Photo Memory of the Week
Backyard Blog
2026 May 22: Here's the backyard this week:
- an iris up for what seems like just a few minutes (and technically in the front yard)
- the lilac making its own short showing
- the crabapple, also technically in the front yard
- the magnolia past its prime but still lovely
Tag Archives: Desert
Rio Grande, Las Cruces NM
Desert landscape. Continue reading
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Devils Tower, WY
Near and far views of a laccolith. Continue reading
Badlands Trailhead, SD
Sign-in book at hiking trailhead. Continue reading
Go South and West, Old Photographer
Scenes of, and thoughts about, the Badlands. Continue reading
Desert Vista, Kata Tjuta, AUS
A desert vista from Australia that is remarkably similar to one from Arizona. Continue reading
Desert Vista, Las Vegas NV
A 2014 trip to Las Vegas turns up unexpected vistas. Continue reading
Bitter. Sweet.
Bam! Off to my left, four mourning doves explode from cover and I jump involuntarily. My heart pitter-patters from the unexpectedness of it all. As they flap awkwardly off to what they evidently see as better cover, I mutter a … Continue reading
Lead Dog
A series of desert walks leads to an insight about leadership at work. At the trailing end of a peripatetic foursome, I look down the trail. The men have gone on ahead a little way; my sister and I … Continue reading