Jefferson Memorial

Jefferson MemorialThe lands adjacent to the Tidal Basin along the Potomac River in Washington D. C. is the site of many landmark architectural gems. On an icy day in late January, freshly fallen snow on the frozen basin made for a wonderful and rare isolated experience in the city. The peak of this mid winter event was the momentary warming of the Jefferson Memorial as the sun set in the western sky.

Balboa Park

322 meter) reach into the atmosphere

on a dusty road in central India I came across this  dainty new flower just awakening to an old world environment

"Hell of a Place to Lose a Cow" said Teddy Roosevelt on his visit to the place we now call Bryce Canyon National Park

The small ribbon of blue in the upper right quadrant of the image is the Colorado River in its winter tone

which in turn is the largest contemporary species of the deer family

Bronze cowboy statuary by Constance Whitney Warren salutes the nation's largest state capitol building

A male lion from Zimbabwe catches an instant of light as it pierces the forest to highlight its regal demeanor

flourishes in blanched earth at the White Sands National Monument of New Mexico

or can easily be excavated for cave dwellings

Sedona's Cathedral Rock and other monuments viewed through native boughs

in the south of South America