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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Arizona: A Photo Essay....With Photos!

 I have been fortunate in my travels to see many beautiful places, both man-made and natural. among the natural wonders there is something particularly enchanting about the austere rugged beauty of the Southwest I think if I lived out here I would be whip-thin and permanently sun-baked brown as a lizard.  The land here makes me incredibly reluctant to come indoors. Instead of trying to describe it to you with words that really do not do it justice,I will instead post a selection of amateur photos that again really don't do it justice  If you happen to be interested in what I had to write you can always visit this selection from my other blog:Tourist Monkey.This is what I wrote last time I was here and I think it holds up. This post, though I'm going to try to limit myself to captions 


The Sphinx In Peralta Canyon




This is actually the front lawn of the house where I'm staying. All of it looks like this.











Cliff Chipmunk. This is his species, not his name.


Weaver's Needle, Peralta


You're Welcome, Ladies!

The Baboon's Head, Peralta Canyon

Faces are everywhere. It's really the most bizarrely anthropomorphic landscape.  















Agave (I think)



Hoodoos on the March


This is apparently called a Tree Lizard. they are called this because they are never anywhere near trees.



I like the strange candelabra shapes of Saguaro 


Note the Saguaro in the front imitating the rocks


Cacti should not look this cuddly


Saguaro Lake



The bones of a giant








Great Tailed Grackle: A serious contender for the All Southwest Weird Noise-Making title










Mesquite tree ambling along the Salt River
  

2 comments:

  1. Whoaaaa... you should get a flickr account so I can favorite things. Did you climb on rocks? You need a picture of yourself climbing rocks!

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  2. I possibly have a Flikr account. I'll look into it. I did climb on rocks quite a bit, but it would have been difficult to hold onto the camera and the rocks at the same time.

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