Little Landscapes #17
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

I found several examples of bonsai “trees” in my hunt for little landscapes.

Little Landscapes #16
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

Little Landscapes #15
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

What the desert looks like from 30,000 feet, or maybe just three feet. When I look at this photo, I can picture myself hiking down the “canyon” in the image. In reality I was hiking down a canyon that looked much like this, only on a much larger scale.

Yellowstone Dystopia #3
Bozeman, Montana
2020

There are a number themes going on in this dystopic view of Yellowstone. There’s the desertification of the land due to forest fires and climate change, the continued urbanization of national parks in an attempt to attract more and more visitors, and now I suppose it also suggests that with the Covid-19 spurred isolation and quarantine, the critters are going to take over. An animal takeover might not be a bad thing except for the little known fact that some bison have a drinking problem.

Little Landscapes #14
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

Little Landscapes #13
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

Little Landscapes #12
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

Little Landscapes #11
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

Little Landscapes #10
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
2020

A rugged mountain range all of six feet across.

Body Armor
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona
2020

I’m thinking there may be some very useful applications of prickly pear pads in enforcing social distancing–you know, like attaching some to a six-foot stick and swinging it around you when out walking or buying groceries.