This week’s Foto Friday Fun includes 7 images chosen by readers picking a number out of my photo archives. Heavy on images from Grand Canyon. No surprise after working here for six summers.
Jo chose #777 because “it was a hymn my dad loved to get us to sing when he lead our Sunday School in the mid-sixties.” You wouldn’t want to hear me sing but if I could a hymn would be appropriate over this inspiring view of Grand Canyon from Crystal Creek overlook on my way to Point Sublime.
Diane, in keeping with her Porsche theme, chose #918. She can’t remember for sure if she’s chosen this number before and I’m not sure I haven’t shown this photo of a rusty old car that used to sit up in the Weaver Mountains before the Yarnell Fire. I’m now putting a label on the photos shown for Foto Friday Fun so I can try not to repeat them. But no guarantees.
Sherry chose #278, “the only numbers that aren’t zeros in my daughter’s birthdata.” Well she’s been experiencing a little rain lately in Acadia, Maine so this type of view may look familiar. Except that this rain fell on the Weaver Mountains. (I actually submitted this photo to Arizona Highways Friday Theme of Horizons on Facebook for this week.)
Bibi chose #66, “for Route 66!” She may have been motivated by last week’s photo of a drawing I did with models wearing bell bottoms. This week she gets another art project from when I tried to learn watercolor painting in 1988. Not one of my better attempts.
Mary Beth chose #200, just because. She gets a cloudy and colorful sunset over the Grand Canyon. Once again, Rangers get paid in sunsets.
Elaine chose #1952 when “I would have been at the top of my baking career right about then.” Growing up in Oregon she used to decorate mud pies with tiger lilies, her image choice from last week. Personally I think a dragonfly would also make a great topper for mud pies. This one, however, was seen on grasses along the Echo Ravine trail at Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa.
Firefly chose #762. That number turn out to be this reproduction of the GEM cataract boat I saw at Grand Canyon South Rim with the Historical Society. I find it interesting that two more reproduction boats from the 1869 Powell expedition launched last week on the Colorado River being filmed by the BBC. And my boss is on that river trip. I am only a little jealous.
My choice this week is of the Kanab Symphony playing a jazzy rendition of Amazing Grace—one of my favorite songs in any rendition–with the canyon as a back drop. I’ve waited six seasons to hear them play and finally got my chance. I hope you enjoy this brief video.
Thank you for joining in Foto Friday Fun. I really enjoy digging through my archives and pulling the stories from my memories. For next week leave a number between 200 and 2000 in a comment and maybe see your chosen image next week.
Which one is your favorite from this week?
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I like the first one the most but they are all great.
Apart from flying over it on the way to Vegas I’ve never actually been to the Grand Canyon yet. Hopefully I’ll get there soon and this just keeps me inspired.
Thank you.
You most certainly need to visit Grand Canyon. Vegas is only five hours away from the North Rim.
Amazing rendition of that Amazing song. thanks for the sunset—love ’em. Of course your images are all great–yes indeed.
I choose 1990–the birth of my first Grandson who graduated this year from eastern U. with a degree in Psychology and still can’t psych his Gramma out. MB
The symphony was something very special. Have you down for 1990.
Great pics all, of course, it is hard to beat your Grand Canyon photographs.
Thanks Yogi.
I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen the rusted car before so I don’t think you’ve shown it. But then my memory is……….now what was I saying? Oh yes I love my choice of the rain over Weaver Mountains. If you submitted that to anything I was judging you’d be in. And the the view from Crystal Creek Overlook is spectacular. I want to see exactly that my next visit. If my long ago and feeble attempts at watercolor looked like that I wouldn’t have just given it up. Hope you didn’t! I like your painting.
Oh yes I remember now….may I have 1980 for next week. It was a VERY good year!
So when did you say you were coming to the canyon, I forgot? Actually I was looking at that very same Crystal Creek view with visiting friends. Have you down for 1980, a very good year.
Didn’t know there was a Kanab Symphony and I loved listening to them….so I guess that might be my favorite this week. But you never have a bad photo, how can we choose really.
I will leave 1108, my street address when I was in grade school …. a time back in the dark ages that I dimly remember ;>)!
I am so glad I finally got to hear the symphony this year. Have you down for 1108.
Thanks for the watercolor! Not bad, and in any case, better than mine. I’m not good with watercolors. My favorite photo is the one of the grass.
New number: 1999, year of the NATO bombing of Serbia 🙁
I usually make mud with watercolors. Have you down for 1999, a sad year for Serbia.
Love that photo and it does not look familiar. Change of theme this week, year I was born 1947, wow only two days to go and I will be 70, I cannot believe it, that always used to be an old person when I was a child 🙂 I certainly do not feel it!!
Happy, Happy Birthday, young lady. Have you down for 1947.
Hi Gaelyn, Are you busy at the Canyon? Breck is crazy! They expect 80,000 people in town this week for the pro bike challenge! (We might stay in Denver even though Bob loves bike races!) My favorite pics are the old car and the sunset on the canyon walls. I’m choosing 47 – can I go that low? It’s how many years we’ve been married.
It’s actually starting to slow a little with kids going back to school. But that’s a crazy amount of people in Breck. I’d leave town too. Have you down for 47. Happy Anniversary!
I love a good panorama shot – so that makes #278 my fave. Then again, I’m a sucker for sunsets – so maybe that makes #200 is a better choice!! I won’t scroll back up for another look though, because that might just make me change my mind again …
Photo #378 – the number of Google Connect blog followers I currently have – would be cool, I’m sure!!
I love taking panoramas, plus sunsets, and just about everything else around me. Have you down for 378.
The first image of the Canyon is beautiful. I don’t think I would ever get tired of those views if I had to live and work out there. I imagine anything done with the canyon as a backdrop gets enhanced just so much more.
I never tire of the canyon. No number this week?
Oh wow, what an amazing rendition of Amazing Grace. And the Grand Canyon backdrop was stunning. Was that a lady trumpeter? As my favourite image this week, I latched onto the dragonfly which I recognised and of course! You photographed it in the Free State! This week I choose number 1113 just because it sprang into my head as I commented! Have a great week. Jo
The trumpeter was not a lady, but there were several woman in the orchestra. Have you down for 1113.