Many of the roofs in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico have plants in pots at the roof’s edge over the street. I do wonder about earthquakes, if not high winds.

Agave plants in terra cotta pots on the roof’s edge, in San Miguel

Agave spiky leaves and shadows on a roof in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

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On our visit out to el campo on my recent visit to central Mexico, we got to see some animals. Three photos today!

Horse in enclosure in Mexico. Note cactus fence.

Friendly white sheep, in need of some Woolite.

So exciting! So adorable! Four-day-old baby chicks!

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Two views of the interior, one above the other, of the Parroquía church in San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico. I have never seen bricked vaulted ceilings anywhere but in San Miguel.

The high ceiling of the famed Parroquía church is vaulted and covered with brickwork. I do worry about earthquakes when I see such a ceiling.

The altar of the Parroquía church in San Miguel de Allende

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The tiny streets of San Miguel de Allende are much better for pedestrians than auto traffic. All the buildings in the center of town must be painted in earth tones.

Narrow stone streets of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico

San Miguel is at 6500 ft. elevation, keeping the climate much cooler than other parts of Mexico

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Walking around el centro, the main central area of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, sometimes you can peek into courtyards from the street.

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San Miguel de Allende courtyard, with mirror reflection

Sunshine and plants in San Miguel courtyard

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Beautiful groined vault ceilings at Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende, the most beautiful art school ever. From the second floor walkway around a courtyard with orange trees, you can see a magnificent domed church, Las Monjas (The Nuns).

Groined vaulted ceilings around courtyard walkway in the Bellas Artes school in San Miguel

Spanish influence shows in the arches of this courtyard walkway at Bellas Artes in San Miguel, with a view of the 12-sided dome of Las Monjas.

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Just a couple of the beautiful windows and earth colors in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, a protected UNESCO heritage site.

Ochre yellow walls and wrought iron window railings in El Centro (downtown) in San Miguel in Mexico

Rose and earth tones, and wrought iron railings in San Miguel

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I am back from visiting my sister who lives in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, my first trip to San Miguel and only my second trip to Mexico altogether. The first one was so very long ago.

Of course it was photo heaven for me. I’ll be posting more than one photo for awhile, I think, since there were so very many wonderful images. Here are the first two.

View of San Miguel from my sister’s balcony

This is a chair on the highest level of the house, in a shaded area called the palapa

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We used to have a horse pasture behind our backyard. Those days are gone. Hope Tawny is grazing happily somewhere wonderful.

Light brown rescue horse named Tawny grazes in the winter sunlight

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There was a sunbreak recently (a very Seattle thing) and I went outside to work in the garden. The bulbs are starting! Behind the tulip sprouts are bluebells starting up.

Tulip sprouts emerging in early February in Seattle

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