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    • In Memoriam

      / 9 years agoNews
      A little more than a year ago my dad got diagnosed with an elevated PSA level. His doctor told him "nothing to worry about this can happen at your age. We will check it out…
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      Apple iPhone 6s Plus, f/2.2, 1/388 sec, ISO 25

    • Christmas weekend in Arizona

      / 9 years agoNews
      The last few days already brought some rain showers and mostly overcast skies and for Christmas the whole western part of the US is hit by a heavy winterstorm - higher elevations got up to…
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      Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/9, 1/125 sec, ISO 100

    • Season’s Greetings

      / 9 years agoNews
      Looking back at 2016, I would summarize the year as follows: very few new pictures from Marco despite a new camera, very few miles on our car and lots of hours behind the computer for…
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      Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/1.4, 1/6400 sec, ISO 100

    • Desert Botanical Garden: Last visit for this year

      / 9 years agoNews
      While family and friends have been complaining about the wet and cold weather in Europe and people at the East Coast are facing severe snow storms and hundreds if not thousands of cancelled flight, we…
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      Sony ILCE-7RM2, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 640

    • 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