Joshua Tree National Park adventure

We spent a wonderful day with the grandkids at Joshua Tree National Park. They love to climb on rock and rocks there were - boulders, piles, giant piles of rocks everywhere. At one giant pile there were several people walking a tightrope between the top of hte boulders. Very cool and scary to watch.The color of the rocks against the sky, the patterns of shadows, and the sheer beauty of such a simplifed environment made for a good photo day as well!

January 6, Ice and rocks

Wherever I look I find more things to shoot with the camera - just need to keep my fingers from freezing!

Walking around yesterday I was reminded of this image that I shot last year in Seattle. We were hiking in the hills and the path had lots of potholes filled with stones, rocks and partially frozen water. The star-burst like patterns of the ice forming around the rocks was so interesting because it felt like it was stretched between the stones.