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Picture a Day #28 – Heading to the South Rim
Our drive from the north rim of the Grand Canyon to the south rim was incredibly beautiful. This is the high desert of Northern Arizona at its best: late in the day, with the lowering sun coloring the mesas. We … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, high desert, Lee's Ferry, mesa, nature, postaday, travel
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Picture a Day #27 – At the Grand Canyon
After spending time on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park admiring the view, taking photos, taking showers (hooray!), and dining in the lodge, we headed north again, and then east, hoping to get through the desert during the cooler … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Grand Canyon, Kaibab National Forest, nature, postaday, travel
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Picture a Day #26 – A Northern Arizona Love Story
My husband and I began our coast to coast tour twenty-five years after we first met while working for the US Forest Service near the south rim of the Grand Canyon. I grew up in California, and he grew up in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, Grand Canyon, nature, postaday, San Francisco Peaks, travel
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Picture a Day #25 – Nevada Highway 50
After driving East through the Nevada desert, this is what was waiting on the other side of the state: Great Basin National Park. Wow! Very beautiful. We have been here twice, once with our children and then just the two … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Basin, nature, Nevada, postaday, travel
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Picture a Day #24 – On the Road
Traveling in a car for days on end can be a challenge to the patience of the driver and passengers. You have to want it bad to embark on a lengthy car trip. It helps to have a routine. On … Continue reading
Picture a Day #23 – Playing Around with Collage!
A few years ago, I took a couple of printmaking classes. It was a lot of work, and great fun! However, there always seemed to be leftover ink (oops!), and I didn’t want to waste it. So I ran my plates through the press until … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collage, Eric Carle, fruit, postaday, video
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Picture a Day #22 – Crossing a Continent
I began the story in pictures of our trip across the country at the end. Now I will back up, and go to the beginning, because I think it will make more sense. My husband and I left the California coast in … Continue reading
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Tagged California, camping, nature, postaday, travel, vacation
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Picture a Day #21-Cookie Recipe
It wouldn’t be January unless someone, somewhere, was baking cookies! Here in coastal California, it’s raining like it hasn’t rained yet this winter. Definite cookie-baking weather. I took the recipe from the rolled oats box, and tweaked it. Here’s what I … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, California, food, home, postaday, recipe
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Picture a Day #20-Watercolor Rose
Well, it turns out that there wasn’t much left to be done to my rose. You know, the one that was glaring at me because I let it sit unfinished for almost three months? THAT rose. I added some blue to the … Continue reading
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Tagged art, hobbies, nature, painting, postaday, rose, watercolor
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