On our recent trip to Page, AZ Bill McAdam and I traveled through an an amazing variety of scenery. From Scottsdale, it’s an uphill trip from the Sonoran Desert, through some high, barren plains before reaching the mountainous country around Sedona. Soon afterward, we arrived at the Coconino National Forest, a snowy landscape treed with majestic Ponderosa…
Category: Arizona
Slot Canyons
This past weekend, I ventured north to Page, Arizona, a small town located on the Navajo Nation just south of the Utah border. My traveling and photography companion was Bill McAdam, a longtime friend dating back to when we began our careers at Imperial Oil. Page is noted for its scenic beauty and several well…
Butterflies
Yesterday, I made a return visit to Butterfly Wonderland, a local attraction featuring 3000 butterflies in a climate controlled atrium. They offer many interesting exhibits, but I’m happy just to stroll around the atrium in search of photographic moments. One of my reasons for going yesterday was to experiment with a recently acquired macro lens. Macro photography…
Cave Creek, AZ
Cave Creek is a small town in Arizona, located in the Sonoran Desert, on the northern border of Scottsdale, 27 miles (45 km) northeast of Phoenix. It’s proud of it’s western heritage and has a very “old west” look and character. Cave Creek, established as a gold mining town and stopping point for the U.S. Cavalry…
New Flowers for Today
We’ve had some new flowers bloom in the backyard this morning. They’re both flowers of the echinopsis cactus. There are many varieties of the this cactus, all producing similar but different coloured flowers. This first one is obviously yellow; we’ve also had white and pink flowers this spring. I like this one, the pink echinopsis flower better….