The Hall of Flame Fire Museum and the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes, located in Phoenix, Arizona, has almost an acre of fire history exhibits, with over 90 fully restored pieces of fire apparatus on display, dating from 1725 to 1969. Most of the exhibits are American, but there also pieces from England, France, Austria,…
Month: April 2013
Spring Flowers in the Desert
Spring has come to Arizona and with it an eruption of colour. Desert trees, wildflowers and cacti all flower in April and May and the colours can be truly spectacular. We have a profusion of colourful plants in our backyard including our favourite, the Echinopsis cactus. Flowers can bloom in a variety of colours but…
Desert Sunset
We get some beautiful sunsets in the Sonoran Desert. This photograph was taken just after 7:00 PM in North Scottsdale, Arizona, just as the sun dipped below the horizon. These shots are tricky because of the extreme contrast between the brightness of the sun and the darkness of the foreground (and in this case, the…
Scenes from Northern Arizona
Today’s post features a variety of scenes taken during my recent travels in Northern Arizona. They were photographed at several stops we made on our return trip from Page. The first two show some typical terrain just south of Page along Route 98, beginning with this shot of a mesa, an isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes…