Moon lit landscape in Snow Canyon State Park (Utah). I love the clouds in this long exposure shot, taken tonight with my iPhone. #clouds #SnowCanyonStatePark #FullMoon #MoonLight #UtahLandscapes

What a joy to watch this plant grow and bloom over the last month! #bloomingplant #flower #uniquegift

Beautiful lit tree in Holladay, Utah. #ChristmasLights #HolidayLights

Lake Havasu City, AZ. December 2025 #ChristmasLights #Christmas #holidaylights #HavasuCity

Lovely evening for a stroll through Snow Canyon State Park. Ivins, UT #SnowCanyon #scenic #StateParks #photograohy #Utah

Yes! #hope

A lovely autumn desert sunset and waxing moon. #sunset #moon #desert

A lovely sunrise yesterday morning in sunny Southern Utah. #sunrise #photography

Loving my new morning ritual of preparing pour over coffee, with freshly ground (free trade and organic) beans!

Such a lovely little yellow-faced bee. #photography #bees #insects

Formations that look like canon balls at Shore Acres State Park in Oregon. They are called concretions. They form around a nucleus of decaying organic material. They usually form before the rest of the sediment (the host rock) has hardened into solid rock. Fascinating! #geology #oregoncoast #ocean

Beautiful fawn, at Juan De Fuca Cottages in Sequin, Washington. July 20, 2025. #wildlife #fawn #washingtonstate #photography #naturephotography

A carved statue in Sekiu, Washington. It made me smile then, and the photo makes me smile, too. Taken July 17, 2025. #statue #sculpture #Sekiu #streetart #photography

Carved statues are on the grounds at The Makah Museum on the Makah Indian reservation in Neah Bay, Washington. July 17, 2025. If you are ever there .... I'd recommend going to the museum, but leave your camera in the car (no photographs allowed). #museums #NeahBay #carvings #sculptures #statues

Tall green trees, big fluffy clouds and a bright blue sky....three things I love to see and photograph. Near Klamath Falls, Oregon July 30, 2025. #clouds #photography #trees

A cute couple in Bandon, Oregon. July 2025. #pigeons #birds #OregonCoast

Lady’s Glove (Foxglove), beautiful but toxic, grows wild along the roadside in upper Washington State along the coast. #Wildflowers #WashingtonState #Photography

Clouds - July 30, near McCloud, California. #clouds #photography

Dramatic clouds over the Klamath River today. #clouds #Klamathriver #rivers #photography

Dungeness Natural Wildlife Reserve, Sequin, Washington. July 20, 2025. Turn up the sound and hear the birds! #Sequin #trees #birds #nature

The Coquille Lighthouse, Bandon OR. I remember when it was white with a black roof, before it was historically restored to its original color. I liked it better then. But it’s still a fun little lighthouse - easily accessible at Bullard’s Beach State Park. Taken today, July 25, 2025. #lighthouses

Shore Acres State Park. Oregon Coast. July 24, 2025. #roses #Oregon #photogtaphy #ShoreAcresStatePark

I’m convinced that you can’t take a “bad” photo on the Oregon Coast. #OregonCoast #photography #ocean

Port Townsend, Washington. July 19, 2025. #westcoast #photography #reflections

Taken near Neah Bay, WA July 17, 2025. Neah Bay is the closest town to Cape Flattery, the northwestern-most point in the contiguous United States. The drive along the coast was gorgeous. You can see Vancouver Island across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. #ocean #photography #westcoast

Surrounded in beauty. #forests #olympicnationalpark #photography

Beauty in the Washington State coast. July 16, 2024. #WashingtonCoast #forests #photography

Coverdale, Oregon July 14, 2025 #clouds #Oregon #photography

Yachats, OR #Stunday #photography

Yachats, OR July 13, 2025. Foggy morning. #OregonCoast #ocean #photography

Awe…closed for the night. #photography

Eureka, Nevada. July 10, 2025.

Heavy traffic in the Nevada desert. And folks think Highway 50 (the loneliest highway in America) is desolate. 😂

I didn’t touch… 😁 Ely, Nevada.

Milky Way on the summer solstice, 2025. Taken in Escalante, Utah. A result of 10 photos (10 second exposures) and 2 dark photos, stacked and a little post processing in ON1. Beautiful night .....

Happy Father's Day - for those who celebrate it today. I'm grateful to my father (may he rest in peace) and my uncles, my male mentors, and my amazing husband - who have all been like a father at times, guiding me and providing me love and support at times when it was desperately needed.

Quote from Sister Barbara McCracken of Atchison, Kansas: "I would suggest you try to recover a sense of awe and sense of wonder - about other people, about nature, about beauty. Beauty saves the world. … Stay hopeful. Stay together. Exclude no one. Be a pilgrim of hope. And be an island of sanity."

I love beautiful sunsets…

The roses are incredible in our area right now...

Some of my favorite chalk drawings from the Kayenta Chalk Festival in Ivins, Utah.

Pink Moon last night .... (okay, so I added a filter to make it look just a little "pink" - it had to live up to its name.) Taken with Canon R5 300 mm lens. 1/250s, f11, ISO 200. Significantly cropped - no adjustments except for filter. #moon #nightphotography

I love days spent with my 94 year young mom. Today’s activity at her residence was card making!

I planted these several years ago in a tall flower pot in our yard. I’m amazed at how they provide beautiful blooms spring through fall and come back each year. It’s somehow reassuring -

I love spring time… #spring #photography

Sorting through my Dad's treasures -- I sure wish I could ask him where he got this and what it meant to him. It's a cigarette case, and he didn't smoke.

Bill is so excited! It’s finally raining in St. George. He gets to wear a raincoat he’s had for decades and couldn’t part with. 😂

I spent my day taking a final look at old college papers/notes before sending them to the recycle bin. Reading the papers I wrote in the early 90s on democracy, the balance of powers, constitutional law, administrative law, merit systems, etc., made me feel sad given all that is happening now.

First post. Wishing everyone a healthy new year with many happy moments. Cheers!