Photo of the day

The mountain is almost devoid of bright color, especially since we have had little snow and no rain this spring. The cactus are still the bright spots on the lower mountain. Tucked away under a larger Cholla Cactus, the hedgehog lives, in and out of the sun.

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On my climb today I found the first wildflowers of the season. Now, perhaps the Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus is not considered a wildflower, but in my book, it counts, and this is my book. This particular cactus was just next to another that was about to burst into twenty to thirty blooms, which I hope […]

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I’ve tried to memorialize this tree several times this week but the light just was not right.  This evening, bright sun with a background of gray clouds helped, but it’s still not as good as the real thing.

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No April fool’s joke, this, another amazing sky sculpture shot from my balcony. Larger panorama here (click to enlarge after loading) – and even that could have included a lot more sky.  The panorama shows over 100 miles from north to south.  This view shows about fifty  miles north to south, and the mountain is 65 […]

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It’s wildflower season in Arizona and despite the fact that hey have not had much rain, the road to Globe did not disappoint. My daughter had a few  hours left to her own devices while she was “hiding” from her mother in order to surprise her at her birthday dinner in the evening.  Daughter and […]

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