Hunting for Hearts

Bark heart in the Sandia Mountains.

Rock heart and hiking socks.

Heart spotted on a perfect Sunday hike.

Heart captured on the Barite Mine hike in the Sandia Mountains.

My friend Ruth, a heart rock, and me.

Big ol' heart rock.

My friend Ruth showed me the coolest rocks on the Barite Mine trail. This design looked like a heart to me.

A heart on top of a rock that looks like sea coral in the Sandia Mountains.

Tree heart

My friend Ruth found this little heart rock. I took a picture then left it in its home in the Sandia Mountains.

Home and a heart rock.

A dark heart mark on a rock during a sunset hike.

Trying to beat the sunset and a storm during a hike with my friend Rachel.

Evening hikes are magical.

Beautiful coffee design during a morning meetup with a fellow grad student.

Captured on the Embudito Trail in Albuquerque during the inaugural Hunting for Hearts Hike on April 27.

Prickly pears make the cutest hearts.

My friends Ruth and Corva came out for the inaugural Hunting for Hearts Hike. Here are our shoes and a heart.

We added heart rocks to a display at the beginning of the Embudito Trail in Albuquerque.

This rock was part of this heart display and I thought it was a cutie.

Captured during the inaugural Hunting for Hearts Hike on April 27.

There was a construction project between UNM campus and one of the college parking lots. Newly-poured cement means new sidewalk pictures.

Love is love is love is love.

Heart rock on a hike during a graduate student retreat weekend in April.

Rainy hike and a heart.

Our graduate student retreat was at the beautiful Sevilleta Field Station in La Joya, New Mexico.

Heart rock and a rain storm in the background.

Moody skies and a heart rock at the Sevilleta Field Station in La Joya, New Mexico.

This was taken on Easter Sunday as the graduate students looked for Easter eggs during our weekend retreat. Adults doing kid things is the best.

Spring walk, a heart rock, and a doggie tail.

I spotted this heart at Lowes while shopping for yard things.

This is one of my favorite plants to buy and *attempt* to keep alive. This was spotted at Lowes.

Do you see the heart rock laying on its side beneath this gorgeous blooming wisteria? This tunnel was one of my favorite spring sights this year.

A dog that looks like she's laughing or sneezing ... and some heart rocks.

Heart cactus. They are everywhere!

Pup cup joy! Some of the whipped cream made a heart on Hercules' nose.

Shark hearts! Denver Meow Wolf is an experience! The art is weird and wonderful.

A few more hearts spotted at Denver Meow Wolf.

Exploring a green house at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

Walking around the beautiful Denver Botanic Gardens.

See the sideways heart here? This was also at the Denver Botanic Gardens.

My friend ordered chicken in Denver and it came out heart shaped.

I met up with college friends in Denver in March and we had the best food everywhere. This cute heart was on deviled eggs appetizer.

White tennis shoes and a heart.

I was feeling anxious the evening this photo was taken. I went on a long walk with my dog and found this heart! It made me feel like some things will work out.

Broken cactus in the shape of a heart.

More white tennis shoes and a heart. This was taken on UNM campus.

Someone made a huge heart rock collection at the beginning of the Embudito Trail in Albuquerque! I love it!

"We are born whole but need each other to be complete."

Hiking view and a heart.

I LOVE backlit love.

I had to find at least one heart to leave behind with the heart rock display at the Embudito Trailhead.

I found two heart rocks to leave with this beautiful display created by someone else.

Spotted in my neighborhood. I love chalk pictures.

Hercules loves his chicken treats! This one happened to come out heart shaped.

It's March and spring winds have arrived in Albuquerque. Trash flying everywhere isn't great, but this wind-blown grocery bag made a heart.

This was taken in the bathroom at Petsmart during a training session with Hercules.

Heart on UNM campus. I've been extra vigilant lately about stopping to take photos of love.

I attend class in this room three times per week. The heart on the door is a nice 'hello' every day.

Heart coffee and a messy kitchen table.

Cute little orange peel heart!

Prickly pear love

Sweet sidewalk message

See a heart? Stop and take a picture.

A heart spotted by one of the water fountains on UNM campus on my way to class.

My mom sent heart Cheerios in the mail for Valentine's Day. Of course she did! She's the most thoughtful Queen of Hearts.

Heart leaves and some monkeys in Disney's Animal Kingdom.

Monkeys fighting over heart boxers on the Jungle Cruise in Disney World.

"I'll meet you outside, I have to take a picture of something." Of course that "something" was a heart in the Tiki Room in the Magic Kingdom. This was a wonderful trip with my mom and Travis.