Winter Canyon Memory

Atascosa Peak with a healthy dusting of snow.

En route to Sycamore Canyon near the US-Mexico border.

January 29, 2013.

Entrance to a snowy Sycamore Canyon.

The snow lingered long in the early shadows of the canyon walls ...

... but faded quickly under the midday sun.

The little ones played in the sunshine.

Desert Bighorn Sheep

Desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) in a canyon north of Tucson.

Close-up of a juvenile from several hundred feet below.

The ram observes the observers.

Pull Tab Beer Can

Budweiser pull tab can. Discontinued in the late 1970s.

Esoterizona Stones 3

Obsidian (Greenlee County)

 Outside of a geode found embedded in an ancient lava flow (Cochise County)

Inside

Cherry Canyon

Entrance to a watery canyon east of Tucson

Cattails (Typho latfolia) in the desert

Golden walls

Sun-drenched exit

Mine and Yours

Mine Exploration near Silverbell, AZ.

Former copper and silver mine that was active from the late 1800s until around 1950.

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Boom