Archive for August 2020
Rainbows Over New Mexico
by Laura Gonzales, Education & Volunteer Manager “A storm on the Llano is beautiful…A feeling of gladness comes over one as the heavens open to bathe Mother Earth. Only those ever watching and waiting for the rain can feel the rapture it brings.” —Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, We Fed Them Cactus Every New Mexican knows…
Read MoreCreative Ways You Can Support Las Golondrinas!
Here are some ways you can support Las Golondrinas that are a little unorthodox — see if one might appeal to you! SAVE Your Spring Cleaning Items! In August, we will be collecting for a SAVERS FUNDraiser — the more pounds we donate on September 2, the more funds we raise! We will collect gently-used…
Read MoreThe Three Wise Women of Santa Fe
by Laura Gonzales, Education & Volunteer Manager Hello from your History Herald! You may be familiar with the Paloheimo name, Leonora and Y.A., the founders of our museum, but did you know that Leonora comes from a line of pretty remarkable women? Eva Scott Fényes, her daughter Leonora Scott Muse Curtin, and granddaughter Leonora Curtin…
Read MoreLas Golondrinas at the Movies — Part 2
by Jackie Camborde, Director of Development Spending more time with Netflix these days? We just purchased an outdoor projector to have some warm evening movie nights outside — my kids are counting the days until it arrives! One of our first movie nights will definitely include a Las Golondrinas title — here’s a few that…
Read MoreCurator’s Corner: The Pineapple
by Amanda Mather, Curator of Collections We continue on with our series about all good things that originated in the Western Hemisphere I present to you: the pineapple! The pineapple was indigenous to South America but spread wherever it could grow, which is a pretty limited tropical region, by the time of contact. The Azteca…
Read MoreLas Golondrinas Heroes Make Masks, Clean Up Los Pinos
To say that our volunteers are itching to get out of quarantine and back to the museum is an understatement. The Las Golondrinas staff has been coming up with some creative ways that they can do some good and keep busy. Longtime volunteer Liz Trujillo has been firing up her sewing machine and making masks…
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