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  • Another visit to the Desert Botanical Garden

    / 10 years agoNews
    Fall finally has arrived in Scottsdale with some cooler temperatures - the summer heat is over which allows us to spend more time outside again. Today I spent a couple hours at the Desert Botanical…
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    Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/11, 1/125 sec, ISO 800

  • Walk at the Tempe Town Lake, AZ

    / 10 years agoNews
    Today we went for a short walk along Tempe Town Lake. Tempe Town Lake is a reservoir that occupies a portion of the often dry riverbed of the Salt River as it passes through the…
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    Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO 100

  • Monsoon

    / 10 years agoNews
    During the monsoon-, or summer thunderstorm season, Arizona experiences more severe weather than many other states and gets most of its well needed water. On some occasions, a severe storm may spawn a microburst. More…
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    Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/8, 1/125 sec, ISO 100

  • Visiting the Desert Botanical Garden

    / 10 years agoNews
    The other day our Argentinian friend Flavia mentioned that the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix offers free admission every second Tuesday of every month - normally the fee is $22. Today at 7:00 a.m. I…
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    Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/11, 1/1000 sec, ISO 1,600

  • Escaping the heat – Mogollon Rim

    / 10 years agoNews
    It’s already the 2nd really hot weekend here in Scottsdale with temperatures in the triple digits again (38 to 40 Celsius). So we decide that it would be nice to go on a day trip…
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    Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/7.1, 1/100 sec, ISO 100

  • Another summer in Scottsdale?

    / 11 years agoNews
    After our return to San Diego we give ourselves time until the end of March to find something. Marco also has some appointments with a Neurologist and is scheduled for an MRI which we want…
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    Sony SLT-A77V, f/9, 1/500 sec, ISO 100

  • Back to San Diego once again

    / 11 years agoNews
    It is at the end of November, my parents left a couple weeks ago and we are making plans for Christmas. Should we go to Switzerland, should we wait until January to be there for…
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    Sony SLT-A77V, f/22, 1/160 sec, ISO 400

  • Flagstaff to Paradise Valley

    / 11 years agoTours
    After breakfast we take a stroll through historic Flagstaff. It is Halloween, a lot of people are dressed up and at the school we watch the kids who are "trick or treat"-ing in the school…
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    Sony DSLR-A900, f/9, 1/400 sec, ISO 200

  • Drought at Lake Powell

    / 11 years agoNews
    We have been visiting Lake Powell regularly since 2003 - the area is just breathtaking. However, years of drought have left this reservoir on the border of Utah and Arizona less than half full. Lake…
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    Sony SLT-A99V, f/13, 1/200 sec, ISO 100