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Posting about the art, beauty, culture, history, nature, and quirks of New Mexico 🌐 newmexiconomad.com
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Re-upping this in case for any New Mexicans that may have recently arrived. There are about 50 spots left in this pack. New Mexico specific.

NM Network on Bluesky starter pack (version 2).
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2026 will be the last year for Gathering of Nations. The theme is "the last dance."

The Gathering of Nations has been a major annual event for 42 years, with over 3,000 dancers participating from around the world.

April 24-25, 2026

#Albuquerque #NewMexico #NativeAmerican #event
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Small business spotlight (one of my annual stocking stuffers)

New Mexico Tea Co. is an Albuquerque-based retailer that specializes in a wide variety of loose-leaf teas, including unique New Mexico-inspired blends, as well as tea-making supplies. This shop is aromatherapy in a cup - nmteaco.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Chaco Canyon was a cultural center for the ancestral Puebloans between 900 - 1150-, known for its "great house" structures, road systems, and sophisticated astronomical alignments. This World Heritage Site was a hub for trade and ceremony, housing up to 5,000 people, before its decline in the 1100s.
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Taos Pueblo is known for its ancient, multi-story adobe structures. They have been continuously inhabited for over 1,000 years - newmexiconomad.com/taos-pueblo/

#history #NewMexico #NativeAmerican #Taos #roadtrip #travel #daytrip #culture #heritage #weekendgetaway
New Mexico Communities | Taos Pueblo
The World Heritage Society recognized Taos Pueblo as one of the most significant historical cultural landmarks in the world in 1992.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Huevos Rancheros from Hannah & Nate's in Corrales. 😋

#breakfast #recipe #recipes
New Mexico Nomad Recipes | Huevos Rancheros
Huevos Ranchers is a basic, go-to New Mexico breakfast that can be readily adapted based on the type of chile and how you cook the eggs.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Bandelier National Monument protects over 33,000 acres of rugged canyon and mesa country, preserving Ancestral Puebloan ruins from approximately 1150 & 1600 AD. Ancient dwellings are carved into soft volcanic rock cliffs.

#travel #NewMexico #roadtrip #NativeAmerican #culture #history #heritage
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Good morning! Waking up...slowly. ☕🫥☕

#coffee #needcaffeine
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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St. Felix Pantry, Rio Rancho police team up to collect food for the holidays
St. Felix Pantry, Rio Rancho police team up to collect food for the holidays
RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – On Saturday morning, the Rio Rancho Police Department was out in droves spreading holiday cheer across seven grocery stores in an effort to raise critical food donations f…
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November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Experimenting with Google Gemini's AI using a photo of a friend's Newfoundland. I think one of these will be her Christmas card. 😂
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Hillsboro was founded in 1877 when gold was discovered in the Black Range mountains. It boomed into a sizable town, becoming the county seat in 1884, but the economic implications of the silver market crash in 1893 reverberated throughout the Black Range.

#NewMexico #roadtrip #travel #history
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Elk grazing, unbothered by paparazzi.

#wildlife #NewMexico #nature #naturelovers #elk #OptOutside
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Small business spotlight...

Kestrel Leather is a small, owner-operated shop in Gallup, known for handcrafting durable leather goods and collaborating with local Navajo weavers to create unique products, like unique totes made from small, handwoven Navajo rugs.

#handmade #uniquegifts #shoplocal
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Billy the Kid Scenic Byway was the stomping ground of many of the well-known characters & events associated with the “Old West.” It was home to Billy the Kid, the Mescalero Apache nation, Kit Carson, "Black Jack" Pershing, the Buffalo Soldiers & Smokey Bear.

#NewMexico #travel #roadtrip
New Mexico Nomad Roadtrips : Billy the Kid Scenic Byway
The Billy the Kid Scenic Byway was the stomping ground of many of the well-known characters and events associated with the “Old West.”
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November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Murphy's law applied to New Mexico road travel...if the road is sketchy, you probably won't have a cell phone signal should things go awry.

#randomthoughts #traveltips #NewMexico #roadtrip
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I know the political stupidity is 24/7, but I need a moment (and several cups of coffee) to acclimate to the outrage deluge on my social media feeds. 🤣😁

#Monday #coffeetime
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Good morning! ☕☕

Video clips from Highway 60, between Willard and Abo. 😁

#coffee #coffeelovers #momentofzen #NewMexico #roadtrip
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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@jstpwalsh.bsky.social went to White Sands New Mexico & I got this plant-dyed cap embroidered with Protogygia Whitesandsensis - only discovered 2009 & exists no other place on earth. Most Protogygia live in habitats with sandy soils. ALL moths are critical pollinators, very few eat your sweaters. 🌱
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Scenery in New Mexico
November 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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The Albuquerque (New Mexico) International Balloon Fiesta is a yearly hot air balloon festival that takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during early October.

We visited it in October 2021.

#Albuquerque #NewMexico #hotairballoonfestival #travel #lgelya #laragelya #iphonephotography
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Church in Lincoln New Mexico
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Sacramento Mountains, Cloudcroft, New Mexico.
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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This is good news: New Mexico offers free child care for all. More states should follow their lead.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Mexico now offers free childcare for all. Here’s how parents and teachers made it happen
From marches and petitions to a constitutional amendment, a years-long campaign led to New Mexico becoming the first state in the US to offer universal childcare
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November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Turtleback Mountain 🐢
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico 🌶️
November, 2025, Golden Hour ✨
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM