This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 5 images chosen by readers from my photo archives. Our meme number for this week is 1500 as last week marked my 1500th post. Please join in with your own post and link below with a #1500 photo from your archives. And check out the other posts linked to the Foto Friday Fun meme.
My #1500 photo for this week is the view across canyon towards the North Rim from Plateau Point trail. During my second rim to rim Grand Canyon hike in 2009 with fellow Rangers we hiked to this point from our Indian Garden camp for sunset.
The Guy chose #6473 which is only one of three images from a panorama taken in August from the North Rim. You can see the entire photo, and a few others, at the post Wonderful skies at Grand Canyon.
Diane chose #1550. When visiting my childhood haunts during a high school class reunion a few years ago I had to drive further west to see farmlands that used to stretch forever across the grain belt of Illinois.
Sherry chose #07 which takes us back to 1992 where I began my Ranger career at Mt St Helens. Spirit Lake recovery occurred so rapidly even scientists were dismayed when fish returned only five years after the 1980 eruption. I felt honored to see daily regrowth in the ‘blast zone’ and know which way the wind blew by the pile up of dead trees in Spirit Lake.
Yogi chose #6825, “courtesy of Random.org.” I’m really laughing over this because it gave me the same number when I checked out the site. However, I’m sure you’ll never see anything the same as the dimensional paper tapestries created by Sue Britt, the North Rim’s Artist in Residence during August 2014. Her paper selections are reminiscent of an exclusive fabric store and she weaves their colors to form an Art telling story.
Elaine chose #1878 which brings yet another laugh and memory of walking the River trail at Zion National Park with Pat in early June. I asked this stranger if he had to raft standing up but he didn’t get it.
My (second) choice this week taken last Thursday from the Grand Lodge after attending another Artist in Residence’s program. Stewart Thomson creates custom jewelry from the inspiration of images. So I also share a photo of one of his pendant inspirations showing an Australian Boulder Opal framed in gold. Think I’ll start look at rocks with a new eye.
Please share your own #1500 photo and story by adding your link below and linking back to Foto Friday Fun 78. You can also leave a number between 01 and 9990 in a comment for next week’s Foto Friday Fun. First commenter will chose next week’s photo index number.
Do you have a favorite from this week?
Capturing the present for future memories of the past
I really, really like all those panorama shots. And I wonder if that rafter’s cheeks still have color…not that I even knew then, ha, ha. I’ll have 8888 next week! I like how the number looks.
Thanks Bibi. We should have asked him to drop his drawers. Have you down for #8888, also next weeks meme number.
Well I messed up yet again. I didn’t use 1500, sorry. I used 2458.
Pretty danged funny about you getting the same number as I did on Random dot org.
Guess it Really doesn’t make any difference. Thanks for linking in.
Beautiful, beautiful images! Really very special.
Thank you. Feel free to choose a number for next week.
Oops. Broken wrist has me hitting wrong keys.
Wow I just love that rainbow shot and love the T-shirt as well 🙂 8881 for me next week. Diane
Thanks Diane. Have you down for #8881.
I always love your canyon pictures and your first and last ones are no exception. I’m thrilled with my picture this week and to know about the fast recovery of the lake and the fish. Put one over on the scientists it sounds like. LOL at the T-shirt. Since it is 7:43 here on the east coast I’ll take 7430 for next week.
Only three weeks left to take canyon shots.
Have you down for #7430. Welcome home.
I really like the rainbow over the Canyon–wonderful shot! Put me down for 2222 for next week.
Thanks Elaine. Have you down for #2222.
Gaelyn…I used to follow your blog and about a year ago somehow we lost touch! I don’t know what happened! I have since added a very good blogger friend to my “list”, someone I know you know personally, Chris from Las Aventuras. I am sorry we somehow had a disconnect. Your photos of the Canyon are amazing, and I can’t wait to see the photos of your western trip. We recently did the Four Corners (Monument Valley & Canyon de Celly) and Arches in Utah, and then several days in the Colorado Mountains. Our trip to the Grand Canyon two years ago was sadly shorter than I’d hoped, and we didn’t get to thge North Rim. I’d like to try again one of these days, especially since we are only several hours away from the Canyon. All my best! Marie
What a great group of SW parks you’ve recently visited. Don’t know if I’ll make it to any of those on this western journey. There’s just never enough time at any given park. Even working on the NR six months isn’t enough. Though I can do without the snow.
The rainbow is my favorite picture, but I am a lover of funny signs and TShirts (I never wear them, but I take pictures of them on other people and in stores), so those pix made me smile .
Since I’m home and only one day late reading this, I will choose a number for next week if you still have room …. let’s see what about 74 (I celebrated that birthday in the Yukon Territory this year.. Bill said he would take me to an exotic foreign country to celebrate ;>)
Well Alaska would be exotic to me even if not a foreign country. You always have days to leave a number as I don’t get around to writing it until at least Wed. So have you down for #74.
Oh, and my number for next week is 510 from my good friends at Random.org My faith is a little shaken with them though.
Have you down for #510. Thanks Random.
The last Grand Canyon picture is stunning. Looks like a painting. Its the type of picture one blows up and put on canvas.
Thanks Jonker. No number this week?