This week’s Foto Friday Fun includes 7 images chosen by readers picking a number out of my photo archives. Heavy on Golden Gate Highlands National Park, maybe because as it gets closer to the end of my season at Grand Canyon I’m dreaming and planning for my 2014 journey back to South Africa, and this time to share this amazing place with a couple of friends. More about that coming up as the plot thickens.
Yogi chose #1989 as the year he was married to Sweetie. Sure hope he remembers to give her flowers on their anniversary. These everlasting flowers were growing along the Echo Ravine trail in Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa. They look like the strawflowers I’ve seen in the states.
Jo chose #1999, “being a terrible year in my life. Thank God I need never go back there and I believe you will come up with a wonderful photo bearing that number.” So to help her forget the terrible I share this delicate lavender flower found along the same trail as above in Golden Gate Highlands National Park. Maybe she’ll even be able to identify it for me.
MaryBeth chose #95, “the age my Mother was when she went on her final journey.” This from the road on my last journey to Granite Mountain in Prescott, Arizona before the big fire up there.
Sherry chose #1968, “the year this Ohio girl first saw the Atlantic Ocean. It was love at first sight. I never returned to Ohio.” My love at first sight was my third car as a teenager. This 1968 Mercury Cyclone Cobra Jet with a 428 under the hood scoop was the fastest girl-car in high school. (Not my photo, I stole it from the Internet long ago.)
Diane chose #1943, “the year I was born.” Being she has lived in South Africa, and camped at Tsitsikamma National Park, I thought she’d enjoy these Cormorants hanging out below the Suspension Bridge trail at Storms River Mouth.
Bibi chose #1996, “which will be my number of posts on that day.” Well that’s today and I am majorly impressed with that many posts. Thought I was doing pretty good at 1284 with this one after almost five years of blogging. Her number shows the beginnings of fall color along the edge of the 2006 Warm Fire along SR67 in the Kaibab National Forest. I can feel fall approaching again.
Sallie chose #311, “Because that’s what the clock on my computer says at this exact moment.” It was an hour and 10 minutes later than that last August when I took this photo of storm clouds building up over Echo Cliffs from SR89A. A little bonus is the Native American stand, one of many, found along the highway on the Navajo Reservation.
My choice this week from the last time I’ll see the sunset from Cape Royal this season. Part of the scenic road on the North Rim was closed September 3rd for repaving. The night before that I rushed out there after work to catch my last one until next year. Of course there are other locations to watch a glorious sunset over Grand Canyon.
Thank you for joining in Foto Friday Fun. I really enjoy digging through my archives and pulling the stories from my memories. In a couple weeks I’d like to change it up and post a number for you to choose a photo from your archives along with a little story to share here. More about this next week. In the meantime, for next week leave a number between 1 and 500 in a comment and maybe see your chosen image next week.
Which one is your favorite from this week?
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They are all good, I thought the image from the fire with the vegetation coming back was especially striking.
My next number, should you choose to accept it, is 31. It’s a prime number and I love those.
Thanks Yogi. I love driving through that old burn. Have you down for 31, because you are Prime.
Have to say I like ‘my’ photo best, since it makes me chuckle. Those trees remind me of a fakir’s bed of nails. Ow.
I’ll choose 444. Very often when I look at the clock it is 4:44.
I suppose Raven brought more devil out you. 😉 No bed of nails for me. Is that suppose to be fun or healthy? Have you down for 444.
I just love it “fastest girl car in high school”! What I wouldn’t have given to have had a car in high school. I wasn’t even allowed to drive a car in high school. I had to get married in order to drive and that may be why I did at such a young age.
Let’s see, for next week I’d like to have 365. Sounds like a good number doesn’t it???
My Dad was in the car business and spoiled my with cars from age 16. Used to beat all but the Mustang Shelby on the straightaway out of the hs parking lot. Have you down for 365, the number of days in a year.
Hard to pick a favorite here, as they are all excellent. I think the last one (sunset shot) is my favorite of the bunch… a really beautiful photo.
Thanks Peter. Not going to choose a number for next week? 🙁
The last photo is my fav! Good way to end the work week.
Once again, Rangers get paid in sunsets. No number this week? 🙁
I actually like my choice, because I loved driving along those roads and seeing the Navajo stands .. And visiting them. Lovely memories. Your last photo is stunning, glad you got it. Can’t believe summers almost over.
It is a beautiful drive through Navajo land. No number this week? 🙁
Wow Gaelyn, at first glance the unidentified shrub looked like Felicia. But when I looked closer, I thought you may have snapped a Wild Rosemary Eriocephalus africanus) a plant I’d give my eye-teeth to have in my garden. Thanks for the bright image which wiped out my annus horribilus, 1999. (to quote Queen Elizabeth on her 1992 year) My favourite for this week is the first image: the everlasting also snapped in Golden Gate Highlands NP. Have a great weekend. (((Hugs))) Jo xxxx
You know it looks a bit like the Rosemary that grows around Yarnell. I should check with Joan on this. Love the Queen’s quote. Golden Gate is gorgeous. No number this week? 🙁
Great set of pictures!
My number is 195 – because you stopped your old blog on 19th May and thats my Birthday!
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
Thanks. And happy very belated birthday. Have you down for 195.
You could not have picked a better view for me. thanks so much. Also love that sunset. I will go Porsche model 356 backwards this time so lets try 653 for next week.. Have a good day Diane
Glad you liked the view. Have you down for 653.
Thanks for bringing back such great memories for me of Africa … When we lived in Lesotho we often drove through the Golden Gaye National Park.
Such a beautifully diverse country. Thanks for stopping by.
It is hard to pic a favorite. Of course I always like a Sunset. I do like the spike of trees along the road you did for bibi. We are back from our fun roadtrip–traveled all over eastern wa. never hitting a freeway. I will choose #222–supposed to be good luck when the clock shows 2:22. Who knows. MB
So looking forward to seeing more of your road trip. Have you down for lucky 222.
I love that last sunset shot!! I’ll chose 114, for no particular reason.
Thanks. You are down for 114.