Foto Friday Fun 303–every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by eight readers and includes rugged rock, Ravens, and a cop stop.

TreDeuce chose #1924, “The birth year of James Baldwin [who wrote] ‘It is certain, in any case, that Ignorance, allied with Power, is the most ferocious enemy Justice can have.’”  Looking up at the “Dragon’s teeth” right before a powerful storm while hiking in the Drakensburg Mountains, South Africa.  I was not ignorant to possibilities yet survived natures’ justice not because of any social conventions in a land of much racial strife.

Jennifer chose #6942.  Ravens are territorial and mate for life.  Seems every overlook along the North Rim Grand Canyon’s scenic drive had a pair of Ravens.  Here, the Vista Encantada couple hanging out on a dead Aspen, perhaps enjoying the view.

Jo chose #1953, “the year I was born.”  One year older than me, we should celebrate eating swirls of ice cream.  Which is what I am reminded of by these layers of sandstone at White Pocket on the Paria Plateau at the border of northern Arizona and southern Utah.

Diane and Nigel chose #1801.  During monsoon when fog settles in Grand Canyon it may obscure the depths while framing a distant view.  Taken July, 2010 from Cape Royal overlook on the North Rim.

Lisa chose #143.  I am now unsure of the artist of this painting that hung in the museum when I worked at Mesa Verde National Park the summer of 2005.  I assume it would depict a ceremony of the Ancestral Puebloans who built the cliff dwellings.

Yogi chose #6003.  Good morning light and shadows from our cliff-side camp along the Indian Ocean at Tsitsikamma National Park, South Africa.

Jeff chose #1884, “the year Helen Hunt Jackson wrote Ramona a novel of romance and discrimination that helped solidify SoCal’s unique identity.”  The native San bushman who lived in the Drakensberg Mountains (same hike as above) and their stone art of at least 1500 years could have used an advocate and activist like Helen when British settlers tried to destroy their race.

Rita chose #8117.  I miss the North Rim Kaibab National Forest fall colors as much as monsoon at Grand Canyon.

My choice, no I didn’t get stopped by the cop.  Instead he sent this car and me around the down, dinging, and blinking RR gates.

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