sidewalk art

got roped into a walk in abq old town today. it's a collection of adobe buildings built in the 1700's that now house cafes, art galleries, and touristy tchotchke shops. tourists aside, it's a beautiful place, and i saw lots of art that delighted my eyes, like this sidewalk art:

these guys i found on someone's roof:

here's a doorway i liked:

here's a virgin (virgen de guadalupe? virgin mary?) stuck in a tree trunk. the story is that someone carved it into this dying cottonwood tree, and then it miraculously stopped dying. though the city of abq recently hacked off the top of the tree, so now it's just a tall stump- way to waste a miracle, people.

and lastly, my patron saint, the cactus plant: