took this picture of a gate and played with it in Photoshop with my plug-ins from topaz

first I used PhotoFXlab to get the color and then used diffusion in Lens Effects, I kinda liked how it came out

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stopped by the side of the road to take this picture of a mesa with snow and cloud covered top  mt12131 

love to take flower pictures but I guess this will have to do in the winter, also taken by side of the road  mt12132   mt12133 

did a lot of post work on these 2  mt12134   mt12135  now I'm back to normal,  mt12136   mt12137 

pictures of icicles on juniper tree   jt11121  berries and icicles on a juniper tree  jt11122 

more icicles on a juniper tree  jt11123   jt11124 

Some pictures of an old corral with not much left of it.

 oc1226121   oc1226122   oc1226123  a train passing by  oc1226124 

Andy trying to make it through the weeds  oc1226125 

couldn't decide which card to use so here they are

Merry Christmas X 3 from Andy and I to all our friends old and new on  Photographica

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these pictures were taken along Route 66 on Sunday morning

a corral  cr1220121  a fence line  cr1220122  wonder where this fence ends  cr1220123 

a B&W picture cr1220124 

snow on the mountains srt1219121 

horses outside their stable  srt1219122 

cactus growing through a cattle guard srt1219123 

it's cold here so decided to go to Laughlin to play some adult games  1217127  Andy taking a break  1217126 

took a picture of this Christmas tree  ct1217121  saw this strange tree  ct1217122  never saw a tree decoration like this  ct1217123 thought this was a pretty bow on the tree ct1217124

decided to take a ride on Route 66 today, could see that there had been some snow on the mountains out there

 rte661216121   rte661216122 saw this high mesa rising out of the clouds  rte661216123 

we also ran into fog  rte661216124 

was so sunny and warm just last week, today it is cold, windy and raining, temps in the 30's

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More shots from the desert,

 1213121  some different post work on this one  1213122  not on this one 1213123 

Looks like the party is over for here. it's going to get cold and there might be snow up in our mountains. Right now it is overcast and windy. Guess it is time to catch up with the rest of the USA. We had it good for a while.

Pictures from the last time we wandered in the desert

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A couple of pictures of back lit cactus

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the spines on a cactus are leaves that have modified into spines so that the plant can survive in the harsh desert. Looks like the leaves (spines) on this type of cactus  change color

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