POTD

Frogman’s Demise
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona2015

I thought this petroglyph showed a man getting snatched up by giant crane, but the nearby interpretive sign speculated it was a frog.

Shadow Flight
Window Rock, Arizona2015

Two ravens doing a close fly-by of the slickrock surrounding Window Rock.

Slickrock Twostep
Windowrock, Arizona
2015

For scrambling around on slickrock, I prefer shoes with a better grip than cowboy boots afford. But they seemed to be working just fine for this youngster.

Canyon del Muerto #6
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
2015

A panoramic view of part of the canyon from 600′ up on the rim.

Canyon del Muerto #4
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
2015

Canyon del Muerto #3
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
2015

Canyon del Muerto #2
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
2015

These are petroglyphs (images carved or pecked into the rocks) as opposed to yesterday’s photo which was of pictographs which are images painted on the surface of rocks.

Canyon del Muerto #1
Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
2015

We’re spending a couple of days on the Navajo Reservation on our way to Tucson. Yesterday we took a jeep tour up Canyon Del Muerto, a canyon adjoining Canyon de Chelly. We saw lots of petroglyps, pictographs and ruins as well as the usual canyon country geological and vegetative features. I’ve spent a lot of time in this part of the southwest over the years, including my two week stint in 2013 at the Hubbel Trading Post just south of here. but this short half-day trip was still quite unique. So I thought I’d start at least a short series of images from the trip, starting with these fine pictograph examples.

Kudzu Castle
Birmingham, Alabama
2015

This is actually an old building that was part of the coal mining complex on Red Mountain in Birmingham, but it has the look of an ancient palace or castle. If you’re familiar with kudzu, you probably realize that in the summertime this building, as well as the grounds and trees surrounding it are completely draped in vines.

Wraparound
Birmingham, Alabama
2015

On a hike in Red Mountain Park. One feature of forests in the east that we don’t have out west is an amazing number of vines that form all kinds of interesting shapes.