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  • House on Fire and Hovenweep

    House on Fire and Hovenweep

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    Almost too much beauty – all in the same day!  Thank goodness photographs allow one to take in the scenes at a leisurely pace again and again. The little house and granary on the blog header was perched on the side of a canyon, protected by a large slanted, smooth rock porch. We slogged through the sand at…

  • Valley of the Gods

    Valley of the Gods

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    After another sunrise shoot at Monument Valley, we traveled north to Utah. It was mid-day by the time we arrived at Goosenecks State Reserve – the light was kind of flat, but you get the idea. The horizon line was a challenge, but I think this is correct. The reason for the sloped horizon line of the Goosenecks may be…

  • California Fly-by’s

    California Fly-by’s

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    This post is being reposted because when looking at this while working on yet another new template, I immediately recognized parts of the Eastern Sierra. My mother would have said: “If it had been a snake, it would have bit you.” I flew south the day after the Wet Washington post. It was raining when I left…

  • Peaceful Morn

    Peaceful Morn

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    Yesterday’s sunrise was colorful, foggy, still – perfect conditions for a nice walk-about taking pics. Looking north, Miramar Naval Air Station is just to the left. Looking south didn’t have much color, making an opportunity for black and white. Palms with pants on make lovely habitat for birds and probably other wildlife. The green doesn’t show…

  • Grand Canyon

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    I visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona last spring at the tail-end of my multi-state photography jaunt. It is now on the list of ‘must revisit’ places as my limited time made me only want more. Also, the day was blustery and cool, with scudding clouds and rain showers, making photos a challenge. The mighty…

  • Sunsets!

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    Sunsets have always attracted me. Some people are totally oblivious to the beauty that’s presented in Technicolor on the biggest screen in the world, but it gives me such a rush; partly because there’s such a limited time to photograph it, and partly because I’m gasping with rapture because of the beauty before me. Not…

  • Petroglyphs

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    It took a while to find the petroglyphs on the Volcanic Tablełands. In an earlier post last fall: Volcanic Tablełands, Take Two, I talked about the petroglyphs that are on the tablelands and posted photos. You can drive miles and miles over washboard dirt roads and see only sagebrush, rabbit brush, rocks, lizards, mountains, an…

  • Hoover Dam

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    Perhaps there are a lot of you who don’t know about my fascination with bridges, buildings, structures – I think I should have been an engineer! I find it totally amazing when majestic marvels all come together in beauty and functionality, be they freeways, homes, or dams. The Hoover Dam began construction in 1931 and…

  • Deep Springs and Santa Rosa Plateau

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    I recently left the warm (ha, ha-far from it) Southern California, to travel north to Big Pine and Deep Springs. It really was only a ‘little’ colder there. This has been the coldest winter for SoCal residents in recent memory. It really hasn’t been a whole lot warmer than Maryland! My northern grandchildren are outdoor…