Taking a break

My husband takes a smile and a break at the same time after a hike to Spruce Mountain.

Looks like cabbage patch

..notice the cool shadows in the background.

Lady, lady, lady-bugs

Growing like berries.

sunflower against the sky

Actually - against the morning sky.

sunflowers

Everywhere..sunflowers.

Prescott Wild Flower

Close up.

Rose

So fragrant, so red. Like a rose is suppose to be.

Arizona Wild Flower

Wild flowers along Spruce mountain road.

More of Bradshaw

Mountains..

Granite Mountain from the Distance

From a far distance....

Monsuun Clouds

Rainy season in Arizona.

Lady, lady, lady-bugs

Lady Bugs of spruce Mountain...

View

..from Spruce Mountain

Being Swallowed

..by a big cloud..

Step down

At Spruce Mtn, these concrete steps take you back down.

Ridge after Ridge - in black and white

Monochrome that is...

Ridge after Ridge

Bradshaw mountains - you see the never ending ridges of mountains. If you really want to take some time out, this is one of the good places to do it.

Love the Mountains

I was shooting some panoramas in the Bradshaws...

Scenic Bradshaw

Yes - Scenic it is in the Prescott National Forest.

Lady, lady, lady-bugs

Every year, the lady bugs come during the rainy season on top of the Spruce Mountain...they are like berries on the vegetation and on tops of the rocks.

Foggy morn'

Moisture settles the rich fog on our city.