted from cut and pastes. Just wanted to leave some appreciation regardless of the comp mess <3

[rhondak]

My goodness, you have some gorgeous happy places.

[robertandrew]

Such a beautiful #happyplace you have there @ancapbarbie. The mountains are really spectacular. Thank you so much for participating :)

[ancapbarbie]

Thank you for creating it! Wonderful tag/initiative/thingy!

[mariannewest]

These are beautiful happy places!!!

[chilix]

What beautiful places I love

[ancapbarbie]

Thanks! I miss it soooo much. My husband and I visit as often as we can.

[andrades]

feels privileged is a paradise without a doubt I would like to live there thank you for showing such a beautiful place

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[yidneth]

I absolutely love hard and soft rime after the ice storms... I'm always fascinated by it, like it can turn everything so fairyesque... I can see why you enjoyed that porch and place, thanks for sharing your happy place...

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[ancapbarbie]

LOL gawd I love you guys. <3