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Mission San Louis Obispo de Tolosa has undergone many physical changes over time, leading to a church where past and present merge in interesting ways today. I use links to improve your experience using this Read More …
My cholla cactus encounters continued as we explored Usery Park in the Superstition Mountains — but this time I managed to keep a safe distance between us! Maintaining enough distance from them was a challenge Read More …
A perfect end to a day in Sedona, Arizona, can be found amid the rocky outcrops in Oak Creek as the setting sun illuminates Cathedral Rock and turns the river itself into pools of reflected Read More …
Usually when one plan goes awry, something more interesting comes along. Recently that more interesting something turned out to be the Arizona Copper Art Museum in historic Clarkdale, Arizona. (What do think you would find Read More …
This story is from 2016. Since that time, the Salt River horses gained protection and the herd has grown greatly. However, the horses no longer have access to the area where I photographed them back Read More …
After a bit of lovely early (too-early) spring weather, we are back to snow here in Minnesota. But that bit of warmth was enough to get me thinking about spring flowers — particularly snow-white trilliums. Read More …
While we were in New York City last September, we took walking tours of both Greenwich Village and the Chelsea/Meatpacking District/High Line area. On both walks our guides pointed out where we could get “the Read More …
While best known for towering saguaros, the large number of spring flowers in Saguaro National Park steal the show in March and April as the desert landscape explodes with color. Arizona’s Saguaro National Park wildflowers Read More …
The days leading up to Christmas aren’t exactly prime beach time in California. However, since we were in the area and had never been to any of the coastal communities south of Los Angeles, we Read More …
The lovely church of Mission Santa Clara de Asis is the mission’s sixth church and the second at this, the mission’s fifth location.