Driving Through the Past

When driving down the secondary roads in New Mexico, I always feel like I’m revisiting the Past.  Primarily, I feel like we’re driving through the remnants of the Old Wild West.  After I took these images, I did adjust them to reflect the way I feel when looking at them, both in person and the image.

Windmills may not remind me of the Wild West, but they do remind me of days gone by, when the windmills were used for pumping water for the herds of cattle of other livestock.  It’s fairly rare (in my experience) to see windmills in such good shape, with all the blades intact.  This one didn’t have any sort of water tub nearby, so it’s hard to know if it was used to pump water or not, but it is a nice reflection of the past.

This old building was not an old homestead.  We think it may have been an old storage building, used to house hay or other crops before shipping to town.  However, it was storage – of that we’re fairly certain.  I really loved the pattern that the bricks seem to make along the side and the front of the building.  It’s also fairly easy to see through the windows, as there is no glass left in any of them.

And, finally, this lonely looking tree is also symbolic of not only livestock grazing in the past, but in today’s world, too.  It looks pretty barren now, but imagine it full of green leaves in a few months, where the cattle (or whatever) can gather for a bit of shade as they rest during the day.

Enjoy!