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| Hunters Moon |
It was a pretty fall day so I decided to spend some time over in Corrales, a little artsy village in the Rio Grande bosque. A 'bosque' is the swath of well-watered and wooded land that runs along each side the river. The trees are usually huge cottonwood trees but there will be some willows or other trees. In Corrales you'll see lots of small truck farms mingled in with homes that can run into the millions of dollars. Corrales is somewhat gentrified now and most people couldn't afford to live there. There is a network of irrigation channels (acequias) that bring water to the farm lands and there are usually trees along the canals so the place is very wooded....quite different from areas just a mile or so away. There's lots of horses and goats and a few burros.
Corrales has a number of galleries and a few places that offer lessons in painting or pottery. I stopped at one cluster of shops that had an oriental rug store, a gallery and a southwestern décor shop. There are also numerous restaurants and a brewery and several wineries. I stopped at a farmer's market and then went to visit one of the wineries.
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| Red Chile Ristras |
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| Lots of red chiles |
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| Chiles roasting |
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| Corrales Winery vineyard |
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a former cottonwood...now firewood
- it died a natural death after a few hundred years |
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| patio at the winery |
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| Yum |
I roasted the chile peppers myself and the house is full of that smoky-spicy fall season smell.
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