Thursday, April 30, 2026

April Flying Carpet 2026

 In April 

The Flying Carpet 

accompanied Victoria 

on a 

Land of Dreams Adventure

we
Crashed in ROSWELL, NM

Where she was SMITTEN by a
tall green handsome alien


and took off for Outer Space 

I pleaded with her
to BE IN TOUCH

to no avail…
GONE!

but finally she RETURNED
Then we
admired Nancy Fleming
getting all her ducks in a row
at the 
Miniatures
and Curious Collections 
Museum
Then we
Spelunked in
CARLSBAD CAVERNS, NM
where time
turns rock into lace

Then we
ambled into
the CLOUDCROFT, NM
Western Bar
and beheld
more than
a fistful of DOLLARS

Then we
walked the empty streets
of CARRIZOZO, NM
trying to imagine
International World Art Day there
in a town where
cowboys
on brick pinto PONIES
gallop into blooming yuccas


Then we headed home.

Special thanks to VICTORIA
for returning from Outer Space



Tuesday, March 31, 2026


 In March

The Flying Carpet

Marched in PROTEST

along with 8 million others

Here are the faces

of PROTEST 

Santa Fe Style



Saturday, February 28, 2026

 In February

The Flying Carpet

Encourages you to 

"Make Love Not War"

Make Valentines!
The weirder
the better

Gather them
Share them
Weave hearts together
Remember
Receive with full heart

Appreciation of friends
"An eye for an eye
makes the whole world blind"
Ghandi

Saturday, January 31, 2026

JanuaryFlying Carpet 2026

In January

in the midst of chaos

The Flying Carpet

encourages you to stay centered*

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*Special thanks to Carol Eastes for this theme
1 Muse photo/collage Gail Rieke
2 Telephone Wire Basket
3 Magic Circle Vision painting Zachariah Rieke
4 "Old School" Valentine collage Gail Rieke (special thanks to Chrysa Wikstrom)
5 Japan Travel Journal envelopes Gail Rieke
6 Montserrat in Lisbon, Portugal
7 The Way painting Zachariah Rieke
8 Manhole cover Himeji, Japan
9 Ceramic teabowls and matcha
"Tea stops the world"