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.
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:
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: