Moloka’i,
has stunning waterfalls.
This one is a double.
Hawaii is experiencing a severe seven-year drought.
It would be a triple or more with normal water flow.
Maui in particular is suffering from the drought.
It looks more like drought stricken Southern California, than a verdant tropical paradise.
But, it is still beautiful Maui.
Cheers to you from Moloka’i & Maui~
Check out,
a bird’s eye view,
of Moloka’i,
taken from a helicopter,
with the doors removed.
Oh, to be a bird and soar over these islands!
I flew solo with a skillful pilot named Nick.
No one in my family wanted to go with me.
I can’t imagine why not!
It was an incredible experience.
We flew over other places too, so stay tuned & Cheers to you from Moloka’i~
Some of you may remember that I have only seen and photographed cardinals twice in my life, once in Buenos Aires, and recently in The Superstition Mountains in Arizona. (Tap to enlarge).
Meet Hawaiian Red Crested cardinals number 3 & 4 who have now become my very good friends!
Yep, we are in Hawaii and these guys hang out constantly in our backyard.
I am in cardinal heaven!
They are not afraid of us and especially,
enjoy joining us on the patio table for lunch!
After years of searching,
I have finally made some cardinal friends!
I hope word spreads and they bring over their buddies. We are hosting a variety of exotic and beautiful Hawaiian birds.
I will share more with you soon,
Until then, Aloha to you from Maui~
“Where the wild things are,” (tap/click to enlarge)
is where I like to be.
Bald Eagles,
imperious stare.
Haughty Harris Hawks,
with laser eyes.
Owls see light,
in the darkest night.
Falcon’s fly faster,
than wind.
Canada’s wild spaces.
Cheers to you from our finely feathered friends~
Birdies,
are the most photogenic,
models.
They need no makeup for their closeups.
No photo-shop,
nor artifice.
They are natural born beauties.
Cheers to you from the beauteous birdies~
Macaws,
are devoted,
human observers.
They find humans endlessly fascinating,
especially when they want a treat.
But even wild parrots like to people watch!
Cheers to you from the curious Macaws~
It’s good to be home.
Cheers to you from The Holler~
Aspens with their new summer leaves in the Kaibab Forest.
Sunlit view from the North Rim. (Click to enlarge and see The Colorado River.)
Landscape near Lee’s Ferry.
The Colorado.
Horseshoe Bend.
We entered here for a seven day raft trip when the kids were younger. I will never forget the sound of the rockslides in Marble Canyon at night,
or the lizards doing pushups by my sleeping bag when I woke in the morning.
Cheers to you from the resident chuckwalla~
This is Picture Canyon in Arizona.
The canyon is covered in petroglyphs,
that are 800-1300 years old.
The oldest petroglyphs are geometric in nature.
Later rock art depicts animals, rivers, planets and human figures.
This is The Mojave Desert in the southwestern US,
and it is where Jim and I went hunting for hidden petroglyphs.
There is historical rock art all over the southwestern United States. Most thought to be 800 to 1000 years old. Much of it hidden and unpublicized. I even found some at The Holler.
Here is the blogger that led us here. I have no idea who he is, but, as we all know, bloggers are precious resources:
https://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2008/01/petroglyphs-of-kelbaker-road-california.html?m=0
Below are some links to my prior posts about more amazing southwestern pictographs and petroglyphs, much of it quite older:
Cheers to you from The Talking Rocks of the Southwest~
Falls Creek, in southwest Colorado, is one of the most important ancient sites in the southwest. It was once a village and had burial sites.
It contained mummified remains of individuals, and has antiquities from the ancestral pueblo basket maker period from 1500-2000 years ago.
Look carefully to the right, below the waterfall and under the overhang (tap to enlarge).
You can see more here.
This sacred site was heavily plundered in the 1930’s and it is now protected, with no public access. It is under the protection of the tribal nations who are descendants of the original occupants.
I am not an archeologist. I am a psychotherapist by training. It is hard to get information on the place and it is difficult to find. Still my husband and I were curious to see what we could, without trespassing or violating the site. This is as close as we could ethically get, and these are full zoom shots. Our interest was piqued by the objects in the lower right quadrant under the overhang (enlarge to see better).
For more on this fascinating place check out the following two links:
https://www.mail-archive.com/nativenews@mlists.net/msg03828.html
If anyone reading this has more knowledge about Falls Creek, and would like to share it, I would be eager to pass on the information.
Cheers to you from the mysterious and sacred Falls Creek~
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