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Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Prairie Remembered, for Skywatch


It's almost been a year since we moved to the desert from the prairie. Here are some of my favorite photos from our time in eastern New Mexico, plus a photo from a road trip to California. Can you spot it?




Left to right
Top row: Portales, New Mexico (just south of Clovis), and our old Clovis neighborhood with rooftops
Bottom row: Our old Clovis neighborhood again with rooftops, and Mojave Desert, California rest stop

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26 comments:

  1. Nice skies, Clair. I'd say the first one is from Clovis... because it's flat! :) The California one is either #3 or #4.
    I'm guessing #4.

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  2. I can't really tell which one is California, Clair, but they are all lovely. I love your sky pictures. I thought of you the other day when we had the rare occurence of lenticular clouds. Benjamin said they looked like video game clouds! :-)

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  3. Not sure which is California, but I do know they are all fantastic captures! Really stunning and breathtaking colors! Hope you have a wonderful weekend, Clair!!

    Sylvia

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  4. Wow! spectacular views of beautiful sky.

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  5. I can see why they are among your favourites. Each one is very beautiful.

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  6. All of them are breathtaking, and the huge one is my guess for the road trip. It is lovely.

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  7. Lovely......hmmm, #4 is the California tree??? It doesn't look like it's having to reach quite as high for the sunshine as the others. ;-) Could even be a bit windswept, i.e. by the ocean?

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  8. all 4 are great!!!
    no clue on which one is the one from California :) hope you tell us.

    greetings from Uruguay

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  9. Beautiful colors and captures. I have no idea where they are.

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  10. Good choice of pics for SkyWatch!

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  11. Beautiful skies but no, I can't tell which was shot in California.

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  12. Same here can't figure it, but your sky shots are fantastic!
    Sky Reflection

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  13. so beautiful Martha....thank you for taking us through your lovely memories in this way!

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  14. I'm guessing #4 is the road trip because I can see a vehicle.
    However, they are beautiful sky photos. Good work.

    Kay, Alberta

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  15. For those who commented and made a guess about which photo was taken in California I have added locations above. If you guessed no. 4, you were right.

    After living here in the Chihuahuan Desert, I found that I absolutely loved the Mojave Desert in California.

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  16. Great collection. I love sunsets and sunrises.

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  17. You are too tricky for me...or I'm just hopelessly Eastern-ized. They all look like they could be the same state...lovely, of course, but I couldn't even have made a wild guess as to which was CA! So sad...LT needs to take me out more. Have missed your pics! Good to be back!

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  18. Excellent collage skywatch Friday post.
    Joyce M

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  19. What lovely skies - love the colours and silhouettes.

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  20. Lovely collage! I think the California trip is photo #4.. as I can observe a car there.... :) Have a nice day!

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  21. Excellent collage! There's nothing quite like the wide expanse of prairie skies. I live in the prairie province of Alberta.

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  22. You do seem to attract pretty sunsets wherever you go. That's a nice quality to have, whether living in prairie or desert!

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  23. This really brings out just how different each sunset is. A great chronicle of the skies.

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