Photo Scavenger

Sorry, I am late posting this, it should  have gone up last week. This was taken at the ruins of Ayuttya, the former capital city of Thailand.

I was waiting for the snow!



Taken out of my bedroom window 5 minutes ago.

Probably not my greatest picture ever, but I just love the scale. This was taken at the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia trees in Yosemite National Park. I actually prefer the Tuolumne Grove as it's much less touristy, but this tree-- I think it's named "The Fallen Monarch"-- really shows the roots beautifully. They're a lot more shallow than you'd expect.

Interestingly, this tree fell about 300 years ago. Sequoia (and also redwood) is very resistant to decay. Cool, right?

I'm fascinated by unusual tree roots. I shot both of these in a beautiful local place, Balboa Park.

OK - we're going from branch to the other end of the tree.

This week's prompt is ROOT.

Which is, of course, a verb as well as a noun...

Because someone had to do it.

Okay, a bit behind, but getting into the spirit of things here. With bonus squirrel!

Good to know that I'm getting something besides a good income tax refund out of this whole procedure. This may be my favourite medical procedure ever; the previous week I was all but clawing my face off from the pain...

This is the gate to the home of the woman who does my monthly pedicures. I'm currently wearing a lovely deep red shade called Nefertiti.



Okay, now that I'm all caught up, I'll try to be more timely in the future!