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my backyard flower

i was so amazed athese and i don't think they are done blooming

cactus_14 my backyard flower

i was so amazed with this how much it opened and more to open soon 

I just got back from a month long stay in southwest N.M. Thought I would share a few from the trip. Enjoy!

Gracias!

Although there are many great places to eat in Sedona AZ, (Actually this one is just south in Oak Creek), this little inexpensive place is my favorite: The Blue Moon Diner. Last time we were there, I had to leave my poor husband to order dinner (he chose their great pizza) and run outside and just behind the diner to catch this shot of the sun doing it's thing on the big rock. Then right in the middle of dinner I just had to run outside again because of   this. But we finished off the pizza, anyway! We can't wait to go to Sedona again.

Thanks for looking.

Well it appears as though some time has gone by since my last post so I figured I'd get ya'll caught up with a few of my new favorites (with plenty more waiting to be processed).

I spent Christmas in post-Katrina New Orleans with my family and wound up with a few photos I actually liked.

I took a hike north of Phoenix and found...of all things...a damaged cactus.  Go figure.

Back in January me and my girlfriend made a little trip up to Aspen, Colorado and on the way back I got to step on the first frozen lake I had ever seen! (that's not me in the photo)

Finally, there's just something magical about Sedona and I love having it in my backyard.  For any hikers out there that will be in Sedona in the near or distant future, the Bear Mountain Hike is an absolute MUST.  Easily one of the 3 best hikes I've ever done.  When a dead tree gives the horns, you know it's good.

Then finally this past weekend, me and my girlfriend headed back to Sedona for the Cathedral Rock Hike (another must).  What's she looking at? A Sedona sunset of course.

Thanks for looking!  :-)