Foto Friday Fun 304–every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers and focuses almost exclusively on the Colorado Plateau.

Jim and Diana chose #904, one of two in a panorama from my first visit to Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park near Kanab, Utah.  I didn’t stay long as was a rainy August day.

Rita chose #7598.  Quite frequently the sunset colors mimic the colors of the canyon walls.  Taken 9-14-14 from the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.

Lisa chose #2176.  From a most unusual place, the Owl House in Nieu-Bethesda South Africa, full of collections of many things glass, or made of glass, or broken glass.  Certainly worth the visit.

Jennifer chose #743.  An early monsoon storm over the Painted Desert of the Navajo Nation taken through the windshield on SR89 North.

Diane and Nigel chose #2501.  Part of a tree root.  Sometimes I think the photo will look different/better than it does.  Oh well, it’s all about practice.

Sallie and Bill chose #1220.  Shadow shots are fun.  Do you see me standing on Navajo Bridge?

TreDeuce chose #1792, “the year Mary Wollistonecraft published ‘A Vindication of the Rights of Women’ delineating the inalienable rights of women and establishing the profound arguments for the modern women’s movement.”  Thanks to Mary and others I am an independent, modern womyn.  And yes, I shoot while driving, mostly just point, push and pray.  I notice that some frequently driven routes get more photographic attention than others.  This is the well traveled return home from Prescott over the Bradshaw Mountains route along Iron Springs Road.

Susie chose #5555.  When locating a boondock-camp I try to pay attention to views and direction.  The Sonoran Desert near Ajo, Arizona provided several options including this sunset.  This is a very different desert than she sees in Saudi Arabia.

Yogi chose #1919, “the year Leonard Bernstein was born. He would have been a 100 years old this year.”  If I was nearer New York City I’d lay this monkey flower on his grave.  It grew along the River walk trail in Zion National Park, Utah.

Jo chose #1302, “My birth date!”  I call these hoodoos the rock people, and can almost hear them singing happy birthday to you.  Hiking the trails in Bryce Canyon National Park I was surrounded by the rock people.

Jeff chose #6000, “the official estimate of Americans crossing daily into Algodones for dental visits.”  And I have been among them in the past.  Yet would rather hike Willis Creek trail, which I haven’t done yet, off the Skutumpah Road in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

My choice this week, a fun shot out the front door when the sun shines on the crystals and makes rainbows.

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?