Dreams, Moments, Travels
These gorgeous skies get under my skin. I can’t see enough sunsets, someday when we move from Arizona it will be the skies and these magnificent sunsets I will miss the most. Sadly, I only get about 1 photo out of 100 great sunsets as in the few passing moments when the sky may be at its most brilliant, my location is not. Just the other day, the sky was the brightest shade of orange I may have ever seen for a setting sun. I should live on a mountain top.
It’s not just for cookin’ anymore – Mesquite, the landscape tree. Throughout Phoenix, in most of our shopping center parking lots, you’ll find these hardy trees supplying a modest amout of shade. Mesquite is ideal for landscaping here as they are tough trees that endure the heat, but what’s really convenient is that they don’t grow very tall so maintenance is easy enough. Me, I like the way they shimmer in the sunlight.
This is the Wyld Men at work. To earn a day’s living these guys jump, dunk, swim through, and otherwise play in the mud. The stories vary from performance to performance, but mud is the unifying theme. Kids get up close to the stage as most adults are too timid to get a little mud on themselves. I highly recommend catching their show before they go big in Vegas. Shouts go out to Grebe, off-camera, but equally important.
This will surely be one of my favorite all-time photos of my mother-in-law. Following the Wyld Men show at today’s Renaissance Festival, a muddy Dr. Cranius Lunch gives Jutta a big wet and loving hug. At the Festival, the Wyld Men are our favorite show of gut-busting laughter. A crowd-pleaser for years has been the Ded Bob show, you owe it to yourself to catch a performance. The Tortuga Twins are better than ever and the Hey Nunnie Nunnie show has been growing on me. First stop this year, like all other years, was at the Turkey Leg stand – yum. We also enjoyed the King’s nuts which were warm and sweet, and the Lusty Wench chocolate-covered strawberries were perky as ever.
The light fluffy clouds of yesterday gave way to heavier dark clouds today but tomorrow is supposed to bring blue skies back to the valley of the sun. Tomorrow is the beginning of the Renaissance Festival – weee!
My photography is nothing if not from the moment. No setup, no tripod, no plan, no clue – just inspiration. This photo is another from my series of stupid moments, that being while driving down the road and seeing a photo I have to take but not being able to pull over safely to snap it. So, I simply and stupidly point the camera out the window while someone else steers the car and I shoot away.