Healing Garden

Another set of images taken by my son Brian, these are of the Healing Garden at Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix:

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in tune once more” ~John Burroughs (1837-1921) American naturalist and writer

Agave Library

These pictures of the Agave Library in Phoenix were taken by my son Brian in June.  The building was designed by architect Will Bruder.  I like the creative use of ordinary building materials such as galvanized and rusted steel, concrete blocks and recycled sidewalk pieces.

Pretty neat, right?

MWT - Around the park

Chris and I were at Reid Park Sunday morning for our son's running event. Since we would be there for a couple of hours, I decided to explore the path that goes around the park. The weather was a cool 40 F and there was still frost on some of the grassy slopes at the golf course.



Raven on top of a telephone pole
I don't know what building this is but it looked old and I liked the details on it.
A bank on Broadway Boulevard

El Con Mall across the street with snow on the Catalina Mountains in the distance
Lizard decoration on a home near the park
Mystery bird identified as Vermilion Flycatcher by EileeninMD.
Peaceful duck pond
Coot
Starlings on a saguaro cactus in the parking lot
I got back to the north side of the park just in time to see Kevin finish running his 10K.
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Mellow Yellow Downtown

This Mellow Yellow entry features gates, doors and steps found downtown Tucson, Arizona.







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Palm Shadows

Morning sunlight and palm tree shadows grace St. Augustine Cathedral on Stone Avenue in downtown Tucson, Arizona.





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Blue Sky over Snake Bridge

Greetings from sunny Tucson, Arizona! This post is for Skywatch Friday.

Diamondback Bridge is a pedestrian bridge which crosses over Broadway Boulevard in downtown Tucson. The outside of the steel bridge is painted to look like rattlesnake scales.

Pedestrians and cyclists can enter through the mouth between the fangs...



or through the other end. The tail has a motion sensor which triggers a rattle sound.
Rattlesnake Bridge was part of a fun one-mile race on December 19Th which also went through Basket Bridge. The sky was clear and blue which is typical for Tucson. To see other skies from around the world click the Skywatch Friday icon below.

Shadow Shots - Basket Bridge

Basket Bridge in Tucson is for pedestrians and cyclists to safely cross over Euclid Avenue south of Broadway Blvd. The steel bridge represents coiled Tohono O'odham basketry and is adorned with stylized lizards and coyote tracks.



Basket Bridge is a great place to find shadows! If you enjoy light and shadow like I do, visit Shadow Shot Sunday at Hey Harriet and see all kinds of shadows.

Views and Observations

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
~Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

From a certain point of view our real enemy, the true troublemaker, is inside.
~Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before. ~Robert Lynd

You can learn a lot from people who view the world differently than you do.
~Anthony J. D'Angelo

lunchtime
overlooking the road ahead
a hawk

~Haiku by Jane Reichhold

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. ~Joseph Joubert

In order to see birds it is necessary to become part of the silence. ~Robert Lynd

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
~Rabindranath Tagore