This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 7 images chosen by readers from my photo archives. Low numbers brought up some oldies and wonderful memories. Our meme number for this week is 13. Please join in by digging into your archives and sharing a story. And check out the other posts linked to the Foto Friday Fun meme.
Jonker chose #13, “Always been my favorite number.” This has always been my favorite photo from 1989 when I was a volunteer animal keeper at the California Living Museum in Bakersfield, California. Although a humbling experience working closely with wildlife I felt their pain every day. Sierra was heavily imprinted on humans as she’d been raised as a pet but her humans couldn’t keep her and she would never see the wilds again.
Diane chose #5551 which shows International Hoop Dance champion Derek Suwaima-Davis performing at Native American Heritage Days at the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park. His stamina and skill is absolutely mesmerizing to watch. Let’s face it, just walking 5 minutes at 8250 feet wears a lot of folks out.
Yogi chose #3555, “because I ran a three mile race last night and finished in 35 minutes 55 seconds.” He should be glad the race wasn’t over the 1922 foot summit of Bain’s Kloff with a 1463 foot gain in elevation over 6 miles on this highway I drove in South Africa. The way he stops every minute to take photos it might have taken 35 years. This was just one of many gorgeous mountain drives I took.
Sherry chose #55 which takes us back to 2008, the first time I hiked rim to rim at Grand Canyon. I joined fellow Rangers before the North Rim opened in early May with temperature at the rim 37F. Yet once in the canyon the temperatures rapidly rose and I saw many Western Redbuds in bloom.
Elaine chose #1206 with a view up stream of the Colorado River flowing through Marble Canyon. I love being able to walk onto the old Navajo Bridge and look down into the river as well as scan the area for California Condors who frequently roost nearby.
Bibi chose #11, “the number of friends I’ll be meeting up with in Aix-en-Provence.” Sure hope she doesn’t run into any of this white stuff in France. Heavy snowfall occurred at Oregon Caves while I was a winter volunteer there back in 2003. Learned to use snow shoes and discovered some leg muscles I didn’t know about.
Sallie chose #37, “that’s how many more days we have in Oregon this time if I counted right.” Count these two in if you visit Bagdad, Arizona “The best copper town anywhere” erected as a memorial to the men and women who work in the mines. Unfortunately, other than a pretty desert drive, there’s no other reason to visit the company owned town of Bagdad.
Never fear, you’ll be seeing Grand Canyon photos even thought I’m somewhere else because I’ve taken 1000s of them. My choice this week taken two days before I left with the golden Gambel Oaks at the edge of Transept Canyon in my summer backyard.
And an extra shot of yesterday’s partial solar eclipse.
Please share your own #13 photo and story by adding your link below and linking back to Foto Friday Fun 82. 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
Lovely photos as always. I would love to watch the dancing it must be quite magical and so different to what I have previously seen in Africa. Love the eclipse. Still frightened of Linky but will brave it again eventually 🙂 Keep well and safe Diane. 4441 for next week
Oh yes, the Native American dancing is Very different to Africa, but just as exciting. Have you down for #4441.
A beautiful collection of photos! I am envious of the solar eclipse photo–here it was cloudy all day. I like the Marble Canyon photo too–a lovely view of the Colorado, although given my problem with heights I don’t think I’d be able to walk out onto the bridge. Since next Friday will be Halloween, I’ll take 1031 for my number next week.
Thanks Elaine. Instead of the bridge you could put your toes in the cold Colorado 7 miles away at the Lee’s Ferry boat launch. Have you down for #1031.
Such memories for you. I didn’t see the partial lunar eclipse! Great shot. Have a wonderful weekend. (((Hugs))) Jo
I love to share the memories. No number for you this week?
You are right, 35 years or so to climb that road!! Great collection of pics as usual again this week. I love the snowed in pic and the Bagdad, AZ sculpture of the copper miners and of course I’m game for any of your Canyon pics and the Native American dancer is superb.
My number for next week, courtesy of random dot org (home of true random numbers it says) is 8993.
Much better to drive that road than run it. 😉 Have you down for #8993.
Well I’m going to have to say it is impossible to pick a favorite. I’ll probably never see the western redbud in person if I have to be at the Grand Canyon in early May but I’ve seen a lot of eastern ones at the farm over the years. Feel so sorry for Sierra but what an amazing thing to pet a mountain lion. What are people thinking when they take wild animals as pets and ruin those animals’ lives? We were lucky enough to see Native American Heritage days at the South Rim. When I come back to the canyon, it will hopefully be to stay a month or more and overlap with those dancers. Amazing! Love your upstream Colorado picture and the eclipse which I didn’t get to see.
I was constantly in conflict working with the animals but balanced it in hoping that education would help stop people from taking on wild as pets. If you visit the North Rim from fist of July into early August you can see the 4th of July water parade and the dancers. No number this week?
How would I know what # any picture is. My pics are in folders. I am so pathetic. MB
My photos are in folders also. Should be a camera or manually assigned number that you can search for. At least that’s the way I do it in Windows Live Gallery. And you are not pathetic. Let me know if that works.
As always a great variety of pictures. Stunning one of Bains Kloof as well as the one of the Colorado River. I also wish we could have a solar eclipse again.
Randomly choosing 7634 for next week
Bains Kloof is amazing, like so many of your mountain passes. Have you down for #7634.
The photo with the cougar is impressive. I love the view of the Colorado river.
There are just so manx favourites in this batch that I cannot, with the best intentions, select just one. Hope I will be a more regular visitor now that I feel a little better so could I please have the totally random number of 8476 please?
Glad you enjoyed the selection, and that you are feeling better. Embrace the new life of spring.
Have you down for #8476.
I have visited the almost-ghost-town of Bahgdad California, but not this one in AZ. And the copper-mining town in Alaska, where the workers didn’t rate a statue! Love the Grand Canyon shot with those beautiful trees. If it would just stay at that stage for a longer time!!!
I’ll take 532… cuz that’s what the clock here by the computer says at this exact moment and I have no imagination.
Well you got me beat as I’ve not been to either of those places. Fall came early and hung on late at the canyon. Have you down for #532.
I think my favorite this week is the mountain drive, it’s just so crisp and clear, I can feel the air! 😉
Crisp and clear is a good reason for every mountain drive. Hope all is well in the east.