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  • Summer Solstice 2023 Desert Sunset Photographs Part 2

    June 28, 2023 /

    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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    August 31, 2018 Sunset Cloud Photographs Part 3

    September 24, 2018

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    May 19, 2019

    August 31, 2018 Sunset Cloud Photographs Part 2

    September 20, 2018
  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- March 2021 Part 2

    June 24, 2021 /

    In my last post of photographs I took in March 2021 of the Florence- Kelvin Highway, I mentioned that I didn’t take as many photographs of the highway as I did in December 2020. Since I didn’t take as many photographs, most of the photographs I have yet to post are of the same exact subject matter. I really liked the way the clouds looked with the scenery and the road, so the rest of the photographs I took that day are of this. Even though it the photographs may seem repetitive, I’m very happy with the way they turned out.

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    Florence, Arizona Home Tour- February 2018- Part 1

    December 1, 2020

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    December 12, 2020

    Spring Cactus Blossom Part 2- Spring 2023

    April 30, 2024
  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- March 2021 Part 1

    June 17, 2021 /

    In March, I went back to the Florence-Kelvin Highway to take some more photographs of the scenery. On the day I went, there were clouds passing by but there was no rain. Because of this, I thought there would be plenty of fluffy clouds to take pictures of. When I got there, I was happy to discover I was right. So, I took some photographs. Unlike the first series of posts I made about the photographs I took of the highway in December 2020, I didn’t take nearly as many photographs on the day I went. I wanted to take my time seeing the scenery while driving on the road…

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    April 8, 2017

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    December 16, 2019

    September 2, 2018 Sunset Photographs

    September 26, 2018
  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 5

    June 3, 2021 /

    Hi everyone! This is the last post of the photographs I took during my trip to the Florence-Kelvin Highway in December 2020. In this post, I wanted to share all the photographs I took during the trip but I took before I left the highway and went home. Because of this, there are photographs of a variety of subjects I already posted about such as the crested saguaro, road, and desert with clouds and virga in the background. Also, I took photographs of other cacti near the road.

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  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 4

    May 28, 2021 /

    During my trip to the Florence-Kelvin Highway in December 2020, I made sure to take the opportunity to take plenty of photographs of the cristate, or crested, saguaro. I took so many of them I decided to dedicate this post to them. If you want to know more about the cactus, this article about them on Arizona Highways’ website will help explain what they are. And now here are all the photographs, including close ups, of the crested saguaro cactus…

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    February 5, 2020

    Arizona Marigold Wildflower Photograph- May 2021

    June 10, 2021
  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 3

    May 21, 2021 /

    When I went to the Florence-Kelvin Highway in December 2020, I wanted to focus on taking photographs of one saguaro cactus that can be seen from the road. The cactus is a cristate, or crested, saguaro cactus, which means the cactus has a mutation that makes the crown, or top, of the cactus to create a crested fan formation. You can read more about the cactus here. The cactus is located off the highway and can be seen while driving on the highway. On the day I went on a drive on the Florence-Kelvin Highway, there were rain storms and passing clouds in the area. I thought these clouds would…

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    A Serious Talk About My Desert Photography and Why I My Need to Stop Taking Them

    May 10, 2022

    Florence, Arizona Home Tour- February 2018- Part 13

    December 13, 2020

    2018 Saguaro Blossom Photos- Black and White

    May 31, 2018
  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 2

    May 14, 2021 /

    In my last post about the photographs I took during a December 2020 visit to the Florence- Kelvin Highway, I shared the photographs I took of the scenery with the highway pavement in the photograph. In this post, I wanted to share the photographs I took not only of the scenery and the pavement, but also some photographs I took of the desert and the clouds. On the day I took photographs of the scenery, there were storms in the area. It was starting to clear when I went to the highway. I love the way the clouds look on the Florence- Kelvin Highway, so taking photographs during times like…

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    October 9, 2018

    2022 Palo Verde Tree Blossoms

    May 19, 2022
  • Florence-Kelvin Highway Photographs- December 2020 Part 1

    May 6, 2021 /

    It’s been quite a while since I posted photographs on my blog. I was able to take photographs of the outdoors for the past few months, but I never had the chance to edit them. This past month, I was able to have enough time to edit them. Not all the photographs I took are finished editing, but I was able to finish editing some of them. Some of the photographs I recently finished editing are photographs I took of the Florence-Kelvin Highway. I started to take photographs of the Florence-Kelvin Highway in Arizona in December 2020. I needed to spend more time away from the area where I currently…

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  • November 1, 2019 Cloud Photographs Part 2

    December 20, 2019 /

    Hi everyone! Today’s post is part two of my photographs I took of the clouds while on my walk on November 1, 2019. As it got later, I took photos of the sunset and moon with clouds in front of it as well. Even though I took many photographs of the sunset and moon, I liked one of each. So, there is only one photograph of the moon and sunset in this post. Well, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

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    March 24, 2020
  • November 1, 2019 Cloud Photographs Part 1

    December 18, 2019 /

    Hi everyone! While on a late afternoon hike on November 1st, I went for a walk. Since I had my camera, and there was beautiful clouds in the sky, I took some photographs. I took so many, I decided to split my photographs into two post. Here are the first wave of photographs… The second wave of photographs are coming soon! That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!

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