Saturday, February 28, 2009

Road trippin'

Just a road trip pic that I took a few months back; we were heading back into Phoenix from a trip to the rim country near Payson

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

McKinney, Texas

Nantes, France

Boston, Massachusetts

Friday, February 27, 2009

Nice place to lunch


These trees and picnic table are on the grounds of the Chandler Community Center

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

San Diego, California

Sudbury, Massachusetts

Belgrade, Serbia

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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Community Center


Back to Chandler; this shot is at the Community Center, looking down the path towards the Downtown library

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Salem, Oregon

Sydney, Australia

Palos Verdes, California

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Birds of Prey show


If you look closely, you'll see a group of people in the middle of the desert - they were all watching the hawk above them, in a birds of prey show at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Los Angeles, California

Washington, DC

Sofia, Bulgaria

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Monday, February 23, 2009

A little bit of shelter


Shade is hard to come by in the desert; this little structure at the Arizona-Sonora desert museum helps a bit

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Port Vila, Vanuatu

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Vancouver, Canada

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Whooo are you looking at?


This owl is perched at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum - no, it's not real

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Ramsey, Isle of Man

Portland, Maine - the pic and the story

Menton, France

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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Can you see him?


The mountain lion is perched up on the rock, but he blends in so well he's very easy to miss; this was taken out at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

St. Kilda, Australia - puzzling

Prague, Czech Republic

Port Townshend, Washington

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Monday, February 16, 2009

Desert View


Taken from one of the overlooks at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Wailea, Hawaii

Yakima, Washington

Oeiras, Portugal

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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Arizona DP Theme Day - Sunsets

The Daily Photo blogs in Arizona have decided to do an Arizona theme day on the 15th of every month - for this month, the theme is sunsets - I caught this sunset during soccer practice at Snedigar park in Chandler; I didn't enhance the colors for this pic - it looked exactly like this

Visit the other Arizona blogs and see their sunset shots here:





Saturday, February 14, 2009

Love kitties

These two bobcats blend in quite well with the rocks, don't they? Happy Valentine's Day!

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Nice, France

Quincy, Massachusetts

Sari, Iran

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Friday, February 13, 2009

Partners


In the front of the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, you will notice the American flag flying alongside the Mexican flag, with the Arizona state flag underneath - I believe this is because the museum is a partnership between the two countries, as the Sonoran desert really stretches through both countries and the efforts at conservation are on both ends

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Paris, France - in honor of Valentine's Day

Ystad, Sweden

Glasgow, Scotland

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Saguaro skeletons


The coyote exhibit at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum looks like it's just part of the desert; one way they camoflauge it is to use saguaro skeletons to hide the fence posts

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Gresham, Oregon

Oeiras, Portugal

Cape Town, South Africa

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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Dr. Suess house


This structure at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum looks straight out of a Dr. Suess book; it's got a great view of the valley below

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Lodz, Poland

Rollag, Norway

Napa, California

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Vista view


The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum sits above a valley, and you get beautiful views of the desert below;

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Selma, North Carolina

Ararat, Australia

Verona, Italy

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Monday, February 9, 2009

coyote... and a weird saguaro


They have some great animal exhibits at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum; here is the coyote exhibit - can you see him? If you click to enlarge the picture, you can probably see the wire fencing they use, otherwise it looks like they are just roaming around wild; I also like the saguaro in the background with the mysterious missing top

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

London, UK

Gresham, Oregon

Oslo, Norway

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Which way should we go?


Yesterday, we went to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum down by Tucson - it was a beautiful day, and it's a really beautiful outdoors museum, with great animal exhibits; I'll post some of my shots over the next week

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Chicago, Illinois

Riga, Latvia

Ashton Under Lyne, UK

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Friday, February 6, 2009

Peeking through the Prickly Pear

This shot of a tortoise was taken on a recent visit to the Phoenix Zoo

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Gliwice, Poland

Paris, France

Melbourne, Australia

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Giant Blue Metal Thing


This is another piece of art outside the Tempe Center for the ARts -

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Verona, Italy

Edinburgh, Scotland

Nottingham, UK

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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Sushi?

I liked this funky sculpture, found at the Tempe Center for the Arts, in their outside gallery

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Atlanta, Georgia

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Sydney, Australia

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Looking out at Tempe Town Lake

We went to a Childsplay production again, held at the Tempe Center for the Arts - we saw Busytown, which was a hit with the kids - this picture was taken from inside, looking out at the reflective pool and beyond to Tempe Town Lake

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Brisbane, Australia

Helsinki, Finland

Ystad, Sweden

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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Daily Photo Theme Day - Paths and Passages

It's the first of the month, which means another theme day on Daily Photo - for this month's theme, I picked a labyrinth that is in the empty lot beside the Chandler Presbyterian Church - it is owned by the church, but I never see it being used - it looks peaceful, though

There are daily photo sites all over the world participating in today's theme day.
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