This week’s Foto Friday Fun features ten images chosen by readers including inversion in Grand Canyon complete with a broken-spectre.
Ann chose #2842, “for my very first two camping sites.” This was my very first, and only so far, experience seeing a glory or broken-spectre. That’s my shadow in the rainbow looking into the canyon. I’ll be looking for this phenomenon again during inversion at Grand Canyon.
Rita chose #5343. As a passenger I could happily click away as we approached the busy traffic around Durban, South Africa. Nice bridge?
Donna chose #817. Turned out to be a rainy day my first visit to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park near Kanab, Utah.
Diane and Nigel chose #112. They frequently share old European architecture so should appreciate Montezuma’s Castle (incorrectly named by European-Americans) built between 1100 and 1425 AD by the Sinagua people in south central Arizona.
Sue gets #61 for the number of words in her comment last week. Meet Wilbur a burrowing owl I knew as a volunteer animal keeper at the California Living Museum (CALM) in Bakersfield, California 1989. And yes, we had an Orville too.
Jeff chose #600. An early spring view of the San Francisco Peaks from Citadel Pueblo in Wupatki National Monument just north of Flagstaff, Arizona.
Sherry and David chose #2717, “for our last two campsites.” Do I see a pattern here? Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is on their western radar for camping. Yes, that’s an ant hill about 8-10 inches tall. They must dig deep here in the desert.
Yogi gets #28 for the number of words in his last comment. An appropriate choice for a collector of cameras, this shot was taken with a Kodak Pocket Instamatic Camera in 1974 and later digitized. September’s fall colors on the birch by a beaver dam in the upper peninsula of Michigan.
Pam and John chose #1021. A more recent inversion than the first photo from the North Rim Grand Canyon.
Patti and Abi chose #550. The view of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (unless the current Potus has his way) from State Route 89A northern Arizona. The vehicles are parked at LeFevre overlook just for the view. Well, maybe for the bathrooms too.
My choice this week because I haven’t gotten very far from home is some very cool stuff going on at the entry to Berta’s house. She’s a collector of cool stuff.
Thank you for playing along with Foto Friday Fun which allows me to share these photographs and memories. Please join in next week by leaving a number between 1 and 9999 in your comment below.
Do you have a favorite this week?
I love the photo of the owl Gaelyn he looks quite friendly. However my favourite photo is Montezuma’s Castle that looks really interesting. My choice for next Friday is No 7119. Hope you are feeling better.
Thanks Rita. Both the owls were friendly and liked having the tops of their heads scratched. Thanks, I’ve finally kicked the diverticulitis and am feeling good. You get #7119 next week.
Wow, Montezuma’s Castle is amazing how did they ever get up there to build it. As always a great selection and I also love the first photo. We leave here tomorrow to go to a freezing England!! Take care Diane and Nigel
Ooops forgot the number, 812 for next week please.
#812 for you.
The natives used ladders to climb canyon walls. Sorry you’re headed into cold weather.
Your opening photo is spectacular!! I’ve never seen that before. Love our photo choice:)
#2180
Thanks. I hope to see that phenomenon again. Berta’s place is all kinds of fun. You get #2180.
The broken spectre is amazing — I’ve never even heard of such a phenomenon …. always enjoy your travels. We have burrowing owls almost in our backyard — well the next town over — and I never get tired of seeing or photographing them.
Good to be settling in at home IRL and in blogland . I would love to have #9999 next week just because I feel like I’ve been gone so long I should take the last choice.
Thank you Sallie. Those little owls are adorable. You are lucky to have some nearby. You get #9999.
That was so much fun, I had to click on the “sue” to see who it was. LOL. Thank you for picking for me, Gaelyn. My favorite this time is the picture of the Grand Staircase from the overlook. I love that place so very much, such a treasure and am heartbroken over the reduction. I also enjoyed the very early shots so will choose 77 this time and see what comes up.
LOL! I like to give links to my commenters. I will keep hope that the national monument reductions won’t happen. You get #77 next week.
We’ve explored so much of the surrounding area and parks, but we haven’t yet made it to the stair case but we’d love to do so the next time we make it to the region. The whole area is so fantastic, Hopefully, it will survive the swipe of the pen of the current administration.
Looking forward to next week and #560
You will love Grand Staircase. I truly believe “he” can’t reduce these monuments. Have you down for #560.
Great collection of photos,as usual. I love the Instamatic photo. There is just something about film that works for me. My theory is that it artificially boosts saturation making some scenes look better. I can’t believe that I didn’t give you a number.
My number this time is 7210 from Random, by goodness, org.
Thanks Yogi. I’m glad not to use film anymore, but still find an occasional shot from the past that I like. You, and Random, get #7210.
WOW, lucky Ann, that first photo is amazing. I’d never even heard of a broken spectre. You sure do experience some amazing things at the North Rim. Though it’s pretty hard to compete with the spectre, the picture of Montezuma’s Castle is really striking. I wish they’d change the name to reflect the people who lived there rather than the Europeans’ names. Same with devil’s tower. Great picture of the burrowing owl. I hope to see them in the wold a Kissimmee Prairie State Park here in Florida later this winter. Funny that two of us used our campsite numbers. Wonder if the ants think it’s a caldera? Looks like one to me. They sure have a nice neighborhood. I’ll have number 593 for Winnona’s license plate.
You too experience lots of amazing things on your journeys. It’s because we pay attention. I hope you see Burrowing Owls, they are adorable. Of course I could watch them or ants for hours. You get #593.
I liked my choice as well as a lot of the others. I’m glad Wilbur had an Orville to keep him company. Patti and Abi’s choice… the cloud looks like it has eyes.
Next week: #827
Thanks Donna. I too saw the cloud’s eyes. #827 for you next week.
I’m late this week! I’ve never even knew there was such a thing as a spectre, I had to look that up. Awesome!
For next week I’d like 1893 the year Rancho Tecate was founded.
Pretty cool phenomenon. You get #1893 for next week.