Homeward from Santa Fe, July 22

Anrahyah needed to find some light sconces for her new house. We looked at a dedicated light store in Santa Fe, but prices there were very high. Then we tried Home Depot down the street, and that would have been OK.

We had also tried Jackalope, which is an amazing store (if you can call it that) in Santa Fe. Jackalope occupies several buildings, and all the space around and in between them. It's a wonderful place to look for Santa Fe style decorations, various ceramic items, and other things of a southwestern flavor.

But something made Anrahyah hold off.

On the way home, not far north of Santa Fe, she was driving and quickly pulled into another place that appeared to sell these kinds of things. Bingo! There she found the light fixtures she'd been looking for, but at a very reasonable price. Not just that, but a wonderfully painted bathroom basin (at her feet, above) and some tiles to match. A color scheme that I'd describe as both earthy and bold is taking shape. The basin that Anrahyah found is simply too wonderful to describe.