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March 2023 Miscellaneous Desert Sunset Photographs Part 2
Hi everyone! Back in March, I would wander around my relative’s property to see if there were any photogenic places to take pictures of. I found an abandoned road near the most untouched desert area on the property. After walking up and down it repeatedly, I decided to try to take photographs of the road as soon as the clouds were right. After attempting to take pictures of the area several times, I finally was able to do it. Still, the photographs didn’t turn out as nicely as I hoped it would be. It was basically a problem when I wanted to enjoy the scenery and live in the moment…
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March 2023 Miscellaneous Desert Sunset Photographs Part 1
Hi everyone! This past spring, I took many photographs of the desert post rain. The clouds were beautiful and the desert was green. I loved the way the desert looked. Taking photographs during this time was a fun time for me. I enjoyed it a lot! After going through my photographs, I found some photographs I really liked but they didn’t fit into any other post themes I could come up with. Instead, I decided to create a collective post dedicated to the miscellaneous photographs I want to include with a post. I ended up creating two posts featuring the miscellaneous photographs I took in March 2023. The photographs in…
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March 2023 Yellow Flower Photographs
Hi everyone! In March, 2023, the spring 2023 superbloom was going to happen, if was happening already. In my area, the major blooms didn’t happen until April. Still, there were a few flowers that bloomed in March. They just weren’t in an abundance as it would eventually be. While walking around my relative’s property, I found a few small yellow flowers around the area. These flowers are common in and around my relative’s property. Based off a light Google search, I can’t find information about the name of the flower. Even though I don’t know what the name of the flower is, I always look forward to seeing them bloom.…
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March 2023 Saguaro Ribs Photographs Part 1
Hi everyone! In March, 2023, I went to my relative’s property to take photographs of the desert and the wildflower blooms. I saw many wildflowers, but massive bloom in the area came in the next month, April. After walking around the desert, I found several areas I wanted to take some photographs of whenever the blooms came. One of those areas was where a cluster of cacti (I believe it is Engelmann’s Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus Engelmannii) lived next to the ribs of a saguaro that passed away. I liked the way they looked together, so I used this as one of my favorite places to take photographs of some of the…
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February 2023 Cacti Sunset Photographs
Hi everyone! I’m still going through the photographs I took earlier this year. There was a lot of rain in Arizona, which made the desert really green and pretty! I took many photographs of the desert, which has taken time to sort through and edit. One of the photographs I took in February, 2023 are of a small saguaro cactus and another cactus that I believe are Engelmann’s Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus Engelmannii). At that time, the wildflowers hadn’t blossomed yet. This means the desert was green and pretty, but didn’t have any flowers. I didn’t care about this because I wanted to take photographs of the two cacti.
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Dollar Tree Sailing and Ocean Themed Wood DIY Ornaments
Hi everyone! A few years ago, I decided to start creating more customized home decor. I wanted to do this prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but decided to after the pandemic started. What spurred my desire to make customized home decor was my worries about finding new decor made out of higher quality materials. I also wanted to do this in order to have more things I made and can display around my house. Earlier this month, I went to the Dollar Tree to see if they had any new books for sale. (I like to shop there for books) While there, I found the summer inspired decorations. They looked…
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How to Make a Scalloped Edge With Lining
Hi everyone! A few years ago, (Actually more like 2015-ish) I was working on a costume that required a scalloped style edge, but it needed to be lined. I was stumped by this until I watched an old episode of Fans and Porter’s Love of Quilting. (In addition to seeing this on Fans and Porter’s Love of Quilting, I also saw something similar on Quilt in a Day, but it’s not exactly the same as what I saw on Fans and Porter’s show. Still, I wanted to mention it in case anyone wants to look for the tutorial there too.) In the episode, the guest explained how to make a…
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Summer Solstice 2023 Desert Sunset Photographs Part 3
Hi everyone! It’s the last day of June, so it is only fitting I publish part three of the three part summer solstice photographs for this year! The photographs in this post are of the sky and more scenic foregrounds. I also took more photographs of the sky itself. For the most part, the photographs turned out really good.
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Summer Solstice 2023 Desert Sunset Photographs Part 2
Hi everyone! On June 21, 2023, AKA summer solstice, there was a beautiful sky at sunset. I took may photographs of the desert my relative lives near. I took many photographs of the sunset with my favorite saguaro cactus to photograph, which I talked about in a separate post. After taking those photographs, I walked around the desert some more to see if there were any other areas in the desert I could take pictures of. I found a few, but some turned out better than others. For this post, I want to talk about some of the photographs that I think didn’t turn out as well. Even though they…
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Summer Solstice 2023 Desert Sunset Photographs Part 1
Hi everyone! Last week was the Summer Solstice, AKA the first day of summer! It wasn’t as hot as it normally would be this time of year. It was a really nice change of pace for anyone living in Arizona! Despite the lack of the normal temperatures, it was still hot outside. The temperatures forced me to say inside most of the day. This is why I was so surprised when I looked outside my window at sunset and saw a beautiful sunset sky! After debating if I should or shouldn’t go outside, I decided to grab my camera and headed to my relative’s property to photograph the sunset. I…
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