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Land & People: Bird Man of Albuquerque
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  • Updated By AlbuqRay on February 7, 2004
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  • Clyde and Cycling Friends - Albuquerque
    Clyde and Cycling Friends
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    Clyde is one of the icons of Albuquerque. I have seen him many times riding his bicycle with his birds on the handle bars. He now also has a cute little dog in a basket in the back. I finally saw him stopped in the parking lot at the Home Depot. By good fortune, I also had my camera in the car. I introduced myself and asked if I could take a picture. He said sure. Turns out he came to Albuquerque in 1949 and worked at the same Lab where I work now. He retired 10 years ago.

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    Land & People: Crosses along the road ....
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  • By kymbanm on May 21, 2006
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  • Land & People - Albuquerque
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    Since I moved to New Mexico over 15 years ago, I noticed an odd (to me) tradition. Crosses, plastic flowers, and other memorabilia along various stretches of the roadside seemd a constant companion as I traveled from point A to point B. I came to understand that these memorials were in honor of those who died on these roadways. I found these shrines on city streets, country roads, and larger interstates. At locations where I knew the story of the lives lost, I would take the time to say a silent prayer ..... These little bits of local tradition became roadtrip companions as well as a personal reminder for me to be cautious while behind the wheel. (Photo from the below website until I can take to time to stop and take some pics of my own) And just today, I learned what these memorials are called: descanso n. a roadside marker or memorial to a victim of an automobile accident. Etymological Note: From Spanish descanso ‘resting place (of a dead person),’ from the verb descansar ‘to (have a) rest.’

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    Land & People: ABQ snowman extraordinaire!
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  • Updated By kymbanm on January 21, 2007
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  • Carlilse in Nob Hill - a hungry Snow Shark - Albuquerque
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    This week (March, 2006) we had our first snow in over a year! All excited at this gift from the 'gods', some locals scrapped ALL the snow off the park grounds and made this fairly typical Albuquerque snowman. Isn't he glorious? With bits of dead grass all over, and dead branches for limbs he typlifies winter here at home ....... dry ..... cold ........ and dry. Being in a decade-long drought means every bit of moisture is a wonderful gift from the sky and worthy of celebration ... even if you have to scrape it up in order to pay proper homage :) Addendum: New Year's Week 2007. We just had our best/worst snow in over 50 years! Being so unused to this quantity of snow, and being a holiday, our residents took over the streets making various snow sculptures. Some were PG, some were PG-13, and a few were even X-rated :) Surprisingly, despite being in the Catholic Bible Belt, even the more pagan inspired images were left alone to melt as nature intended ... enjoy!

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    Land & People: Local Architecture
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  • Updated By JamesABQ on June 29, 2004
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  • Publo-Deco Style - Albuquerque
    Publo-Deco Style
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    This type of architecture is very common throughout Albuquerque and all throughout New Mexico as well. The houses are built to look like the old buildings once used by the native indians.

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    Land & People: Desert Xeriscape
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  • Updated By JamesABQ on December 26, 2003
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  • Xeriscape Is Common In Albuquerque - Albuquerque
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    Albuquerque is located in the high desert. It is common to find many homes with Xeriscaped gardens instead of lawns. This helps preserve the precious water which is scarce in the desert, especially through these times of drought.

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    Land & People: Colorful Albuquerque
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  • By JamesABQ on December 14, 2004
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  • Colurful - Albuquerque
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    In spite of a dry brown desert setting, Albuquerque is full of color. Many buildings are brightly colored throughout the city. Even the freeway is colored peach.

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    Land & People: Balloon Fiesta
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  • By Jim_Eliason on October 18, 2003
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  • Balloon Fiesta - Albuquerque
    Balloon Fiesta
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    Once a year Hot air balloons from around the world descend on balloon fiesta park for a week long event. It starts the first weekend of October

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    Land & People: Massage therapy.......................
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  • By Kodi01 on March 8, 2003
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  • Therapeutic Massage while you are taking in the wonderful ambiance, this is a custom well known in New Mexico.

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    Land & People: Mariachi bands
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  • By Kodi01 on March 27, 2003
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  • Land & People - Albuquerque
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    There is a Spanish influence here and we were delighted to hear this youth mariachi band performing, they were great.

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    Land & People: Albuquerque is a very slow...
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  • By Gypsy_King on August 25, 2002
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  • Albuquerque is a very slow paced city. The people there are very nice and friendly. A lot of people like to use the word 'bueno' as a greeting AND as a last word when leaving.

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