Does this boulder face look familiar? Maybe I should first ask if you see a face? (upper right)
What came to my mind when I saw this boulder was the jazz singer on the Muppets. Remember her? As I walked a little farther, she was even more clear. While looking for a link to include, I found out her name is Janice. I never knew that, did you? To do her justice, I gave her a makeover. OK…just plain silly, I know 🙂
I’m currently working on gathering faces for my Frankenstone and Friends book and finding a lot! These two remind me of cartoon characters.
Mister Magoo and friend
Disney Hippo ballerinas
I published a trial version through Blurb. The real book will have triple the content and will benefit the Conservancy.
Awwww…..a little Penquin rock 🙂
Spotted on Rock Knob and not so little, actually. He was about 10 feet tall.
We’ve had frost two mornings in a row and are in for a third. This shot taken at Rock Knob yesterday is not a photo of frost but I thought the backlighting made it kind of look like there is frost. Time of day wasn’t ideal for photography but we had a blast exploring the area.
Rock Knob is a huge pile of boulders with many strewn in the surrounding landscape. It offers spectacular views of the Superstition Mountains, the Four Peaks Wilderness area and the McDowell Mountains.
Four Peaks had had a little snow on them yesterday.
One of many fantastic boulder outcroppings around Rock Knob. These are looking over toward the McDowell Mountains.
Rock Knob is in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve close to the Northeast access to Toms Thumb trail.
As I was taking yesterday’s photograph of the hikers, I almost missed this shot.
It started out as a perfect whale but winds were changing the form quickly.
Winds then turned the fish into this creature.
(Bonus points if you also see a sleeping dog in the rocks).
Just when I thought I had seen all the faces on the main part of the Tom’s Thumb trail,
I find this great one. Afternoon light might explain why I hadn’t noticed it before.
It took 2 years of trying to make things grow before I gave up and decided to grow boulders
and yard art instead. Here’s a photo of some steel boulders I asked my artist friend Joan Waters
to make for me. They serve two purposes. The first is to hold back the bank and the second
is to look cool! During the last month, I noticed that as the sun was rising, it was “kissing” the
tops of the boulders. With a little help from Photoshop, this is what I was seeing.
Since the crane company charges for travel time as well as site time, I worked hard to make
sure I was completely prepared so we wouldn’t waste one single minute. Being prepared
ended up saving over an hour of time thus saving lots of money.
Time and money savers?:
First: A detailed plan. Second: Photos of each and every boulder with measurements on photos.
Third: Holes dug for boulders. Fourth?: Chris! He dislikes (INTENSELY!) anything to do with yard
work so this was a HUGE favor on his part. I’m very grateful because it saved me from having to
hire someone to help me position the boulders (takes 2 people).
I can hardly move this morning but all in all it was SO much fun 🙂
The main goal for my landscaping is to create an ultimate desert photo op.
One missing element in my yard is rocks and boulders but some are coming next week.
They will make this guy very happy! He was captured from my dining room window.
Once he has a boulder to hide under and do push ups on, I’m hoping he comes back 🙂
I don’t have a Lizard ID book yet so if anyone knows who this guy is, let me know. Thanks!
