Archive for October, 2006
Saturday, October 21st, 2006
The Trashers
Everywhere in the desert around Las Cruces you see the offal of The Trashers. Not just a few cans, papers, bottles, but pickup loads.
Tags: Trashers
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Fall Flowers
Some last flowers.
Tags: Fall Flowers
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
The Whispering Giant
Apodaca Park at Solano and Madrid in Las Cruces has one of the 67 remarkable sculptures in “The Trail of the Whispering Giants.”
These monumental sculptures are the life work of Peter Wolf Toth.
Mr. Toth was born in Hungary and escaped to the United States during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.
In 1972 at the age of 24, with no prior sculpting experience, he carved an American Indian sculpture at Wind and Sea Beach in La Jolla, California. Shortly thereafter, he decided to dedicate however long it took to create 50 such sculptures, one for each state.
He didn’t stop at 50 and has now created 67, one or more in each state and the rest in other countries, including Canada.
The sculptures honor Native Peoples and are called as a group The Trail of the Whispering Giants.
Each sculpture is a gift to its location. He accepts nothing for them. He supports himself with other work while doing the carving.
The sculpture given to New Mexico is called “Dineh” and was finished and mounted in the park in 1986.
“Dineh” is a native word for “human beings.”
Another view:
Here’s a partial index of the Giants.
Tags: Trail of the Whispering Giants, Dineh, Peter Wolf Toth, Apodaca Park, Las Cruces
Monday, October 16th, 2006
Scarecrow
This guy’s been here for a couple of years, so it’s not a Halloween thing. Any garden is long gone.
“Just me and my Bud Light.”
Tags: Scarecrow
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Rainy Days
We’ve had several nights and mornings of rain — unusual for Las Cruces and for this time of year. Cloudy most of the day, the Organs cleared in about 20 minutes this afternoon.
Tags: Organ Mountains
