For #rockintuesday. Volcanic tuff at Bandelier National Park in New Mexico (today). #newmexico #bandelier #nature #photography

Wishing a blessed Rosh Hashana to all who celebrate! May your new year be sweet!

For #blueskymonday. The ruins of the Spanish mission of Pecos, New Mexico, with a Puebloan kiva in the foreground. That is blue sky! #newmexico #pecos #church #ruins #photography

For #mountainmonday, the view of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the Glorietta Pass in New Mexico (today). #newmexico #pecos #photography

Back in New Mexico! With your indulgence, my photos for the next week will reflect this....

For #StandingStoneSunday. Clava Cairns outside Inverness, Scotland. The standing stones are 4,000 years old, and helped inspire the series, "Outlander." #Scotland #ruins #ancientbluesky #photography #photographersofbluesky #archaeology

For #stunday. For some reason, this pair of lions from the Maasai Mara, Kenya, strike me as the embodiment of a 1980s power couple (2022). #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #lions #kenya #maasaimara #safari #africa

For #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #angles. Costa Rica's main folk art tradition is to vividly paint ox-cart wheels with geometric designs (1996). #photography #travel #CostaRica #PhotographersOfBlueSky #Sarchi

For #BlueSkyArtShow featuring #angles. Hopefully, Egypt's Step Pyramid of Djoser qualifies (2004). #photography #Egypt #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #archaeology #Saqqara #Pyramids

For #scape Friday, a pic of one of my favorite landscapes - the Maasai Mara in Kenya (2022) #peaceful #nature #africa #naturephotography #photography #kenya #maasaimara #safari #sunset #landscape #photographersofbluesky

For #ForestFriday, the magnificent cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica, where I lived for all-too brief a time (1990). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography #thewildimages #Monteverde #CostaRica

Another for the #PalacesandGardens theme #Seating. ... a special kind of "seating." 😉 From the 17th cent. Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside of Paris (2018). #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography

For the #PalacesandGardens theme #Seating. The Queen's Inner Hall, the private chambers of Mary of Guise, at Stirling Castle in Scotland (2025). Fully restored, with re-creations of "The Hunt of the Unicorn" tapestries. #Stirling #castles #photography #photographersofbluesky #palace #royalpalace

Castillo de la Real Fuerza, a historic fortress in Havana, Cuba (2015). #Cuba #Havana #LaHabana #photography #cityscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #pirates

“In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it’s a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because it is the universal language, but because it is the persistent focus of our intelligence, aspiration and goodwill.” --Robert Shaw

For #stunday. Sunset on the cliff-top ruins of the 5th-century BCE Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece. (2023) #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #AncientSiteSunday #SundayStonework #archaeology #Greece #Athens

For #stunday. The harbor at the Greek isle of Mykonos (2013). Such a photogenic place.... #Greece #aegean #Mykonos #travel #landscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography

Also for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Home. This home started it all... this is where Laura Ingalls Wilder was born, the Little House in the Big Woods near Lake Pepin (2020). #BookSky #LittleHouseInTheBigWoods #LittleHouseOnThePrairie #OnTheBanksOfPlumCreek #WyrdWomen #Minnesota #Wisconsin

Another for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Home. People exploring Minnehaha Falls in my home city of Minneapolis in winter. Just a few minutes from my home, and one of my favorite places. #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #waterfalls #winter #MinnehahaFalls #thewildimages #Minneapolis

More for #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Home. I love my home state of Minnesota. This is part of a vast sunflower field near Lake Pepin, just before the rains started. (2020) #thewildimages #flower #photography #art #naturephotography #nature #bluesky #Minnesota #bloomscroll

More for #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Home. Begonias from my backyard in Minneapolis, Minnesota. #photography #nature #flowers #Minnesota #Minneapolis #begonias #bloomscroll #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages

For #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Home. It's not the best shot of the northern lights, but I was stunned to be able to take it in my backyard in the urban core of Minneapolis. May 10, 2024. #photography #northernlights #auroraborealis #TheWildImages #Light #Minneapolis #Minnesota

For #ForestFriday, the high altitude pine forests at Mesa Verde on the Colorado Plateau (2021). #photography #NPS #nativeamerica #mesaverdenationalpark #nature #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages #landscape #scapeFriday

For the #PalacesandGardens challenge with this week's theme #vistas, a reverse angle shot. This is taken from the Doge's Palace in Venice, looking out to see San Giorgio Maggiore island (2013). Good to be the Doge! #Venice #Italy #WaterScape #photography #travelphotography #SanGiorgioMaggiore

For the #vistas theme with #PalacesandGardens. One of the Great Houses in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico (2024). This ancient palace is 1,200 years old, once had several stories and 160 rooms. #NewMexico #nature #photography #landscape #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #ruins #archaeology #chacocanyon

For the #PalacesandGardens challenge with this week's theme #vistas. Scotland's Eilean Donan Castle in the morning mist (2025). #Scotland #castles #photography #photographersofbluesky #landscapes #Highlands

For #ToucanTuesday Here's a keel-billed toucan from Costa Rica (2009). Such charismatic birds! #Photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #toucan #CostaRica #nature #naturephotography #Birds #Toucans #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #ToucanoftheDay

For #MountainMonday, the crater of Volcán Irazú, Costa Rica (2009). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #nature #naturephotography #nationalpark #volcano #thewildimages #CostaRica #Irazu

Another for #stunday. Giraffe taking in the morning light near Pilanesberg in South Africa, 2018. #SouthAfrica #photography #travel #wildlife #griaffes #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nature #thewildimages #giraffe

For #stunday. Kiosk of Trajan at the Temple of Isis at Philae in Egypt (2004). Built on an island in the Nile, Philae was one of the temples moved when the Aswan High Dam was built. #photography #Egypt #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ruins #AncientBlueSky #travelphotography #archaeology #SundayStonework

Final shot for for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Summer. A field of purple cone flowers in northern Minnesota, 2020. Pure summer, right here. #Bloomscroll #Nature #Flowers #Photography #Minnesota #peaceful

Another for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Summer. A summer afternoon at the Mercouri Estate winery in Greece (2013). We had lunch in their garden, with some excellent wines. #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #travelphotography #Greece

Also for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Summer. A summer sunset in Minneapolis, at St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River (2025). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #Minneapolis #Minnesota #sunset

Reposting for #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Summer. Black Eyed Susans from my garden... maybe my favorite summer flower. #Nature #Flowers #Photography #Minnesota #peaceful #bloomscroll #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages

For #scape Friday, I'm throwing in a fascinating cityscape: Positano on Italy's rugged Amalfi Coast (2023). #Italy #nature #photography #mediterranean #Amalfi #cityscape #seascape

For #PalacesandGardens theme of #water. The ruins of Scotland's Urquhart Castle, looming out over Loch Ness as the morning mist clears (1991). #photography #scotlandphotography #Scotland #castlephotography #castles #travel #travelphotography #Fog #ruins #thewildimages #LochNess

Also for #PalacesandGardens theme of #water. Kuşadası Castle, on the Turkish coast, was originally built by the Byzantines and has guarded the harbor since the 14th century. It's view of the Aegean Sea is unparalleled (2023). #kusadasi #turkiye #ocean #aegean #landscape #photography #seascape

For #PalacesandGardens theme of #water. La fontaine Médicis, in Paris's Jardin du Luxembourg (2018). It was a much-needed oasis on a blisteringly hot summer day. #photography #paris #architecture #france #jardinduluxembourg

For #WaterfallWednesday, the thermal springs flowing from Volcán Arenal in Costa Rica (1998). #landscapephotography #landscape #photography #bluesky #waterfall #travel #CostaRica #PhotographersOfBlueSky#volcano #Arenal

For #rockintuesday, basalt warrior effigies buried in an early level of the Aztecs' Great Temple, in downtown Mexico City (1997). #Aztec #mesoamerica #mexico #indigenous #art #archaeology #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #ruins #AncientBlueSky #mexicocity #cdmx #ciudaddemexico

For #MountainMonday. The Cuillin on Scotland's Isle of Skye, looming over a small homestead (2025). Amazing landscape. #Scotland #Skye #nature #landscape #Cuillin #photography #photographersofbluesky

I'm sneaking this in for #StandingStoneSunday. Standing stela from Monte Alban, Mexico (2011). #MonteAlban #Mexico #ruins #ancientbluesky #Oaxaca #photography #photographersofbluesky #SundayStonework #archaeology

Also for #stunday. Lion watching the dawn, in the Maasai Mara, Kenya (2022) #peaceful #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #lions #kenya #maasaimara #safari

For #stunday, looking out to San Giorgio Maggiore island, Venice (2013). #Venice #Italy #WaterScape #GrandCanal #photography #travelphotography #SanGiorgioMaggiore

Another for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny. A gorgeous #sunset over southern Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico side (2017). #PhotographersOfBlueSky #nature #photography #Florida #seascape #GulfofMexico

Also for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny. You can't have "shiny" without Versailles... (2018). #photography #paris #garden #france #palace #royalpalace #chateau #château #history #unesco #Versailles

For #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Shiny. One of the chandeliers at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte outside Paris (2018). Louis XIV was furiously jealous of it, so he arrested its design team and forced them to build him something better: Versailles. #france #castle #nicolasfouquet #vauxlevicomte #photography

For #ForestFriday, the northwoods. Maine's Acadia National Park in the morning mist (2024). #Photography #peaceful #PhotographersOfBlueSky #thewildimages #Maine #nature #Acadia #nps #nationalpark

For #scape Friday, a tropical seascape. From Manuel Antonio National Park on Costa Rica's Pacific coast (2009). #manuelantonio #seascape #photographersofbluesky #nature #Photography #CostaRica #ForestFriday

Also for #PalacesandGardens #Towers theme, Castle Melville south of Edinburgh (2025). Mary Queen of Scots stayed here, and planted a tree on the grounds that still grows today. #Scotland #castles #Melville #photography #castle #history #architecture