Spirits

Rising ghostlike from the desert...

Tropospheric

Coloring between the waft lines...

Fire On The Mountain

Lightning in the air...

In memoriam: Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew, Prescott, Arizona.

Distant Wildland Fire

Kindling luminous light on other side of mountain...

Cracked Earth

Alluvial fan cascading cactus to valley below...

End Of Road

Last stop before road and power lines terminate...

Seventeen Miles Out

State route where railway unloads...

Seventeen miles out state route where railroad unloads
then down dusty desert floor sagebrush road
a well-intentioned displaced rerouted life is burrowed.

A few hundred yards away from Depression water tank
sits tilted trailer where awhile ago Ennis sank
near watering hole by mountain from which cattle once drank.

The strait jacketed life of his era never did fit
many times years ago tried his damndest to make a run for it
heartbrokenly his running buddy didn't have guts or wit.

Without regard of today's dustbowl condition he does thrive
spiritedly independent and every day anew revives
that hotspot within that has kept him doggedly alive.

Journeying Out The Window

Focusing on present while envisioning the future...

Winter Sun

Setting over verdant chaparral mountain ridges...

Sunlit

Blue sky meadow and evergreen...

In sunlit blue sky meadow
rises deadwood tree,
standing, stately, stature still
revered, protected, fondly,
by longtime companions
evergreen...

Sunrise Breakout

Morning sol flaring from back of mountain...

Midday At The Oasis

A place our horses and we may rest...

Waiting out the afternoon heat by cool water in the shade.

Squaw Peak In Relief

Cruising toward Phoenix landmark on Northern Ave...

Camelback Mountain

Sentinel palms keeping surveillance...

Playing In Traffic

Careening towards Squaw Peak...

Fear and loathing on the grid of Phoenix.

Aisle of Palms

Sentinels line the lane of oasis mountain view...