Ruby Creek Press

RubyCreekPress.com is a landing place for pictures taken en route, when traveling or moving. I live in Salida, from (in the Rockies, about 3 hours from Denver). Many of the photos were taken in Colorado, both north & south. But you’ll find a few shots from Indiana, New Mexico, Idaho & Washington state. There’s no real theme to this page ~ just a collection of shots saving & sharing where I’ve been & what I’ve liked. There’s no real order, either. My apologies ~ I know jumping around in time & place can be disorienting. But to some extent, this is how these experiences live in my head! And a note about the combined photos ~ a friend mentioned the lack of people in my pictures. It’s true. Usually I’m not brave enough to take a stanger’s picture & my math isn’t good enough to quickly set my camera for moving objects. To experiment, I added a few people ~ combined shots of family members (taken by me or someone else) & landscapes. I don’t know that it works, but it’s fun to try.
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In the kitchen on E Street in Salida, Colorado. I grabbed the closest things I could find to catch the light. It was so clear
An old Salida house, later scraped for new construction
Downtown Salida alley
Old house, Salida, CO
Alley house, Salida
The walking path around Franz Lake, Salida
BD taking a break at Independence Pass, on the way to Aspen from Salida
A pile of fallen elm branches from my neighbor’s tree on G Street
The Smeltertown smokestack, Salida. It had been a super fund site. Reflected in Franz Lake
Terminally cute, I know! But they really were that cute. Shot on the bike/ped path coming back from Wal-Mart
Combined: BD & me lying on the banks of the Snake River in Idaho & a group of folks watching the Hooligan Race during FibArk, in Salida
BD outside the cafe (now  a mushroom business) in Saguache, CO
People  watching the Hooligan Race on the Upper Arkansas River in downtown Salida
A donkey I met on a bike ride outside Saguache
Found this shot on a rare cloudy day in Salida. One of the cool funky buildings in the alley
BD connecting with the water, Snake River, Idaho
A composite of my mother (Dad took that one) & the San Luis Valley, CO in the background
The Salida cemetery, many old burials
San Luis Valley & the San Andreas Mountains
I liked the flow of these rocks, above downtown Salida
Growth along the Upper Arkansas River, near the hospital, Salida
One of several hiking groups in Salida. These folks were pretty serious hikers though you can’t tell from the picture
During a season when the sunflowers were abundant, outside Saguache, CO
BF’s gift of a candleabra, & my beads
G Street bedroom
G Street backyard
Smeltertown smokestack, Salida
Overlooking the Upper Arkansas River, Salida
Smeltertown, Salida
Salida is a river town
I took this in the B&B in Crestone
One of the two cemeteries outside Saguache in the San Luis Valley
Salida cemetery
Downtown Denver from my hotel room
Another shot of Downtown Denver from my hotel room
My approaching Uber to take me to the Indianapolis airport. It was sad leaving, but I was glad to be going back to Colorade
Downtown Saguache on Christmas Eve
The road down to the highway & the hospital, Salida. The Chalk Cliffs are in the distance
My dad took the picture of the Twins (my sisters) in Denver. I added Saguache in the background.
The other donkey I met on a bike ride outside Saguache
Dean’s yard, Saguache
The San Luis Valley
Self portrait in Rick’s antique store in Saguache
That’s me (in Denver). I love to play with inside spaces. That green wall was beautiful (in the G Street house in Salida)
Before renovation, the Saguache Hotel
The Saguache Diner on Christmas Eve (the diner may not be there now)
Saguache Diner & Antique’s, Etc, Christmas Eve
On a cold walk outside Saguache
Saguache Creek
Old homestead outside Saguache
My Saguache neighbor in his regalia
My Saguache neighbor’s mixed media pieces
Dean’s window next to the Magpie Gallery, downtown Saguache
My younger sister ~ photo taken in Denver by my dad. Background is from the roof of the Box of Bubbles, Salida
On a hike near Crested Butte, CO
Salida cemetery
Salida cemetery
Downtown Saguache
Me, taking pictures in the Salida alleys. They are still the most rustic part of town
Salida cemetery
Talking heads, Antiques, Etc.
Downtown Saugache (this is gone now)
You can point your camera anywhere near Saguache, and this is the vista you get
Taken through the window before renovation started,
An evangelical church on Poncha Blvd.
Part of the old homestead near Saguache
On a hike near Salida
My windchimes on E Street, Salida
One of the old buildings still in use, downtown Salida
Judy’s window, the Magpie Gallery, Saguache
Outside Saguache
The Saturday bike group, Silver City, New Mexico
Going cross country, the Silver City Saturday bike group
Near Silver City, the bike group, sharing water
A wall in Rick’s shop, Saguache
One of the Hooligan Race contestants, Salida
Hooligan Race contestants, Salida
A roof in downtown Saguache
Strawn’s studio for mixed media pieces, Salida
Just outside Saguache
Walking out to the old homestead near Saguache
I think this was on the Green Creek trail, Salida
At Indepence Pass on the way to Aspen from Salida
My bike out at one of the Salida cemeteries
During the sunflower season outside Saguache
My grandparents (in Denver) set inside a shot of Saguache at night
Trailer park near Poncha Springs, Colorado
Franz Lake during an early morning freeze
We saw them onthe way back from New Mexico
There many formations likethis above Saguache
The trail from the mesa down to Franz Lake, Salida
View out my window, Bloomington, Indiana
A friend gave me this skull
The Denver Botanical Gardens
My aunt & uncle in Texas, imposed on a door I liked in Saguache
The alley side of the Saguache Diner
Salida, Colorado, from the S Hill tower
Saguache Hotel before renovations
The honey man, Saguache
A church on the mesa, Salida
Downtown Denver
At the recycling center used by Jamie’s Saturday bike group
The trail from the mesa, down to Franz Lake
Saguache
Salida
Salida
The old garage at the E Street house, Salida
S Hill, Salida
There used to be such cool cloud formations above Salida. It seems like that’s changed
Out riding early in the morning, Salida
Salida
Half a cow, Salida
Mudita Camels when they were near Saguache. Now their further south
The gun store in Salida. I don’t  think it’s still here
Downtown Salida
Franz Lake, Salida
Saguache Hotel before renovation
Saguache Hotel before renovation
The Range Gallery, Saguache. The show was on the ceiling
I was testing winter in Saguache. It wasn’t as cold as other years (climate change)
I thought of putting one of my relatives in this landscape, but “empty” as it is, I don’t know that it needs anything else
Rode up to the divide on the highway near Saguache
Remnants of the Saguache Hotel before renovation
The Saguache Diner
I like her attitude (Antiques, Etc., Saguache)
Big Valley Motel, Saguache
The homestead near Saguache
BE at the homestead, Saguache
A cornfield near Lafayette, Indiana
From my window on Main Street, Lafayette, IN
From my window on Main Street, Lafayette, IN
A synagogue in Olympia, Washington
A bar in Olympia, WA
Part of a pine cone, Olympia, Washington
On the way to Aspen via Indpendence Pass