This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 10 readers and includes several stormy skies at Grand Canyon and in South Africa.  I am intensely attracted to clouds and therefor administer a Facebook page for Nepholography.

Sherry and David chose #1000.  The first time I saw lions at Kruger National Park, South Africa.  These young brothers were with a pride settling in for the night on the warm pavement.  So nonchalant, only 20 feet away, no worries they have plenty of prey.

Diane and Nigel chose #1101.  Less than an hour after the above lion sighting we had barely made it back to camp before the gates closed at sunset in Kruger National Park.

George chose #7049.  Cape Royal, my favorite place for sunset on the North Rim.

TreDeuce chose #1553, “The year Ann Boleyn changed England’s political allegiance with the church.  Unfortunately it cost her and her brother their heads.”  Look closely for tear drops on the changing Aspen leaf’s edge.

Jeff chose #1318, “the time on Jan 9th the Sea Shepherd came under a prolonged attack by poachers.”  I was saddened by this story yet glad to know someone is looking out for the world’s smallest porpoise.  Kind of like the National Park Service looking after our public lands while we enjoy a most iconic view of Grand Canyon from the North Rim.  Here, you can sit on a bench towards the beginning of the short and narrow Bright Angel Point trail.

Jennifer chose #4325, one of three in a panorama.  Having visited the conservatory in Chicago as a kid the Pearson Conservatory in St. George’s Park intrigued me during my tour of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.  Not nearly as big but oh so exotic.

Yogi chose #2019.  During summer in Zion National Park you have to ride the shuttle in the canyon which runs with regularity and lots of stops for trails and views.

Pam and John chose #1011, one of two in a panorama.  Point Imperial overlook on the North Rim offers an eastern view across Grand Canyon and the Marble Platform to Vermilion and Echo Cliffs at least 60 miles away.  Amazing to see that far even with a nearby storm.

Dave chose #1955.  No stormy skies like this at Grand Canyon for him in Mississippi.

Rita chose #3875.  Another stormy view but this time of the Hogsbacks sitting on the stoop at my Never Daunted cottage over morning coffee. I could move to South Africa and live here forever.

My choice this week for a little humor.

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 12 readers and includes some rather unusual critters.

Sherry and David chose #7172, one of eight in a panorama.  It doesn’t get much better than a rainbow at Grand Canyon, even through the trees in a side canyon.

George chose #1519.  I was roving on Bright Angel Point Trail on the North Rim when this crazy looking critter sauntered across the path.  So of course, I stopped to take photos and visitors wanted to know what it was.  I didn’t know then but looked it up.  A Jerusalem Cricket, and never saw another one.

Diane and Nigel chose #401.  It might look like this tree was tied in a knot.  Interestingly, Ponderosa Pines can grow either straight grained or dextral, which is the spiral grain see here.  Typically the growth is determined by soil depth, of which there is little here on the lava flow at Sunset Crater National Monument.

Cheryl chose #4023.  Hogsback, South Africa, a Hobbity kind of place.  The landscape went on and on, and I believe I saw fairies about.

Gayle chose #7517.  Watched this zebra from an underground bird hide in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.  Don’t you love how the mohawk takes away from the shortened ear?

Jodee and Bill chose #1480.  Not all sunsets at Grand Canyon are spectacular.  And neither are all photos.

Pam and John chose #1004.  Rather difficult to put in perspective, this shot looks down into a closed shaft at the Eureka Mine at Death Valley National Park, California.

Sallie and Bill chose #208.  The Great White Throne stands out against the orangey sandstone at Zion National Park, Utah from my first visit there in 2008.

Yogi chose #152.  A 2007 visit to Crater Lake was hazy from nearby fires, the lake obscured by smoke, and even this drive across the Pumice Desert wasn’t ideal.

Jeff chose #106, for Jan, 6 “Three Kings Day celebrated in Mexico with gifts and feasts.”  Instead of a crown, this snail carries its house on its back.  Interesting gift, no thanks for eating.  When I lived in Oregon in 2007 I saw a lot of slugs and snails while hiking in the Siskiyou National Forest.  I always imagine some little people riding on their backs.

TreDeuce chose #1066, the year of “The Battle of Hastings.”  I believe the wars fought at Antelope Slot Canyon were between powerful water and soft sandstone instead of between the French and English.

Rita chose #7934.  The Desertview Watchtower located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon is a must see for both the architecture and the view.

My choices this week, Sierra likes to go outside but she wasn’t overly happy with the snow.  And a glorious sunrise from last Saturday morning taken from my yard in Yarnell.  See, I do get up for these occasionally.

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