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This week’s Foto Friday Fun includes 8 images chosen by readers picking a number out of my photo archives.

MaryBeth chose #1990, “the birth of my first Grandson who  graduated this year from eastern U. with a degree in Psychology and still can’t psych his Gramma out.”  I’m getting psyched out for the fall colors that are soon to arrive on the Kaibab Plateau.  This view from two years ago September 29th.  Sorry for the bug splotches on the windshield.

Sherry chose #1980 as “It was a VERY good year!”  In 1980 I still lived in Illinois and my craft at the time was stained glass.  This unicorn piece was my own design and had way too many very tiny pieces of glass.  But it was a very good year.

Sallie chose #1108, “my street address when I was in grade school …. a time back in the dark ages that I dimly remember.”  These Navajo sandstone formations are even older than the dark ages deposited about 200 million years ago as sand dunes.  Now we can drive through certain areas of Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument like Johnson Canyon where I saw these tee-pee shapes.

Bibi chose #1999 as the “year of the NATO bombing of Serbia :(“  I am sorry to say I was oblivious to world events during this time of my life.  Traveling south along the California coast just south of Orik, Carson and I played on the beach.

Diane chose #1947, the year she was born.  Every time I see grasses and plants I think of birth and new life.  This photo was taken along the Echo Ravine trail in Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa.

Barb chose #47 for “how many years we’ve been married.”  Shortly after I wasn’t married anymore (made it 15 years) a dear friend and I stayed for a month in our RVs in San Felipe, Mexico.  This shot of the Sea of Cortez was taken along the road to Porto Cito.  Calling all those potholes a road was a real stretch but was worth every bump.

Red Nomad OZ chose #378, “the number of Google Connect blog followers I currently have.”  Well there certainly isn’t that many birds in this photo, but sometimes during winter feeding it does look like hundreds.

Jo chose #1113, “just because it sprang into my head as I commented!”  Seems like there is always a little spring to the walk of Ostriches, these seen in Kruger National Park, South Africa along with a whole lot of other birds.

My choice for this week shows Turkey Vultures soaring over Grand Canyon from the Point Imperial overlook.

Thank you for joining in Foto Friday Fun. I really enjoy digging through my archives and pulling the stories from my memories.  For next week leave a number between 50 and 999 in a comment and maybe see your chosen image next week.

Which one is your favorite from this week?

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun includes 9 images chosen by readers picking a number out of my photo archives.  I thought I’d change it up a bit last week when asking for a number between 1954, when I was born, to 2013.  So many of these take me back a ways.  Guess I was feeling rather nostalgic.

Arija chose #1983, “the year of the Ash Wednesday wild fire and the loss of all we had achieved in 25 years of marriage.”  She’s not looking for sympathy and neither am I when you see images of my home town after the result of the Yarnell Hill Fire.  But this number represents a happier time, when I opened my first store in Tonasket, Washington in September of 1983.  I wanted a consignment shop to sell arts and crafts made by local residents.  There was a lot of talent but unfortunately not a lot of sales.

Erin chose #1981, “the year of my marriage.”  This was the year after my marriage and still lived in Illinois.  I’d been creating with stained glass for a short time and often set up at local craft fairs.

Diane chose 2013 for the birth of a new neighbor.  This birth of a new day mesmerized me seeing the constant change of wave and splash while enjoying coffee on the porch of my chalet at Storms River Mouth Tsitsikamma National Park in South Africa.

Cheryl chose #1987, “the year I was 35 and the favorite year of my life so far.  I was young, adventurous, and somewhat daring!”  In 1987 I  dared to take a watercolor class through Wenatchee Community College.  I’ve tried to learn to paint several times and am very good at mixing mud.  I know color, just not paint mixing.  This is one of my favorite paintings from a class where the prof, who had traveled all over the world, put one of his slides from somewhere first upside down and out of focus for our first attempt at painting blocks of color.  Then he set it right and focused for just a touch of detail.

Bibi chose #1965, “the year I fell in love for the first time.”  I actually owned this 1965 Mustang in high school as I was only in 6th grade in 1965.  My high school mascot was the Mustang horse.  This car went through several art projects where we painted on it with poster paints and drove it in home coming parade.

Dell also picked #2013, “because my daughter just had her 57th birthday and we spent it in Carmel, Ca.”  I’ll bet she saw some beautiful sunsets there like I’ve watched many times through my Imax windows in Yarnell.

Barb chose #1962, “my graduation from high school back in the Stone Age.”  Guess that puts me in the Bronze Age as I was only in the 3rd grade then.  Wonder if you’ll be able to find me.

Sherry chose #1954, “because I’m really glad you were born.”  Thank you.  So here I am, only three hours old.

Firefly chose #1975, his birth year.  I’d been out of high school a few years by then and had this studio photo taken with my dog Denver as a gift for my parents.

My pick for this week from the first time I saw lions in the wild at Kruger National Park.  A sign of strength and courage, something I’m feeling the need for lately.

Thank you for playing along with Foto Friday Fun. It’s been a real trip to dig through my archives and pull the stories from my memories.  For next week leave a number between 2000 and 3000 in a comment and maybe see your chosen image next week.

Which one is your favorite from this week?

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