Shades of Purple
The michaelmas daisy contributes to a cheerful walk in nature.
Shades of Red
Springtime at the Arizona Desert Botanical Gardens cannot be beat.
Wildflower Droplets
This parry penstemon soaks it all in at the Arizona Desert Botanical Garden.
Executive Order 9066
Approximately 8300 Japanese Americans were relocated to internment camps in the arid desert of Arizona during World War II. May we always learn from our past.
Grand Views
A spectacular view at the dawn of a beautiful backpacking morning.
Arizona Ranch
It's a cowboy's life.
Embrace the Detours
A person contemplates the magnificence while another makes music.
Red Rock Beauty
A January snowfall contrasts with the mystic red rock of Sedona.
Time Slipped By
An old wagon wheel sits in front of a horse stall reminding one of the untamed wild west.
PowWow Wild Berry
These pretty echinacea blooms put their best foot forward today at the AZ Desert Botanical Garden.
Amongst the Crowd
Stands an extraordinary gift who's light shines bright in rich, enchanting colors. May your life be blessed with a gift so special.
Guardian
This ocotillo fence with its remaining seasonal foliage is a prickly, tightly woven barrier to privacy.
Fairy Duster II
A vibrant red flower from a drought resistant bush found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan desert. Dreams are made of this.
Fairy Duster I
Sunset Splendor
The sun starts to set over the world's greatest canyon.
Welcome Autumn I
A period of beautiful transition and inner reflection.
Welcome Autumn II
Ancestors
The exposed skeleton of a once magnificent saguaro standing so closely to its living relative offers a thought provoking moment by Mother Nature of just how close our beloved ancestors are to us.
A Step Back in Time
for this photographer brings back childhood memories of the Gila Valley.
Stained
Stained and weathered from the relenting elements, I can't help but ponder the similarity of the post to our own faith. Do we have what it takes to stand strong in the face of life's relenting elements?
Oak Creek Chill
Tranquil beauty on the snow capped banks of Oak Creek.
Family Portrait
A mama elk and her babes look back as they hear the snaps of visitors.
San Xavier Orbs
Orbs can be found dancing around the San Xavier del Bac Mission's peaceful surroundings.
Anillo de Campanas
Let the ringing of the bells call us home where we may find peace, joy, and love within us.
Winter Wonderland
Mother Nature at her finest in one of the most beautiful places in Arizona.
Arizona's Crown Jewel
One of the World's Natural Wonders never ceases to amaze me with its magnificent and diverse beauty, and the equally magnificent and diverse challenges presented when crossing it.
Sweet Nectar
An Arizona hummingbird seeks the sweet nectar of the South African Aloe striatula's tubular bloom.
Mom
For all that you have been and for all that you want to be.
Clarity
...seek, reflect, forgive, and love.
Desert Gardens
The Botanical Garden wildflowers were a colorful water painting fused with purples, pinks, yellows, and greens.
Desert Spoon-III
The long spiny fingers of this green desert spoon create an interesting abstract perspective.
Desert Spoon-II
Desert Spoon-IV
Desert Spoon-I
Nester
A white winged dove warms her nest within the safe embrace of a desert cactus.
Wild West Windmill
An old abandoned windmill and corral off of Cochran Road.
Sunset at Garfias
A reflective moment off the northwestern finger of Lake Pleasant known as Garfias Wash.
Arizona Sunrise
A palo verde in South Mountain Park overlooks Firebird Lake and San Tan Mountain Regional Park during a colorful AZ sunrise.
Stay
Even when life seems a bit tangled, see through to the beauty.
Give Thanks
Be thankful for the thorns in life. For it's those thorns that teach the most. Without growth, what is the purpose?
Winter Silence
Located on the top of Cleopatra Hill, Jerome, AZ, founded in 1876, was once a thriving mining town. Today Jerome serves as home to mostly artists, and tourists looking for a quiet get-a-way.
Peek 'a Boo
A giraffe at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, AZ leaning in for treats from a guest creates a textural blend with the surrounding posts.
Sparks of Fury
An energetic monsoon with a funnel-like formation moves across Rim Country leaving behind soft hues of silence.
Monsoon Water Colour
A vibrant sunset with a full spectrum of colour captured from the Mogollon Rim during an Arizona monsoon.
Scenic Airways
Scenic Airways was the first commercial air tours of the Grand Canyon. Their first paying sightseers were in April of 1928. Investors included Henry Ford who's AT4's and AT5's were bought to use in tours. Other famous visitors included Charles Lindbergh. Scenic Airways succumbed to the Great Depression, followed by Grand Canyon Air Lines reopening the Red Butte airport in 1931. The airport has long since been closed with the new Grand Canyon National Park Airport being built several miles away
Passages of Time
Passages of an abandoned house at Deep Well Ranch.
Lessons
“What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?” ~ Pablo Neruda
Perkinsville Bridge
This steel, pratt through truss bridge guides rural traffic on FR318 over the Verde River. Its original location was on the San Carlos Indian Reservation crossing the now non-existant Gila River. It was built in 1913, moved to its current locationin 1936 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
