Wednesday, November 25, 2009

desert bird

this little verdin was busy picking at something
on a palo verde branch. verdins are bigger than
hummingbirds, but not much.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

lone saguaro, south mountain

one of my favorite places to hike and birdwatch,
south mountain is one mile from tempe.

Monday, November 23, 2009

2.4/112/26.2

at the ironman race yesterday. participants swam
2.4 miles across tempe lake, biked 112 miles and
topped it off with a marathon. what an
accomplishment!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

irrigation standpipe art

several of these standpipes have been decorated in
ASU neighborhoods; here a road bicycle has been
incorporated - one of my favorites