This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 7 images chosen by readers from my photo archives. Plus trying something new. A few of you sounded up for a Foto Friday Fun meme so I’m choosing the first number, 8177, and adding a way for you to link your post and photo using that number. Please share a story to go along with your photo and link back to https://geogypsytraveler.com/2014/07/30/foto-friday-fun-70/ in your post. We’ll see how it goes. Oh, and the first person to comment on this post, who will participate in the meme, gets to pick next week’s number. Hope this works.
Jo chose #2090, “the date of my beautiful niece’s wedding next Saturday with a zero tagged onto the end.” I’m sure her niece is as beautiful as this statue I saw at Jacob Lake Inn where they display a wide variety of Native American art. Located 45 miles from the North Rim, Jacob Lake is also famous for their variety of home-made cookies. It’s a must stop on the way in, and out, of Highway 67 to the Grand Canyon. Jo says she loves memes and I’ll bet she’ll join in after she returns from holiday in South Africa.
Yogi voiced an interest in the meme idea but then didn’t leave a number so I’ve chosen for him #340 as the number of characters in his comment. He knows forests very well as his Dad was a Forest Ranger so maybe he’s seen the likes of this Columbine I saw in the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona.
Bibi chose #1978, “when my son was born.” Well it was March 2010 when I felt reborn by the morning light shining on the Drakensberg Mountains where I’d slept like a baby after an 8.5 mile hike.
Diane chose #9992 which takes us to Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa where the rock formations are every bit as interesting as the waterfalls.
Sherry chose #6215 and as a National Park lover I think she should add Table Mountain National Park to her South Africa list so she can see the Jackass Penguins.
Elaine chose #8802 from a photo number of Sandhill Cranes she recently took, probably at Creamer’s Dairy which is a part of the history in her part of Alaska. These blacksmith’s tools are part of the history of the Kgalagadi from a time before it was a Transfrontier Park straddling the border of South Africa and Botswana.
Jonker chose #9993 as the last available number in last week’s choices. That takes us to the last National Park I visited in South Africa this year, Augrabies Falls, where the Orange River drops 183 feet then continues it’s journey along the border of South Africa and Namibia to the Atlantic Ocean.
My choice this week for #8177 because it’s one of my favorite shots of an elephant which is my favorite South African animal taken at Addo Elephant National Park. It’s not easy to see an elephants eye.
I hope you’ll join in with your own #8177 photo and story by adding your link below. And if not, leave a number between 01 and 9991 in a comment for next week’s Foto Friday Fun.
Do you have a favorite from this week?
Capturing the present for future memories of the past
I am sometimes a robot. I liked myself to your story link, but didn’t really mean to. You can remove me! In any case, your photos this week are exceptionally good. I like them all, especially the rocks, which remind me of little fried potato and something else-fritters I had in India. Love the elephant’s eye. “When the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye….” goes the song. Next week I’ll have #7777. Just looks cool.
Not to worry about the link. I’m not sure I know how to get rid of it anyway. The fried potato and fritter thingy sounds good. Have you down for #7777.
I love your photos and the columbine. My dad worked on the Kaibab before I was born way long time ago. I’m going to try my hand at 8177!. I already have a post today so mine is going to be a little delayed.
How cool that your Dad worked on the Kaibab. You can post and link here any time up to next week. Thanks for joining in.
Love the photos especially the elephant. I am probably being very thick but I don’t understand the link thing. You are all too clever with these computer links for me!. Off the top of my head 8881 for next week. Have a great weekend, Diane
I’m not really that savvy, but the link is for those who want to participate in the new meme and post their #8177 photo here. Instead, I have you down for #8881 for next week.
I really like the Native Art.
In August the Corn is supposed to be as ‘hight as an Elephant’s Eye’ some is and then again some isn’t. MB
Well that’s taller than I am.
I adore my penguin picture. Sorry about their name I’m sure they don’t live up to the usual meaning of it. They are darling. Love your elephant eye too. I love to capture the eyes of animals if I can. I can always see the spirit in there and know that this is a being with feelings and expressions. Put me down for 7475 for next week.
These penguins make a sound like a jackass but are marvelously entertaining. Eyes are the window to the soul, not always easy to catch animals looking right at you. Have you down for #7475.
Love your selection of photos for this week, especially the elephant’s eye! I’ll add a photo for 8177 in a few days. Visiting family is keeping me busy, but I should find time in a couple of days for a search of my files.
Thanks Elaine. Look forward to seeing your 8177.
All the places in your pictures are ones I need to get back to this summer. Hopefully that will be soon. 🙂
Although I love to think about summer coming to you it means it’s leaving me. 🙁
A beautiful series of photos this week. All stunning… as always.
For next week I select #5555. Don’t know why, that’s just how I roll
Have you down for #5555.
Those comical penguins got my vote . . . and then I came to your choice and looked straight into the elephants eye and was swept off my feet.
Sorry I haven’t been around much lately, been laid low by another virus that took much longer to shed and seem to have grown suddenly tired?, old? – no idea what’s going on.
Sorry to hear you’ve been under the weather and hope you feel better soon. May be hell to get old, but it beats the alternative.
So much soul to see in an elephants eye.