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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 6 images chosen by readers from my photo archives.  Our meme number for this week is 633, chosen by the first commenter last week.  Please join in with a post and link below with a #633 photo from your archives.  And check out the other posts linked to the Foto Friday Fun meme.

Yogi chose #633 so that will be our photo index number for the week.  For me that leads us to the sky for last April’s lunar eclipse.  I actually managed to stay awake taking many photos of the first tetrad and put together a nice series of shots.

Bibi chose #1066, “the date of the Norman Conquest! English got, back then, over 10,000 words from French. Eh, oui.”  In North America many of our words come from the local Natives language then skewed into an English translation.  OK, what does that have to do with this Ranger dressed as the North Rim’s Kaibab squirrel?  “Kaibab” is a Paiute word for mountain lying down, and the adopted name for the plateau and forest here.  This Kaibab squirrely Ranger is our mascot.

Sherry chose #67 and as a park loving history buff traveling in the west I’m sorry she’s not going as far as Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley National Park.  The Ranger led tour through this innovative dream in a desert was thorough and entertaining including the real owner’s wife Bessie Johnson’s bedroom.  I love the desk drop over the bed idea and Native basket collection.  Maybe next year Sherry?

Elaine chose #815, a white view like she’ll all too soon be seeing at her Alaska home, but without the canyon like I get through my RV/home window.  Yet she’s currently seeing Sandhill cranes nearby so you should check that out.  Thanks for linking in last week Elaine.

Diane chose #5551, and not to make her homesick but this brilliant sunrise was seen over the Indian Ocean at Scottburgh in South Africa.  I was transfixed and took hundreds of images.

Catherine chose #13, “my favourite number!”  One of the favorite interpretive programs I created was a living history tour of the Lodge at Oregon Caves National Monument.  Wearing a wig over my long braids I played the part of a 73-year old composite character returning to a place of early employment and sharing stories from her past.  When I pulled that wig off a lot of visitors were shocked.

My choice this week from July at Grand Canyon during monsoon season.

I hope you’ll join in with your own #633 photo and story by adding your link below and linking back to Foto Friday Fun 74.  And if not, leave a number between 01 and 9991 in a comment for next week’s Foto Friday Fun.  The first person to comment who is joining in the meme please choose a number for next week.

Do you have a favorite from this week?

Capturing the present for future memories of the past

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 6 images chosen by readers from my photo archives.  Our meme number for this week is 1414, chosen by the first commenter last week.  Please join in with a post and link below with a #1414 indexed photo from your archives.  And check out the other posts linked to the Foto Friday Fun meme.

Yogi chose #1414, “just cuz.”  When I cruise the overlooks on the North Rim it’s only a 2.6 mile drive off the Walhalla scenic road to Point Imperial so I rush to the end.  But this day I decided to stop on a wide gravel spot, ‘just cuz’ I wanted a different view.  And that’s why I got a shot of Brady Peak instead of the usual Mount Hayden.  Thanks for joining in last week and choosing this week’s Foto Friday Fun number.

Sherry chose #9555, “for no reason at all.”  Sometimes giraffes neck for no reason at all, but usually it’s a game of dominance between males, or caressing courtship.  I watched, and videoed, these two males’ choreographed necking for quite a while at Augrabies Falls National Park.

Elaine chose #3113, a special treat to see Uncle Sam at the North Rim’s 4th of July water parade this year.  Thanks for linking in the Foto Friday Fun last week.

Bibi chose #4, “the total number of grandchildren come February.”  Well the perfect place to take all those kids is Disney World.  I hope to always be a kid and very much enjoyed my third visit there in 2006.

Diane chose #6661 leading us down just one set of many stairs along the Tsitsikamma Waterfall trail in South Africa.

Jonker chose #5429, “Randomly chosen.”  Nothing random about the dancing of Derek Suwaima-Davis, chosen as a seven time International Hoop Dance champion.  Derek performed at this year’s Native American Heritage Days at the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park and seems to get better every year.

My choice this week, because I’m still labeling photos from July, when I made the long drive to Jumpup Point and was blown away by the view and palpable silence.  According to the map, this red peaked landmark of Hermit shale is called Race Track Knoll.  Being it’s located on the Esplanade sandstone at least 650 feet (200 meters) below I was in no hurry to race down there.

I hope you’ll join in with your own #1414 photo and story by adding your link below and linking back to Foto Friday Fun 73.  And if not, leave a number between 01 and 9991 in a comment for next week’s Foto Friday Fun.  The first person to comment who is joining in the meme please choose a number for next week.

Do you have a favorite from this week?

Capturing the present for future memories of the past

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 5 images chosen by readers from my photo archives.  Our meme number for this week is 3847, chosen by the first commenter last week.  Please join in with a post and link below with a #3847 photo from your archives.  And check out the other posts linked to the Foto Friday Fun meme.

Yogi chose #3847, “the number that pops in my head.”  No numbers popped into my head as I sat mesmerized by the isolation and palpable silence surrounding Jumpup Point which juts into Grand Canyon.  The drive was long and rough but the views and experience totally worth it.

Sherry chose #7654.  She’s a lover of all things nature so I believe she’d even like the much disliked hyena which I saw at Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Bibi chose #9876, “because it’s almost like a countdown.”  Watching a sunset is also almost like a countdown.  And the bonus with this sunset at Pilanesberg Game Reserve was the blue wildebeest grazing in the foreground.

Diane chose #7771 and I know she loves elephants so here’s a heard leaving a waterhole in Addo Elephant National Park South Africa.

Jonker chose #782  and likes to see all things Grand Canyon so gets my first sunset after arriving in April.  This shot was taken through the window of my 5th-wheel and I just love this view.  But then there’s no bad views of the canyon.

My choice this week during monsoon when I love to see the fog and clouds drift in and out of the canyon.  Just yesterday I spent hours on the Walhalla Plateau where the Vishnu Temple was revealed.

I hope you’ll join in with your own #3847 photo and story by adding your link below and linking back to Foto Friday Fun 71.  And if not, leave a number between 01 and 9991 in a comment for next week’s Foto Friday Fun.  The first person to comment who is joining in the meme please choose a number for next week.

Do you have a favorite from this week?

Capturing the present for future memories of the past