Photo of the day

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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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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  Hiked the trails again this weekend and at the upper reaches of the LaLuz trail there were one or two clumps of flowers clinging to life on the side of the mountain.  

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Today, its about the bugs. Those wings look like plastic. And this guy – I guess I’ll have to change my strategy to take bug photos, especially with larger bugs.  The macro mode on my camera will focus down to one inch, and as you can see, parts of the bee are in focus, and […]

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Close up of part of a Spreading Fleabane, member of the Aster Family. Story is over at the writing blog.

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