On our return from the Grand Canyon, we stopped for the night at Sedona. We got an early start the next day and spent the morning taking in the sights and photographing as much as we could. Sedona is a beautiful, small town located in the northern part of Arizona. It is one of the…
Category: Arizona
Grand Canyon 2014
This is my third post featuring the Grand Canyon. We visit it often because it’s only 3-1/2 hours away and of course, our visitors do wish to see it. It is one of the great natural wonders of the world and no one should miss the opportunity to see it at least once. On this…
Chihuly in the Garden
Yesterday I accompanied Barry and Pat Stewart to the Members’ Preview of the upcoming Chiluly in the Garden exhibition at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden. The exhibition features the glass sculpture of artist Dale Chihuly, carefully integrated into the natural setting of the garden. Chihuly is credited with revolutionizing the Studio Glass movement and elevating the perception of…
Desert Evening Scenes
This evening I took a drive to nearby Cave Creek to photograph some desert scenes at sunset. It turned out to be a pretty nice evening with just enough cloud to augment the sunset, which turned out to be pretty good. I liked the sky and chose to make it prominent in most of the…
The Hall of Flame Fire Museum
The Hall of Flame Fire Museum and the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes, located in Phoenix, Arizona, has almost an acre of fire history exhibits, with over 90 fully restored pieces of fire apparatus on display, dating from 1725 to 1969. Most of the exhibits are American, but there also pieces from England, France, Austria,…