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The High Point of My Life
Mt. Elbert, Colorado
2022

My childhood friend Steve Johnson (left) and I climbed Mount Elbert (elevation 14,440′) last week. Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado, and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States (after Mount Whitney in California). Given I have no plans or desires to ever summit any taller mountain than this, the day marked the literal (but not figurative) high point of my life–not counting of course any height obtained via air transport of some sort.

Bed Abstract
Tubac, Arizona
2022

Light from the same setting sun as in yesterday’s image, casting shadows from a bed’s headboard on the wall.

Lit Lamp
Tubac, Arizona
2022

The setting sun provides external illumination for this floor lamp in a slowly darkening room.

Minimalist Moon
Tubac, Arizona
2022

This a shot of last February’s full moon, called Snow Moon (although that title seems misplaced if you’re viewing it in the Arizona desert). This is not the kind of image that translates well into the 8 bit RGB world of the internet. (Don’t worry if you don’t know what that means, there won’t be a quiz.) In fact, depending on the quality and brightness of your screen, you may not even be able to make out the mountain range in the bottom of the image, and the image may come across as having severe posterization. (Again, don’t worry if you don’t know what that means.) But I posted it anyway as even in a poorly reproduced state, it certainly gets across the minimalist composition idea.

Gourd Brush
Tubac, Arizona
2022

I was intrigued by the little object in the foreground of this image. In trying to guess what it was, the only thing I could come up with was some kind of rough brush for sprucing up the outside of the gourds. Very highly likely that guess is way off the mark.

Rack and Pinion
Birmingham, Alabama
2010

Another shot from way back when at the Sloss Furnaces.

Steampunk’s Dream
Birmingham, Alabama
2010

I was traveling in the wayback machine and came across this image from over a decade ago. It’s an oldie but a goodie taken at the Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham.

Balsamroot Curl
Bozeman, Montana
2021

This photo is from last year but it won’t be long now before this year’s crop of arrowleaf balsamroot plants dry out and start curling into all sorts of interesting shapes. In that sense they are just about the most expressive dried leaves I’ve ever seen I think.

Looking to Hook Up
Bozeman, Montana
2021

Snack Time
Bozeman, Montana
2022