Bits and Pieces While Heading North-3

I had noticed these unusual purple/lavender flowering trees beginning in NM.

Today I got a picture in Hutchinson KS.

April 2010

Hedgehog Cactus with crimson blossoms (we see magenta blossoms in AZ)

Alamogordo NM

April 2010

Pine cones on a tree at White Sands Missile Museum NM

April 2010

3rd & 4th Grade

Class picture from 3rd grade
Java SD
Fall 1958

(middle row, third from the right)

5th Birthday

After the big party in town, I had another cake and present waiting for me back at Boot Ranch, a two wheel bike.
May 19, 1955

The Yellow Studebaker

Dad, Marlow and me by the yellow Studebaker
Boot Ranch, 1954

1953

Sitting in the chair in the living room on Boot Ranch.
1953

Third Birthday

The trike was the gift on my 3rd birthday.
Boot Ranch
May 1953

Summer 1952

The huge doll was a gift for my second birthday.
Boot Ranch
Summer 1952

Summer 1951

The puppies & me at Boot Ranch
Summer 1951

Spring 1951

Daddy and me with the Mercury coupe
Boot Ranch
Spring 1951

August 1952

There are very few pictures of me with my paternal grandparents. This one was taken when the cousins from Billings MT came to visit in August 1952. I'm in the front row on the right.

March Road Trip 7

Unusual rocks popping up from the desert floor
Florence AZ
March 2010

March Road Trip 6

Fan or crown saguaro cactus
Kelvin AZ
March 2010

March Road Trip 5

Mine tailings at open pit copper mine
Ray Mine, Kearney AZ
March 2010

March Road Trip 4

Huge trucks & large school buses at the bottom of the open pit Ray Mine
Kearney AZ
March 2010

March Road Trip 3

Beer can roof on World's Smallest Museum
Superior AZ
March 2010

March Road Trip 2

Horseshoe flower at World's Smallest Museum
Superior AZ
March 2010

March Road Trip 1

Lupine and Arizona Poppies along Hwy 60
March 2010

Gate Lines

Iron gate at San Xavier Mission
Tucson AZ
February 2010

Sky Lines

Night time fireworks at the Insight Bowl
Tempe AZ
December 2009

House Lines

Unique windows in the house across the canyon
Malibu CA
January 2010

No, that one section of window is not open. That is how it looked during the day, sun or clouds.
I love the artistry of the wood and glass, symmetrical & non-symmetrical.

Building Lines

Skyscraper in Vancouver BC
June 2001

Water Lines

Water fountain in downtown Sioux Falls SD
June 2009

Wagon Lines

Tracks of ore wagons near Superior AZ
February 2007

Glass Lines

I love the vertical purple lines under the curved ribs of the glass dome.

Chuilly Art Exhibit at Desert Botanical Gardens
Tempe AZ
December 2008

Gopher Lines

Insight Bowl on ASU campus in Tempe AZ
December 2009

Shell Lines

Building the shed in Canyon Vistas RV Resort
Gold Canyon AZ
February 2009

Fence Lines

Days of '76 Rodeo in Deadwood SD
July 2009

Tree Lines

Wisconsin River in Wisconsin Dells WI
August 2008

Date Lines

Rows of date trees near Yuma AZ
February 2007

Wall Lines

Biosphere 2 wall design, layer of plastic between 2 layers of glass held in place by steel tubing
Oracle AZ
March 2010

Shed Lines

Unfinished shed in Canyon Vistas RV Resort
Gold Canyon AZ
February 2009

Stick Lines

Hackberry Springs in Superstition Mountains
March 2007

Old Glory Lines

Kingman AZ
April 2009

Stairway Lines

Outside Biosphere 2, looking in at the Desert Biome
Oracle AZ
March 2010

Corral Lines

Days of '76 Rodeo in Deadwood SD
July 2009

Window Lines

Biosphere windows looking at Santa Catalina Mountains
Oracle AZ
March 2010

Ranch Lines

Ryckman Ranch at Pollock SD
July 2002

Cable Lines

Bridge in Winnipeg, Sask.
August 2009

Infinity Lines

House on the Rock
Spring Green WI
July 2008

Band Lines

Insight Bowl in Tempe AZ
December 2009

Deck Lines

Looking at this blog, I see day after day of cacti or desert related post. No more. I am moving to lines.

I love the play of sunlight and shadow of this deck photo. Curt is sealing the wood, preparing it for carpet.

Canyon Vistas RV Resort
Gold Canyon AZ
February 2009

Looking From the Past

Looking at Roosevelt Lake through a support post hole in the Upper Ruins
Tonto National Monument
February 2010

Yucca

Yucca plant at Tonto National Monument
February 2010

Teddy Bear

It looks soft and fuzzy, but it isn't!
Teddy Bear Cholla at Tonto National Monument
February 2010

Desert Cactus

Prickly Pear at Tonto National Monument
February 2010

Green

Palo Verde tree at Tonto National Monument
February 2010

Sign of Spring 2

Field of edible Miner's Lettuce
Tonto National Monument
February 2010

Sign of Spring

Cone Flower at Tonto National Monument
Roosevelt AZ
February 2010