Abo Mission, located in New Mexico, was build by Spanish monks in the 1600s. There was thriving a pueblo already there when the Spaniards arrived. This structure is a view of what remains of the church. It is a part of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.

I don't usually set up a scene to photograph, but my bud vase was too much to resist. In the color version of Summer in a Bud Vase the colors distract, so you don't notice the elegant lines of the flower arrangement and the nuances and details brought out by the shading gradations.