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If you poke around the site you’ll see a couple of other photos of trains. Well, one train actually… the Verde Canyon Railroad tourist train which runs a static eight mile route from Clarkdale to the ghost town of Perkinsville in central Arizona. The line was built to service the copper mine in Clarkdale,…
Click for larger image Though you may not recognize it, this is the stately saguaro cactus. You know… that tall cactus with the arms which comes to mind when you think Arizona (or old John Wayne movies.) Normally the blossoms are at the tops of the arms and main trunk so they are many feet off…
Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn’t it a pity Doesn’t seem to be a shadow in the city ~ The Lovin’ Spoonful When I saw this man, finding an impromptu bit of shade on a New York street on a hot August day,…
With the 2010 Olympics set to start this week, I thought this image would be appropriate. This 6-second night exposure looks north across False Creek into downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver is called ‘The city of glass’, and this image illustrates it quite well.
Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. it is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional. ~ Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers For me, the concept of wabi-sabi is alive in autumn. When the…
This photo was taken in Canyon de Chelly (pronounced ‘Shay’) National Monument in northeastern Arizona. The hogan is the primary traditional home of the Navajo people. In the past they were round and cone-shaped, but now they are typically octagonal with the door facing east to welcome the rising sun, as well as good fortune….
I took this photo in Kauai, Hawaii while my wife and I were on our honeymoon. It is a beautiful view of the taro fields in Hanalei. Taro is used by the Hawaiians to make poi, which is a pudding like substance full of nutrients. While on the island, we passed this lookout many times…
I was in my yard a few weeks back, innocently cutting the lawn, and I came close to being “that guy”. You know – the one featured in the local bad-news story of the day. I was wearing a wifebeater and ball cap at the time, which would have pretty much assured the presence of Fox…
I like the way this photo evokes the heat and bold heritage of Mexico. The backstory is almost as colorful as the photo. In 2007, for his 50th Birthday, Brian and I visited Todos Santos with our dear friends and travel companions, Don and Heather Cook (Regina / Lumsden, Saskatchewan). Todos Santos is a Puebla Magica on the…