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• About my work and about the proceeds to benefit charity
  by KLPhair

  My work is something that I like to call my own. I do appreciate support for my work and I do hope to have people buy my work and display…

  My work is something that I like to call my own. I do appreciate support for my work and I do hope to have people buy my work and display it whether it is in the form of a card, mounted print, or a framed print. I will be expanding my gallery over the next few months, and I hope that everyone likes the creations that I also make out of the photos I take. I do appreciate everyones support for my work and all of the views and positive comments and messages. Part of the profit earned from Red Bubble from the sales of my work, I will be donating a small portion of those profits to non-profit charities located or operating in Maricopa County which is the county for Phoenix and the surrounding valley. I do this to support my local community.

• Off to the Cabin
  by Trace Lowe

  Well, I need a break so we are heading to the mountain to rest. No internet, no one knows the phone number, and my cell phone doesn’t ge…

  Well, I need a break so we are heading to the mountain to rest. No internet, no one knows the phone number, and my cell phone doesn’t get service untill I go down the road. Just peace and quiet. This is sort of my Waldon Pond. It is located only 40 minutes from my house in Summerhaven, Arizona. The temperature on my back porch is 101f. It is in the low 70’s there! I’ll be back in a couple days to catch up on posts and the groups. Cheers!

• Sorreeeeeee!!!!!
  by AndyReeve

  Sorry everyone – not been around much. I suddenly got overwhelmed by stuff for my record company and getting ready for my Second Great Ar…

  Sorry everyone – not been around much. I suddenly got overwhelmed by stuff for my record company and getting ready for my Second Great Arizona Adventure. I leave the UK next week. OMG where did that go. Seems only a couple of days ago it was a month to my departure. Will be back mid March and expect a big hit of AZ pics. LOL. I shall miss y’all. Hugs Andy / (Excited little person)

• *Arizona Large Binocular Telescope*
  by Lisa Weber

  I must say I was quite fascinating with this story i saw on the The Science Channel yesterday, it was all about the LBT (Large Binocular …

  I must say I was quite fascinating with this story i saw on the The Science Channel yesterday, it was all about the LBT (Large Binocular Telescope) if you can check it out, if it interests you as well. I will say this, i have always dreaded not knowing whats coming space wise, and Hubble to me wasnt good enough frankly, but this LBT can tell us and in advance! No fear now once its up and running in full operational mode. Your average binoculars like: Canon L IS WP (10×42) Binoculars, Yet LBT can see 5000×8400!!! / Just to give you an idea of how accurate these can see, they say they could put a soccer ball out past our own galaxy, and be able to easily read the manufacturers label! Direct Links for more Information: Discover Magazine Article Tucson Weekly Article Progressive Engineer Article Wired Blog Network Arizona Guide As 2008 draws more near and i keep an ear out, AND i’ll update this.

• Back from Arizona - and made a sale also - Thanks
  by amarica

  I just back Saturday from Arizona, but could not get online until today. Boy so many new artworks. It will take awhile to catch up. So mu…

  I just back Saturday from Arizona, but could not get online until today. Boy so many new artworks. It will take awhile to catch up. So much to do with having to sell my home and buy another one over there. I only managed to take a couple of pictures while I was gone. May get a chance to post, but my time in limited online. Thank you whoever bought Sixpack Abs. You rock.

• Back from the Great Southwest
  by collectiveone

  Yep. That about says it…..Back to the grind.. / Just got back from camping for 10 days in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. I true…

  Yep. That about says it…..Back to the grind.. / Just got back from camping for 10 days in Northern Arizona and Southern Utah. I truely can’t get enough of this country. I have had a passion for the southwest since I was very young and I feel extremely fortunate to be able to live that dream.. It has never dissappointed. Maybe that is why we have managed to take 3 visits within the past year. Keep an eye out for some new work… finally? heheh and also watch for new work from some of the guys that also went on the trip. Benjamin / http://www.redbubble.com/people/benjamincharles / Nolan / http://www.redbubble.com/people/nolann I also, finally got a chance to REALLY put the Nikon D300 to the test…. I really love this camera!!!! I will be posting some samples shortly. Hope you all enjoy the work I will be posting and let me know what you think. / Take Care Folks!

• Heading to the Grand Canyon
  by Andy Mueller IPA

  Alright, hoping to illicit some information here …... I have the opportunity to travel to the Grand Canyon this weekend, staying in Wi…

  Alright, hoping to illicit some information here …... I have the opportunity to travel to the Grand Canyon this weekend, staying in Williams, AZ. Plannning on going to the South Rim for sure, and maybe paying the North Rim a visit as well. Since I have never been, any photographic advice? I’m taking the D200, Tokina 12-24mm, Nikon 24-120mm and the Sigma 50-500mm and of course the Tripod. I’m hoping to get Sunrise and Sunset shots. On my way back to Las Vegas, I will also try to visit the Skywalk (glass walkway which literally goes over the top of the Canyon). Any advice is appreciated, is the park open 24 hours, for instance?

• Goodbye Arizona (followed by a disaster)
  by AndyReeve

  AZ was wonderful (again). We decided to stay local this time so a typical day would be to set off in the morning somewhere…err….local…

  AZ was wonderful (again). We decided to stay local this time so a typical day would be to set off in the morning somewhere…err….local like one of the national parks, a zoo at one point, a copper mining town (looking for Cornish immigrants or descendents there of), sitting in spiritual vortex’s for a meditate, or just looking for photo opportunities. Then coz eating out is so cheap in the USA one of their huge lunches (which I was never able to fully consume, and whilst ordering, having to explain that I was a vegan and not a veggie else I got offered fish. I learnt that trick on the plane first time round) then home to the ranch to sit by in the pool or read or more meditation. If Cyndi had to do some phone astrological readings (she’s good – gets it spot on with me everytime damn it) I would borrow the jeep drive deeper into the desert; park up then leg it into the wide variously coloured yonder with the camera. Had a navigation problem tho; took several bearings then after wander used to make it back to the road to find myself about a mile away from the jeep. Hmmmm. Was someone moving the mountains around????? Evenings when not partying or having munchies with neighbors were spent being non-plussed by American television. I would be watching a play or something and every ten minutes, and without any prior warning, find myself in a completely non-relevant scene. Took me a while to realise that I was in the middle of an advert for Preparation ‘H’ or similar. But then I get easily confused. Mind you I did the to/from flights from the UK and only got lost in an airport once this time. Anyway about 9.30pm everyone peeled off to his or her beds as did I but not before I sat in the porch UFO watching. Apparently there are so many passing over Sedona that the locals don’t take any notice of them any more. I didn’t see one. Hmmm. Anyroadup the result of the early to bed action would be that I would awaken everyday before dawn. Twas great lying in bed watching the sun come up and if impressive enough stagger out with the camera to capture that or the early touristy balloons floating gently around the mountains. So there you have it – Another Excellent Arizona Adventure. On my return home tho I was confronted by a bit of a disaster. Before I left I burnt all my photoshop Bubble pix to a DVD and cleared 30Gbs of space. I then deleted the pix. I just put the CD into the comp and it’s blank. So I have lost the lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two things – after the journal entry I made regarding ‘To frame or not to Frame’ I had agreed with the majority and the plan was to delete my framed pix from the bubble then re-upload minus frames. So much for that idea. And the other thing? Well I still have the raw shots in the Kodak programme (successfully burnt to disc). So all is not quite lost. Anyway never mind that I have some scrumptious new AZ shots which if I ever get to the end of the 534 emails aimed at my record label which arrived during my holiday I will get to work uploading. Hope you like them. Actually I played hookie and have a couple ready which I will upload now. Take care Andy

• Sedona Arizona
  by George Lenz

  For those of you who like Sedona, or who may not have seen it. If you ever get a change to come here don’t pass it up. I live about 80 mi…

  For those of you who like Sedona, or who may not have seen it. If you ever get a change to come here don’t pass it up. I live about 80 miles south of there and try to get up there often. The photography opportunities are virtually unlimited. Enjoy the tour. Sedona

• My Image
  by Kathleen Struckle

  My image Awesome View is featured on the Arizona page. Thank you Arizona group.

  My image Awesome View is featured on the Arizona page. Thank you Arizona group.

• Counting down the days...........
  by lindah3719

  Im so excited…........ counting down the days until I get to finally travel west of Colorado…....... going with the fiance’ to his b…

  Im so excited…........ counting down the days until I get to finally travel west of Colorado…....... going with the fiance’ to his birthplace, Show Low AZ….. and then down into Casa Grande where his brother lives. I am hoping to stop in Page, AZ and get some shots of Antelope Canyon, and i hope we travel within shooting range of the Shiprock in NM as well…... We are going to drive into Tombstone and i am going to get some shots of the famous landmarks around tombstone….. ;) / So much to see…......................and take pictures of…............... Linda

• Discontinuation: Cactus Bed, Mountain Rise
  by Lelia Thomas

  Sometimes it’s just time to say goodbye. With careful consideration, I have decided to discontinue Cactus Bed, Mountain Rise...

  Sometimes it’s just time to say goodbye. With careful consideration, I have decided to discontinue Cactus Bed, Mountain Rise, a photo I took in Tucson, Arizona, back in 2004. It’s had a good long run in my portfolio here and on my personal website, but I do not think it accurately represents the kind of work I do now, and so it will be deleted from this website on April 22, 2008. For those interested in purchasing a card or print of this piece, you can do so until that date.

• Eternal Summer
  by Cinthia Creel

  In Arizona we are use to not having Spring or Fall, but now no winter?! It is mid-November and the temperature is still in the 90’s. Usua…

  In Arizona we are use to not having Spring or Fall, but now no winter?! It is mid-November and the temperature is still in the 90’s. Usually by the time Thanksgiving comes around we at least have a chill in the air. But here we are talking about what size turkey to buy while wearing short sleeves and sweating. Some might think that sounded like paradise, no snow to shovel, but believe me, there is such a thing as too much Sun. A year with no rain and no relief from the rays can really make a person go insane.

• Thank you/Ta Heaps! and About Me
  by PatGoltz

  Folks, Thank you for the VERY warm welcome I received here. This site is a really good fit for me; I love it here. Already someone has…

  Folks, Thank you for the VERY warm welcome I received here. This site is a really good fit for me; I love it here. Already someone has bought my art. That’s awesome! One of the special features I love is the fact I can add an art work to one of my groups just by checking the box! What a great idea! Hopefully, there will be more connectivity, such as clickable links. I’d like to see the archives of the bubblemail I’ve sent, but I can’t find it. If someone knows, let ME know! Thanks! I’ll try to tell a little about myself from time to time, and the work I have been doing. Today, it will be about my photography. I first got serious about photography 50 years ago when I joined the photography club at school. I was able to use the darkroom. It was very interesting, and I enjoyed it a lot, though that was the end of my darkroom career, after that year. That’s OK. At that time, it was pretty much just black and white, though my dad started taking color slides before that. But I couldn’t afford that. Somewhere, he scrounged an old reel of unexposed 35mm film, which I sliced and loaded in cans myself. After that, I didn’t do much with photography until about ten years ago, mostly from lack of time. At that point, I suddenly became more free to do stuff like that because the last of my kids had left home, and I had finished taking care of my mother-in-law. That’s about when I got on the internet, too. I spend most of my time on the internet these days, but I also take trips to do photography. Every time I have an occasion to go somewhere else, I pack a pile of camera equipment, though if the restrictions on airlines get any worse, I probably won’t be flying much. But that’s OK, because I can always drive. :) Most of my photography is done in or around Arizona, but I have also been other places. In particular, I was delighted to be able to go to the ocean in Maine and Massachusetts. I need to go back; you don’t do all the ocean photography you want to do in a couple of days. For one thing, you have to wait for the right skies, and that’s not easy, though I did luck out some of the time. I also got to go to an awesome botanical garden and butterfly pavilion there. In Arizona, I have been all over the state, from south to north, west, and so forth. In the south, I have been to Nogales, Sonoita, Parker Canyon Lake, Patagonia Lake, the Catalina Mountains, the Santa Rita Mountains, the Rincon Mountains, the Tucson Mountains, the Silverbell Mountains, Kitt Peak and the Quinlan Mountains, Organpipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo, Yuma, Castle Rock Wilderness (thereby hangs a tale, which I’ll tell sometime), moving north, Phoenix, White Tank Mountains, Globe, Prescott, Sedona, Lake Havasu (and the London Bridge), Flagstaff and the San Francisco Peaks, Cosanti, Arcosanti, Biosphere II, Sunset Crater, Meteor Crater, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, Wupatki Ruins, Toozigoot, Horseshoe Bend, Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Glen Canyon, the Vermilion Cliffs, Antelope Canyon, Jerome and some places within some of these destinations, and probably some places I can’t remember. In Utah, I have been to Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon, and Grand Staircase/Escalante. I have more trips into Utah and New Mexico planned. You will get to see some of my photography from all these places. I have also photographed many animals and plants, and have studied the ethnobotany of the Sonoran Desert. I have been preparing a book on this subject, and I have taken thousands of photographs of plants for it. Some of them are good enough to show you, so I’ll be doing that. I frequently go to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, which has plants, birds, insects, animals, and many other creatures of the desert. Arizona has 8 species of hummingbirds, and I have photographed five of them. I also was able to photograph birds in their other aviary. About half my wild animal photos were actually taken in the wild, and the rest mostly at the Museum. I also go to the zoo and the botanical gardens less often. The butterfly photos I have taken in southern Arizona were taken in a butterfly garden, so they are technically wild and free. The butterfly pavilion in Phoenix is enclosed, as is the annual tropical butterfly display at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. I have photographed quite a few insects inside my home! It’s interesting sharing my home with all these critters. Most of them are perfectly OK with me. The only ones I don’t like are the ones that bite and sting. At the museum, I have been able to photograph a number of large cats of Arizona, bighorn sheep, jaguarundi, otters, coyotes, bears, deer, iguanas and collared lizards (in the wild, especially), prairie dogs, and many more. We have had javelina living here on our property, and they are not the least afraid of us. So I have gotten a number of closeups. They’re supposed to be dangerous, but as long as they are hungry or thirsty and you don’t corner them or threaten their young, they won’t bother you, though they look fierce enough! Some of the flowers I have photographed are so tiny (1/4” across, for example) you have to get on your belly to see them. We call these “belly flowers” for that reason. To begin with, I didn’t have a decent macro lens, so I reverse-mounted my 55mm with a string of closeup lenses on it, and was able to photograph belly flowers with that setup. Other flowers are spectacular, like the cactus flowers (hedgehog, saguaro, organpipe, claret cups, prickly pear, torch cactus, and cholla), and others are downright peculiar, like the flowers of the Ephedra plant (from which pseudephedrin was developed). It looks like nothing but a bunch of vaguely green stalks, and the flowers have no petals at all! I got pictures of the flowers at Picacho Peak, another place I’ve been. Picacho Peak was the site of the westernmost battle in the Civil War. Some flowers are edible. I like the petals of prickly pear and cholla, and I eat the whole flower of the palo verde tree. The palo verde (“green trunk” in Spanish) has chlorophyll in the trunk, and during the part of the year when it has no leaves, it makes food for itself in its trunk. The beans are very good when they are not fully developed and still green, but they’re a pain to pick out of the shell, one at a time. They taste like green peas, but sweeter. Another flower I like is the ocotillo flower. I like to pick those, stuff a gallon jar full of them, fill it with water, and leave it in the refrigerator for about 18 hours. It makes a wonderful punch. People like to cut the branches and tie them together to make fences. If you stick the end in the ground, it might take root, and then you will have a green fence! Hummingbirds like the flowers, and I like suck on them like honeysuckle. The bark is used medicinally for female troubles. Maybe sometime I’ll tell you more about the medicinal uses of various plants. There are a number of stinging insects in the Sonoran Desert. We have several kinds of bees (including killer bees at this point), wasps, yellow jackets, and so forth. We also have more than one size of red and black ants. There is a very unpretentious plant called Sand Spurge which has tiny leaves and lies on the ground, with belly flowers. It is a member of the Euphorbia family, and has a milky juice. If you put that juice on the sting, it will take the pain right out! You can also take the pain out by cutting a chunk of prickly pear and laying the inside on the skin. Be sure and make it large enough, because otherwise you will be pain free in the center, but as the venom spreads outside the area under the chunk, it will hurt! If none of these are available, a paste of water and baking soda works well. I’ll tell you more about the other insects in the future. I do tell people, if you can’t stand the critters, you don’t belong in the desert! The fruit of all native cactus is edible. I like to juice prickly pear fruit and drink it fresh. I like eating saguaro fruit right off the cactus, IF I can reach it. Hedgehog fruit tastes somewhat like strawberries, and you can also eat the flesh, but don’t eat it when it’s cold, because it will cool you down some more. Also, they are endangered, so don’t eat them much. I also like some of the berries. Wolfberries and hackberries are wonderful, but very small, so you have to eat a lot of them to get a real meal from them. The seeds are also edible, as are the seeds of the barrel cactus. The fruit of the barrel has the texture of very firm green peppers, and tastes like lime when green and lemon when yellow. One of my favorite foods is chia seeds, but it’s very hard to harvest enough of them. So I buy them. People sometimes plant pyracantha in the city. It’s not native. But the berries are edible. Prickly pear pads can be boiled and eaten; make sure the prickly pear is standing upright. The best are the young pads before the “leaves” form into thorns. They’re called “nopalitos” by the Spanish-speaking people, and they are delicious! You have to cook them about five minutes in lightly salted boiling water three times, changing water in between. Then you can mix it with your favorite meat chili or other good ingredients. Well, I could tell you about all the other edible things, but that will give you an idea. It would be difficult to survive in the desert any time of the year, but not impossible. See ya!

• I miss Arizona!!
  by cindylu

  I have been visiting the beautiful state of New Jersey!! I went to visit Larie200 for 10 days(my sister)at the Jersey Shore(LBI). I have…

  I have been visiting the beautiful state of New Jersey!! I went to visit Larie200 for 10 days(my sister)at the Jersey Shore(LBI). I have so many pictures I am going to be busy for months.I hope she does not post hers before I get home to Arizona. She has a few hours head start when I leave to fly home. It is so GREEN in the east. I am going to be dreaming green for weeks,also the flowers are everywhere. Arizona is pretty but not green and lush. The ocean was wonderful!! I love it here but I miss Stormygirl(My favorite sister-in-law and best friend). Thanks to Larie200 for putting up with my kids for 10 days and teaching me new tricks with my camera. I hope she post more Photos,her Pics are fantastic check them out!! Arizona heat here we come!!

• Cactus Problems Photographing AZ
  by AnGeLLe

  I’m not sure if this has been said in here because we had to find out the hard way through trial and much error at my son’s expense when …

  I’m not sure if this has been said in here because we had to find out the hard way through trial and much error at my son’s expense when he fell into cactus. / The best way to remove it is to use elmer’s glue. Spread it on, let it dry, then peel it off. This is for those irritating tiny little cactus stickies that you can’t see especially. Make sure it’s totally dry before you peel it off and you may have to do it twice. But elmers glue in Arizona should be a must have with your supplies. Good Luck! Bonnie

• Change- Assumptions- Wild Wild West
  by CowGirlZen

  Thoughts… Change they say is good as it keeps forward motion in its constant state of evolving. It also helps elevate stagnation and…

  Thoughts… Change they say is good as it keeps forward motion in its constant state of evolving. It also helps elevate stagnation and murky waters of overgrown bacteria and algae from overwhelming a populace. Heavens knows those who are bored out there need to begin their own stirring of their own waters! There are times though when change causes deep emotions to stir in the spirits of human beings. As I continue to view the world and how we are so infinitesimal in comparison to the expanse of our known dimension I bring myself back to the subatomic thought process of who I am and from where I come from. I think “going home” does this to me quite often. As I am a keen observer to the world and its majestic creations under the assumption that it has all been placed in an orderly fashion by the Creator. I say assume as to a realization that we all live under a delusion of sorts that is sparked by what we know, think we know or do not know at all… assumptions. As I reflect, watch, listen, taste, smell and consume my mother, my father, my family, my sun, my stars, my grass, my trees, my birds, my mountains, my horses, my worship, my dinner, my bed, my dreams… I am the summation of an assumption that I am. An individual keenly blessed by God. Thank you Lord and guide me as I travel on towards the goal. As we know there are many snares and stumbling blocks placed before us. Along with those who seek to persecute… and stir up strife… we are to pray for… I am praying for my enemies. ~KL CGZ 2008