Quilting & Town

Photography Now & Then #122

Karen’s working area has undergone a complete makeover over the last year or so.  Part of a fairly old house, the room is an odd shape, only 9 feet wide and the last third slopes from the normal 8 feet down to just over 6. Knotty pine planking on the wall, laminate and a rug on the floor, and cedar planking on the ceiling, combined with new track lighting and a large storage area (not shown), leaves the room with a totally new and different feeling.

Now: Quilting space, with quilting frame for hand quilting, sewing machine for machine quilting, and a design wall. May 3, 2018, (Apple iPhone 6s)

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Our drive through Dolores County, Colorado, in 2015 was completely unplanned.  We had thought to travel over to the Moab, Utah, area after leaving Mesa Verde, but changed our mind when, on checking the weather forecast, learned that temperatures there were going to be in the 90s. Checking the outlook for other areas, we decided to head toward Grand Junction.  Along the way, we were treated to stunning vistas replete with great fall colors, such as this one from Rico.

Then: Town Hall, Rico, Dolores County, Colorado, September 29, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II)

Rico (Wikipedia)

Rico is an incorporated small town in Dolores County, Colorado, United States. It was settled in 1879 as a silver mining center in the Pioneer Mining District; today it functions as a historic and tourism site. The population was 265 at the 2010 census,[8] up from 205 at the 2000 census. Its current form of government is that of a Home Rule Municipality.

Rico is a name derived from Spanish meaning “rich”.

Rico is located in eastern Dolores County at 37°41′32″N 108°1′51″W (37.692095, -108.030839), in the valley of the Dolores River. Colorado State Highway 145 passes through the town as it follows the river, leading southwest 48 miles (77 km) to Cortez and northeast over Lizard Head Pass 27 miles (43 km) to Telluride.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town of Rico has an area of 0.8 square miles (2.0 km2), all of it land.

Rico experiences an alpine subarctic climate (Köppen climate classification Dfc) with long, cold, very snowy winters and short, cool summers due to the high altitude and high precipitation year-round due to orographic lift.

Photography Now & Then Notes:

• Series Photos
  • The Now photo is one that is almost always taken the day of the blog post.  In some instances, posts may be backdated if internet access is not available on the day of the photo or other reasons prevent posting Photography Now and Then.
  • The Then photo is usually a randomly selected older photograph from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Photography Now and Then.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
• Reference links were accessed on the date the blog post was published, unless otherwise stated.
• The title convention for Photography Now & Then blog posts evolved early on from one word related to each photo separated by “&” to usually being the first word in the caption description for each photo.