Painted desert again, and adventures with Pipa.

Poor Pipa is not feeling well. She adopted this doll and refused to move. We've been doing healing work on her but we also took her to the vet, who suspects a stubborn hair-ball. She clung to this doll for 2 days, heartbreaking. Now she's hanging out closer to Sheryl who is nursing her along. Say a prayer for her if you get a chance, for a speedy recovery.

Another photograph of the painted desert, with one of few Arizona highways running through it. I took this shot with Sheryl's camera, no filters. The landscapes section of our giftshop is right here.

Another photo of the painted desert

I'm pretty pleased with the way that this photograph of the painted desert came out also. I actually turned down several opportunities that day-- there was some hazy air, or I just didn't like the view, or we were just plain in a hurry to get moving before the park closed down. FYI, the park closed down at about 6pm and it's got to take 30 minutes to drive across it. Landscape photographers generally swarm around sunset (and sunrise, but not me man !) so there goes the photo opps at this time of year because the sun is currently setting at about 6:47pm. Oh yeah, you can buy the photo here.