Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells"

In my head I kept hearing Bob Dylans' song, "Ring Them Bells," as I worked on this photo. It's on his Oh Mercy album, one of my all time favorites. The man is a genius.

Initial work with Sony NEX 7:

Whoa! This camera has great potential. And in spite of all the criticisms I read about the kit lens before I purchased this camera, all these photos were taken with it, and I think the image quality is outstanding. You do, however, have to carefully choose your aperture and focal length settings for best results.

Landscape Arch

To me, this is the most beautiful arch in Utah. I do love that red rock desert country!

In the Groove

Life is good, what's not to like....

Mars? ...Nah, Utah

A near-by Volcano blew its stack several thousand years ago, hence the beautiful chunks of black basalt spattered all about the red sandstone. Thank you, Mother Nature, good job, good visual acuity.

Left Behind

The twentieth century saw the most massive migration off the lands and farms into the cities. Homes, and bits of hearts and souls, were left behind. Alone, they deteriorate.

Wisdom

Acceptance

Out of the darkness

.Basho's frog?

Red

Life, be open to it.

Spring Seeding in the Palouse 2013

All hours of the day, late into the night, the work goes on to get the crop into the  ground. An amazingly few people manage to supply all the world's food, feeding almost 7 billion people, when 40 years ago, Lester Brown and countless others vociferously swore and lobbied that we would never be able to feed 5 Billion. The noise of the dooms-dayers always makes better media coverage than the untold accomplishments of the real producers.