The Painted Desert from Tawa Point

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The day we visited Petrified Forest National Park was about as perfect as a day could be -- a clear blue sky with a few white clouds and bright sunshine lighting up every color and hue of the Painted Desert. This picture was taken at Tawa Point.

Flowers From Our Yard: Midas Touch Rose

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I've spent almost every day for the past few weeks watering our roses. I don't particularly enjoy working in the hot sun, but roses like this make it all worth while. Midas Touch makes me feel 'there is gold in them thar hills!'.

Parkway Clouds

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We drove along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina on an overcast day earlier this month. At one overlook we were able to take a short hike and look down on clouds in the valley below us.

Florida Beach Sunrise

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I went to my archives to get this picture of a Florida beach sunrise. This picture was taken at Ormand Beach, where we we celebrating Betsy's birthday.

Flowers From Our Yard: Paradise Rose

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We've had Paradise rose is our yard for several years now. It's a hybrid tea rose with a delightful fragrance and an unusual color -- a lilac mauve. Needless to say, that makes it fairly unique in our rose garden.

Petroglyphs

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These are some of the petroglyphs we saw at Puerco Pueblo in the Petrified Forest National Park. The pueblo was built around 1250 and may have been home to 1000 people. There are several locations along the trail through the pueblo from which petroglyphs can be seen.

Flowers From Our Yard: Elegant Candy Day Lily

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Elegant Candy is one of the day lilies in the flower bed nearest the road. This is the second year that we've had this beauty, and since it is a re-bloomer we are still enjoying these pretty blossoms.