Springtime in Southern Arizona

Southern Arizona has very little of what most areas call "Springtime"... but one of the sure signs of the season is the appearance of the wild African Daisies. There are very few of them this year... as has been the case the past several years... but each and every one has its own special charm.

Malus Sylvestris... Dried... Sliced... Tied... Spiced

Detail of a wreath made of dried apple slices tied together and spiced...

Fork in the Road

Cracks in a chip-seal roadway forming "a fork in the road"...

Leaving Tracks Behind

Tire tracks at White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.

Submitted for Photo Friday 23 February 2007: "Texture"

Playground

Capturing the vibrant colors and geometrics of children's playground equipment in the afternoon sun at a local park.

Fashionable

A couple on a downtown street in Tucson Arizona. This is a resubmission of "Maria and Friend" originally posted September 18 2006. Submitted for Moody Monday February 19 2007: "Fashionable"

Drive By Shooting Self Portrait

Drive by shooting project.

Submitted for PhotoFriday 16 February 2007: Self Portrait

22 Degree Halo

A strange phenomenon in the sky when a bright halo appears encircling the sun.

These are considerably different and more rare than what we commonly refer to as "sundogs"...although both involve sunlight and ice crystals. The 22 degree halo forms when light from the sun is refracted by ice crystals associated with thin high level clouds. The refractions bend the light by 22 degrees from its original direction... producing a ring of light observed at 22 degrees from the sun.

The halo in the photograph appeared over the Tucson Arizona sky in June of 2006.

Submitted for Photo Friday 02 February 2007: Strange