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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
  • 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
  • Snow and wildlife

    / 13 years agoTours

    Another long and adventurous day lays ahead of us: In the morning we drive past Panguitch Lake which is still solidly frozen and we see people ice fishing on it. We are lucky we don't…

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    Sony SLT-A99V, f/13, 1/250 sec, ISO 100
  • Holiday weekend with tears

    / 14 years agoNews

    We had been thinking for visiting our dear friends in Las Cruces for some time now and it's Thursday morning 8am when we stand on the patio and Marco says that he is still considering…

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    Sony SLT-A77V, f/13, 1/200 sec, ISO 100
  • Balboa Park is blooming

    / 14 years agoNews

    After some rain this week, the sky cleared up again and there are no clouds and no fog today! We are going to check out the blooming in Balboa Park and are pleasantly surprised to…

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    Sony SLT-A77V, f/11, 1/40 sec, ISO 200
  • Escaping the fog

    / 14 years agoNews

    It's this time of the year again: the Marine Layer is covering the coast of Southern California! We have to drive about 45 minutes, all the way to Alpine, to get out of the fog.…

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    Sony SLT-A77V, f/13, 1/200 sec, ISO 100
  • Cold morning

    / 15 years agoNews

    Temperatures have dropped considerably during the last few nights - At 38F (3C) a cold morning greets me at the San Clemente Canyon today - there is even some ice on the puddles and there…

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    Sony DSLR-A900, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO 200