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Three strings of dried jalapeņo peppers hang before an old adobe wall in an open-air market near Ensenada, Mexico (on the Pacific coast of Baja del Norte).
See elsewhere on this site for various versions of this same basic scene rendered in other color palettes and/or painting styles that might better suit your particular aesthetic preferences or decorating constraints.

  Will Barger is ... a veritable fountain of sage thought, and the occasional pretty picture.   Born at an early age in a small town in Texas, Will grew up at the center of everything in the middle of nowhere. Folks seem to agree that Will chose his parents exceedingly well.   Will has covered quite a bit of ground since then: From the fjords of southern Chile to the arctic plain of Alaska; from the Great Wall outside Beijing to the Eiffel Tower in Paris; and maybe most importantly, the Texas Chili Parlor on Lavaca Street in Austin. Will has greeted Presidents and kings, billionaires and bums -- and sometimes has been hard pressed to tell one from the other where it counts (particularly where...