First, thank you all for joining in the return to Foto Friday Fun, I’ve missed it and you. This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 11 images chosen by readers and leans towards desert photos from February’s past. No surprise as I spend about half the year in southern Arizona Sonoran desert.

Steve chose #0514 as he dodges tornado like winds in Oklahoma. While Spring sees wind in the Sonoran Desert 50mph gusts is usually tops. Those strong winds can break arms off an Organ Pipe Cactus like this one seen 2/1/20 while camped near Ajo Arizona.

Doris chose #5147 from 3/17/20, from similar area as above. This is part of the death-cycle of a Saguaro cactus, root upward with many breaks in the outer skin as it begins a slow decay.

Jerry chose #1126, from 2/15/20, and OMWow did I get around that winter/spring. After Ajo, you’ll see why I was there ahead, I briefly camped at the BLM Dome Rock area west of Quartzsite. I love to find tree frames.

Gypsy chose #0825 for the date she got a second dog, Walt, who I look forward to meet because we get to meetup sometimes. Like here at Kofa NWR, but not from this image taken 1/29/21 when rain came from those clouds.

Jean chose #0414 from the 2020 Fiddle Fest in Ajo Arizona. This annual affair makes visiting Ajo even better than the breathtaking Sonoran landscape. Plus I got to visit with a fiddling friend while there.

Vernon chose #7416 taken 4/23/20 as the sun set over the Date Creek Mountains, Congress Arizona. I tend to camp here twice a year, Spring and Fall, it’s a go-between.

Greg chose #2478, back to that busy February, 22, 2020 at a favorite stop by the Kofa Mountains. I love finding new beautiful places, however, look forward to returning to long-time favorites.

Alan chose #1955, his birthday year. So on 2/20/20, between Dome Rock and Kofa I found time to camp a few days along the Colorado River near Ehrenberg Arizona. What you have to know is that he and I both celebrate our birthdays for the entire month. So bonus photo from my camp view 3/26/20, my birthday, from Doris pic above.

Sherry chose #1847. Taken 9/13/20 while working as a Park Ranger at Bryce Canyon National Park. Look closely at people going down the Navajo Loop trail into and between the hoodoos.

Sallie chose #1777 for the “number of posts I almost lost forever when our provider went out of business last September.” I’d freak out! And thus why I paid to keep the blog going. So she gets a shot from 2/18/20 of camp along the Colorado River as seen in Alan’s choice.

Cathy chose #1208 and says I’ve “traveled far and wide.” And so did Sierra, the glamping kitty, for the five years we shared. This shot from 1-3-20 at Kofa when I tried, not too successfully, to put her on a leash.

My choice from a recent, but not current camp, also Kofa NWR for morning light with a bit of fog, taken 1-2-26.

Thank you to so many long-time blog followers for being such a faithful bunch. I’ll admit to not reading many/any blogs these days. Already spend way too much time with creating content and social media. Yet during my recent summer travels, I finally met face-to-face a couple long-time blog friends. IYKYK

How does Foto Friday Fun work:

All my existing photo files are saved by date, camera number, and labeled location. You the reader, leave a comment and share a number between 0001 and 9999 that might even have meaning for you. Then I’ll search for that number in my files and the following Friday post that photo with a story, and we start over again. Want to play? Say YES!!! Please. OR Nay if that works for you.

You should also know I share a more recent photo in this series, probably more uptodate than anywhere else. So not only is it fun to see where life has taken me through the past but get a sneak peak where life takes me to in the NOW.

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