Pencil and watercolor on Watercolor Hanbook Journal double 8"x 8"
Why are these arches here? Instead of google it I will tell the version of a senior woman Mrs. Lupita, the cleaning lady, a lifetime resident. I asked her why these arches are here? She told me that was the limit of a rancher's property which had a body of water for people and cattle back in the days of her mother and grandmother. The source of the body of water was the spring water coming form the upper hills. People used to come to these arches to bathe or to wash their clothes. Today, there's still possible to see the stream of water running down the hill surrounding the big rocks on the left side of this view (not sketched). On the right side of this view there are two carved holes on a wall (not sketched), covered in stucco, or concrete perhaps, where it is possible to collect free water, I guess, because it looks very clean. Mrs. Lupita told me everything was green and beautiful uphill from these arches, now it is packed with 4 or 5 stories condominiums and houses to supply the demand of visitors or new residents. San Miguel has changed.
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