Cloride, Arizona has a really fun barbed wire fence at the edge of town. Intertwined in the wire are
pots, pans, broken bottle necks and every rusty thing you could imagine. We could have stayed all day!
Tag Archives: arizona
extreme weather
While parts of the country are experiencing record cold, snow, etc, we also are having unusual weather. It was 79 yesterday and will be 74 today. That’s more than 10 degrees above normal. Here’s a view from my office window. We’re coping 🙂
snow
It’s snowing! Really! Not the kind that stays around but it’s fun to see 🙂
McDowell Mountains
I shot 39 vertical images to create this panorama of the McDowell Mountains in Scottsdale, Arizona. When and if the preservation goal can be reached, the McDowell Sonoran Preserve will cover one third of Scottsdale. Pretty cool!
(click above photo for larger version. When the larger photo opens, you might need to click on it for the full version. Use your bottom scroll bar to see the entire image.)
fall color
Another shot from the West Fork Trail on Sunday. I can take conventional photos too 🙂
Page, AZ videos
During the last 10 days on the road, I finally had time to finish editing video clips from last January.
monsoon morning
A shot of Chris on our walk this morning. Monsoon clouds are always a welcome sight. They don’t always mean rain but we and the desert plants appreciate the moisture in the air.
gambel’s quail nest
I noticed this quail nest in my little gardening enclosure more than a month ago and had hoped to photograph the eggs hatching but missed it. There were 11 eggs but only 10 hatched. So far we haven’t seen the chicks but Quail moms are very protective so we usually don’t see them for awhile.
As you can see, Gambel’s Quail don’t make elaborate nests. There is usually just a depression in the ground making them very vulnerable to snakes and Roadrunners who both love to eat the eggs and baby chicks. Click here for more information on Gambel’s Quail.
lizards
This is one of the lizards we see most often around here. I’m fairly sure it’s a Spotted Whiptail. We usually see this one in among the vegetation.
This lizard is probably the Lesser Earless Lizard and he’s usually sitting on a rock or running with his tail up in the air. Both these lizards have the most amazing feet.
Flat top Buckwheat
Flat-top Buckwheat is the common name for Eriogonum fasciculatum. It’s starting to bloom everywhere now and I thought I would show just how intricate the blooms are. You need really good eyes or a macro lens to see their glory.
