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Ascending from Tucson
Leaving Tucson, the scenery is breathtaking. The city is surrounded by mountains – mostly browns with just a hint of green from spring rains.
Flying over Snow Crested Mountains
Further east, flying over the Rockies on the eastern side of Arizona. Lovely snow crested mountains. What a flight – always something to see.
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Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucson
Much of the park was hidden under an early morning cloud cover. It didn’t take long for the sun to burn through the clouds, and by mid-morning the sky was Arizona’s trademark – a deep blue.
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Santa Catalina Mountains in Tucson
Much of the park was hidden under an early morning cloud cover. It didn’t take long for the sun to burn through the clouds, and by mid-morning the sky was Arizona’s trademark – a deep blue.
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Strawberry Island
Still doing photos from last summer. How did I ever manage to get such a backlog? This photo is from a cloudy, windy August day in northeastern Wiscosnin’s Door County. I spent a long afternoon sitting on the beach watching the clouds drift over Strawberry Island. I remember thinking everyone else was in such a hurry to go see something, go do something. I was pretty satisfied doing what I was doing — thinking about “stuff” and watching the clouds drift by. Once in awhile I’d pick up my camera and take a couple of photos.
Aren’t those clouds something to behold?
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Next to a Cornfield
Not all of my hiking has me wandering through prairie land. Today’s hike started in prairie and ended up with me coming face to face with an endless expanse of cornfield. This Midwestern corn is tall stuff when you get up close. And surprisingly noisy. Lots of insects buzzing and crickets cricketing and birds swooshing. Critters scooting between the rows of corn. It’s rather a mini eco-system in it’s own way.
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Perfect white clouds hover over green and white farm buildings in central Door County Wisconsin.
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On the Mississippi Riverfront at Dubuque, Iowa. The bridge in the background is the Julian Dubuque Bridge and connects to East Dubuque, Illinois. I was attracted to the patterns and colors in the glow of the setting sun.
We pulled over along the river to take a few photographs and when I got out of the car, I was immediately swarmed by buffalo gnats. Evidently the wet weather and high waters have provided the little beasts with a perfect breeding ground. I took only a couple of shots, and I did those super fast. Yech!
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People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child– our own two eyes. All is a miracle. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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Cloud white puffs in rows
Hover over leafless trees
Silhouette the trees.
Nature clothes the land with snow
Winter’s palette black and white
Winter in Owen Park Conservation Park
Madison, Wisconsin
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