Wednesday, June 12, 2013

That Was Then, This is Now...


That was then...Arizona desert, blinding sun, cacti, roadrunners, javelinas, quail, dust devils, tumbleweeds, hot sun visible heat, sometimes, a lot of the time. Torrential downpours, flash floods, brief but significant rains, thunder & lightening, rattlesnakes & frogs, brown & green, grey & forest, mountains & valleys, arroyos & rivers, beauty both amazing & fierce, a land of contrasts, filled with cities & vast spaces, difficulties & excess...

This is now...Washington state, vast forests, some old, some new, felled by industry & preserved for (hopefully) all time, lakes & deserts, industry & farms, mountains & fields, cities brought together by vast systems of trains, boats, cars. More rain than anywhere else in the country, orchards filled with apples & pears, pine trees on one side & desert plains on the other, the ocean nearby, connected to the world by huge ships...
In between...adventure, travel, love, sadness, the normal stuff of life. SAM

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