Historic Taos Plaza

Finally!  We made it Taos Plaza!  It’s the oldest part of town, some parts over 400 years old!  It was a bit difficult to walk around the plaza.  The streets aren’t set up in any sort of logical way.  They may dead end into a string of shops or turn down an alleyway – one never knows!  The “streets” are very narrow, limited to only foot traffic in today’s world.

Taos Hollyhock Bloom

Throughout the plaza, there are flowers all around.  This hollyhock was one of the prettiest blooms…..

In Taos Plaza

Also along the plaza were lovely flower bowls, just overflowing with color.  For this image, I chose to convert it to a watercolor painting, because it just seemed to fit my mood looking at this small vignette in the plaza.

Window Boxes

Another place we saw flowers was in the flower boxes along the outside of shop windows.  All the flowers seemed to soften all the adobe and stone found throughout the plaza.  Again, watercolor seemed the best way to present this.

Taos Flower Wagon

As we made our way to a restaurant, we came across this little wagon full of flowers, of course!  Again, I used the watercolor effect on the photo.  It truly seemed to capture the feeling that all these flowers brought to the little vignettes throughout the plaza! 

Lunch in Historic Taos

We had lunch at a restaurant that was in the oldest building in Taos.  We did enjoy the margaritas, but the true point of this image is the wall beyond the drinks.  It is part of the building that is 400 years old. Having lunch with a piece of history!

No Parking

On our way back to the car, we came across this little sign – I found it rather amusing because no cars are allowed in the plaza area!  So, why the “no parking” sign?  A small piece of whimsy!

Enjoy!