Images

A wall of canyons and one feather. 15.5.15

My dearest sweetheart…

With the accent on the o in envelope, and in response to Krista’s question in this Week’s Photo Challenge, “What does enveloped mean to you?” I confess to this being a re-posting from a year ago when the Photo Challenge was Letters, but I hope you agree these treasured letters from my late father to my late mother a few weeks before their marriage in 1936 are worthy of the re-post.

Another Early Bird moment.

The amphitheatre viewed from Bryce Point in Bryce Canyon at sunrise this morning.

Horseshoe Bend, Arizona

Real Early Birds this morning, up before sunrise to see the 180 degree curve in the Colorado River known as Horseshoe Bend in the early morning light. Another memorable moment to match yesterday’s unforgettable visit to Upper Antelope Canyon.

Early this morning in Page, Arizona.

This week Michelle asks us to “… find beauty in a blur.” You may remember the original image, Palette Wall, which I submitted to Cheri’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall. Adding a Gaussian Blur to it has given it a new and surprising beauty. I hope you agree.

More camellias, I know, but surely nothing expresses more perfectly the essence of Ephemeral than these fallen blooms, retaining their beauty untill the very end.