fit the battle of Jericho,
and the walls,
came tumbling down.
These tumbled boulders,
are in Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California.
Despite Southern California’s endless severe drought,
the Joshua Tree’s are still surviving, although under threat.
The desert desperately needs water.
Only the rocks are unperturbed.
Cheers to you from elegantly jumbled Joshua Tree National Park~
cindyknoke.com 
Thanks, Cindy, for those great pictures, and the text! That area is still on our bucket list. I hope that it will get some moisture soon, so the trees will survive.
Have a great Sunday,
Pit
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You are most welcome! I do hope you visit soon. Maybe in the spring if the rains ever show up so you can see the bloom and the desert come alive დ
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Wow, amazing! This is concrete proof that we should never take life for granite. Lol!
♡✧。 (⋈◍＞◡＜◍)。✧♡
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How do you do this? All the time? So easily. You are amazing. You must laugh constantly. You make me smile ♡✧。 (⋈◍＞◡＜◍)。✧♡
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Haha the same thing I would ask you, how do you take such impeccable shots so effortlessly all the time? Happy Sunday, my friend!
( ‾́ ◡ ‾́ )❤️✨🌈
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Visa versa 2 us 2, x 2! ( ‾́ ◡ ‾́ )❤️✨🌈
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꒰ღ˘‿˘ற꒱❤⃛
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Beautiful lines
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Yes. Mother Nature does nature best დ
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Joshua Trees are always associated with the U2 album of the same name for me. Beautiful photos.
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I still haven’t found what I’m looking for…… Thank you Emma. I finally found a way to follow you დ
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Really amazing photos from Joshua Trees. I went to the interesting park many years ago, but my old photos don’t look as professional as yours. Thank you for sharing. LG Marie
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I am so happy you have been and enjoyed the photos. Thank you Marie დ
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Stunning rocks. It makes me wonder what happened to them, what gave them this extraordinary shapes.
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It is something to ponder isn’t it. They are atop a very active earthquake fault area, and then there is the desert erosion. It makes for quite a unusual landscape დ
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The rocks are probably millions of years old, if they could talk they could tell us a lot 😀
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It is amazing to contemplate isn’t it……..
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It is yes. Who knows what they are hiding….
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❤ ❤
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Joshua Tree is so beautifully unique and delightful, one of my favorite places. Thanks for taking us there today, Cindy, I enjoyed your photos very much.
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Oh, so nice, I am very happy you visited with me დ
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The desert always amazes me, Cindy, and here’s hoping for a good soaking rain for many days this winter and spring. I love the textures of the rocks!
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Deserts are magical, mysterious places. Thank you for your hopes for rain Terri & be well my friend დ
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
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The same to you and yours Terri.
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Amazing looking trees! I’ve had this park on my bucket list for a long time, still dreaming on seeing!!
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It is so much more problematic to go places now which is a crying shame. I hope you get to go დ
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Such a beautiful site to see and these images are so incredible.
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Ahhh, so appreciated, thank you! დ
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It is bold and beautiful! Thank you, Cindy.
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You are most welcome Jennie & I am happy you enjoyed დ
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🙂
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These Joshua trees are so pretty (I’ve never seen one!). Cindy, I hate that they’re so thirsty and wish I could send them some of our rain. It just seems so unfair that the “haves” get more precipitation while the “have nots” continue to be parched.
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I wish you could too! It is quite an imbalance isn’t it. I guess this reflects the state of our poor planet დ
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The Joshua trees so amazing. hope you get rain soon! 🙏
Alison
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Thanks Alison. We’ll take some of yours……. დ
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Hope to visit there soon. Beautiful photos, Cindy!
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I can’t wait to see your photos when you do Amy & thank you! დ
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I went to Joshua NP many years ago, but the photos I took are nowhere as interesting and beautiful as yours.
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Ahhh……I am honored. Your photos are so stunning დ
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Is it me or did WordPress see a massive drop in readers and engagement or was it just the pandemic audience?
Great photos as always Cindy 😍
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It is not you. WP is continuously deleting followers from certain blogs with lots of followers and lots of interactive content. I spoke to them about this and they acknowledged it, claiming “the developers are working on it.” That was about six months ago. I followed up recently, they were still “working on it.” I think we are renters, renting space from them, after our n gets too large AND too interactive ie., takes up too much rental room space, they cut back on it figuring we’ll never notice. I notice because they cut off my friends, and my friends notice too, as they have to keep refollowing me. It is happening to other bloggers who have talked to me about it. It is interesting too because WP will not let you view all the blogs you follow after you pass a certain n. I wanted to trim down blogs I no longer interact with. I had to compress files and use screen shots (ie., a big hassle) just to see the blogs I follow. I pay for a business plan. My blog isn’t a business. If it were, I would be losing customers and revenue. If it were a problem negatively impacting WP’s profitability, they would have fixed it promptly.
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Wow this is a whole lot to take in. I lost a huge amount of followers and interactions a while ago and I know it had very little to do with the quality of content I put out.
Shame on them for putting us through this considering we pay for a personal plan just so we can keep in touch with the lovely WordPress community.
Even frequent commenters on my site that usually bond with each other have been trying and failing to find themselves.
They should be doing better.
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Yes. It is unfair and discouraging. The quality of your content is truly stellar Gottfried. I just noticed I am unfollowed from you.
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Imagine 😅
Let me confirm I follow you
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It’s a regular check process now with WP. Think of all the people we’re missing…..
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I can’t even begin to think
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Great pictures of the Joshua trees and jumbled rocks of Joshua Tree National Park. I pray it gets water soon!
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Thank you so much for caring Kathy დ
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How much more concerning can it get? The desert is thirsty!
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Yes. Thank you so much for knowing this Tanja დ
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How resilient they are. Great shapes of rocks.
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Happy you enjoyed Diana and thanks for letting me know.
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Happy Thanksgiving wishes Cindy!
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Happy Thanksgiving Lisa! 🙏🦃🥧🌽🍾🥂
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Joshua trees are so whimsical looking…I wonder if they inspired some of Dr. Seuss’s illustrations of trees. 😉 I love those rock formations! 😍 They remind me of a scene out of the move Galaxy Quest…LOL! Hope you had a stress-free Thanksgiving, Cindy ❤️
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I thought the same thing. They are Dr. Seuss trees! He lived in my home town in Southern California, so it is my guess this is where he got the inspiration. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Teresa ❤
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Cindy, thank you for these beautiful photographs!
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You are more than welcome Charles ❤
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Reblogged this on charles french words reading and writing and commented:
Please enjoy these beautiful photographs from Cindy Knoke!
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Thank you so much Charles. You are very much appreciated my friend. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving!
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Great spiritual, and really wonderful shots.
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Yes, there is this peaceful, Zen in Time, feeling when watching them puzzle their way up დ
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Beautiful photos!
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Merci beaucoup mon Ami დ
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I lived in California most of my life, yet somehow never made it to Joshua Tree.
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The good news is, it is still here, and if you want to, you can still visit. It is nice that life still has so many new experiences just waiting for us დ
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