‘PEACEFUL CHOLLAS”

THE UNIVERSAL SYMBOL 4 LOVE’

BLADDER POD AND BUMBLEBEE

‘BREVIFOLIA IN BLACK DIAMONDS’

‘GOOD MORNING CHOLLAS’

Cholla & Pinto Beans

THERE IS ZERO EDITING PERFORMED ON ALL OF MY SHOTS TAKEN WITH A CAMERA. WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT I CREATED “IN CAMERA”. I SUFFER FROM MULTIPLE SEIZURE CONDITIONS INCLUDING THOSE OF A PHOTOSENSITIVE NATURE, AND THUS HAVE YEARS OF PHOTOS I HAVE NEVER SEEN BECAUSE I CANNOT LOOK AT SCREENS LIKE THE AVERAGE PHOTOGRAPHER/VIDEOGRAPHER/EDITOR. I DO FEEL EDITING AND TOOLS LIKE PHOTOSHOP HAVE MASSIVELY DILUTED AND WEAKENED THIS ART FORM, BUT THERE IS A PLACE 4 IT IF ARTISTS/PHOTOGRAPHERS/VIDEOGRAPHERS INFORM THOSE THAT PURCHASE THEIR WORK THAT THIS DISTORTION OF REALITY HAS TAKEN PLACE. MY PHOTOS ARE ALL RAW AND UNTOUCHED BY ANY EDITING OF ANY SORT, SHORT OF HOW I MANIPULATE SUBJECTS “WITHIN MY CAMERA BODY AND LENSES”

“WE CANNOT SEE WHAT WE CANNOT SEE”

THE DESERT IS VERY MUCH LIKE A MIRROR INTO OUR SOULS. IT REFLECTS BACK TO US WHAT IS WITHIN US. SADLY FOR YEARS I DROVE BY DESERTS AND NEVER STOPPED ON MY WAY TO OTHER ECOSYSTEMS. TO ME, FOR THE LONGEST TIME, I LOOKED OUT AND COULD SEE NOTHING BUT WASTELAND AND BARREN ABYSS. MY EYES WERE CLOAKED DUE TO A LACK OF ENLIGHTENMENT, GRATITUDE, AND TOTAL NAIVETY. I COULD NOT SEE WHAT I COULD NOT SEE. BOY DID CREATION’S DESERTS (INCLUDING THIS MOJAVE AND JOSHUA TREE PROJECT) HUMBLE ME LIKE NO OTHERS. THERE IS MORE LIVING HERE THAN IN ANY ECOSYSTEM SHORT OF OUR RAIN FORESTS. IF THERE IS ENERGY ITCHING AT YOU TO SEE THINGS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, TO TRY SOMETHING NEW EVEN, THAT IS LIKELY CREATION TRYING THEIR BEST TO FURTHER ENDOW THEIR LOVE ON YOU. I ENCOURAGE AND INVITE YOU TO OPEN THE DOOR AND WALK THROUGH IT. THEN SHARE WHAT YOU GAINED WITH US ALL. REMEMBER ANCIENT WISDOM TEACHES US THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF.

“ALVIN N YUCCA”

ISN’T ALVIN THE MOST ADORABLE EARTHLING EVER? THESE YOUNGER EARTHLING SIBLINGS ARE BEGGING 4 OUR POSITIVE ENERGY. THEY SUPPORT ALL WE DO AS HOMO SAPIENS, EVEN OUR VERY LIVES, AND ITS HIGH TIME THEY RECEIVE FAR MORE APPRECIATION.

EVERY STILL SHOT POSTED AT THIS URL SIGNALS A MINIMUM OF 500 PIECES OF LITTER EXTRACTED FROM THE EXACT HABITAT IN VIEW, AND LIKELY FAR MORE. I LIVE ON THE LAND AND WORK IT EVERY DAY, HAVING PERSONALLY REMOVED NEARLY 2,000,000 PIECES OF TOXIC LITTER FROM OUR SACRED SOILS AND BODIES OF WATER IN AMERICA. MY JOSHUA TREE PROJECT TOTAL IS CLOSE TO 10% OF THAT AND NEAR THE 200K MARK. IT IS MY HONOR TO BE A STEWARD AND TRUE CONSERVATIONIST ON MY MISSION TO EARTH. I BEGAN MY CONSERVATION/RESTORATION PROJECTS AS AN EAGLE SCOUT CANDIDATE. I WENT ON TO EARN THAT AWARD, 15 PALMS, 110 MERIT BADGES, AND WAS HONORED TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE ORDER OF THE ARROW. I TRY AND LEAVE EVERY SITUATION I TOUCH BETTER THAN I FOUND IT. JOIN ME AND THE CLEANING UP AMERICA TOUR MOVEMENT LITERALLY SWEEPING THE NATION.

‘TIGER STRIPED ELEPHANT NOSE HUMMINGBIRD MOTH’ ON AN OCOTILLO BLOOM

GREENBACK HUMMER CONNECTING WITH CREATION

“UNLIKELY FRIENDS

“STRENGTH THROUGH DIVERSITY” (ANCIENT WISDOM)

WHETHER IN OUR MOTHER EARTH’S ECOSYSTEMS OR IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE WITH MORAL CHARACTER AND THE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT TAKE PART IN SHAPING IT, TRUE STRENGTH COMES THROUGH DIVERSITY. MAY WE ALL PROTECT THE TRUE DIVERSITY ALL AROUND US. THAT IS MY DAILY PRAYER.

‘SUNNY SIDE UP WITH AN ORDER OF OCI’

‘OCOTILLO RISING’

SOMEWHERE OVER A JTREE RAINBOW’

‘TREASURE EVERY RARE MOMENT CREATION BESTOWS ON YOU’

“DESERT BLOWFISH”

POT O’ CREOSOTE GOLD

MY VERY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE SACRED CHOLLA WAS EXACTLY LIKE MY FIRST AND EVERY SUBSEQUENT ENCOUNTER WITH THE SACRED REDWOODS. THEY KNOCKED A LITTLE WIND OUT OF ME AND DEFINITELY TOOK MY BREATH AWAY. IVE SEEN AMEN CORNER AT AUGUSTA AND THE CARMEL WAVES CRASH AGAINST THE 18TH OF PEBBLE BEACH (AND FAR MORE) BUT THESE ARE ON ANOTHER LEVEL. IN NATURE THERE ARE HUGE AND STUNNING EARTHLINGS, AND THEN WE HAVE EARTHLINGS IN TINY PACKAGES THAT ARE EQUALLY AS POTENT. THE CHOLLA IS A POTENT PACKAGE. I SPENT 2 MONTHS WITH THEM AND STUDIED THEM WHILE CARING FOR THEM. IT WAS THE BIGGEST BLESSING I COULD HAVE EVER BEEN GRANTED BY CREATION. THESE EARTHLINGS IS SUPER SPECIAL. INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GET TO KNOW THEM AND YOU WILL ALL BUT ASSUREDLY AGREE. BE CAREFUL AS THEY WILL JUMP OUT AND KISS YOU. THEY CALL THEM JUMPING CHOLLA FOR GOOD REASON. THEIR NEEDLES TAKE WEEKS TO WORK THEIR WAY OUT OF SKIN AND IT WILL NEVER COME OUT OF CLOTHING FROM MY EXPERIENCE.

Get your loved ones in the truck and roll on out here to the Desert beauty. The energy will RECHARGE YOUR SOUL IF YOU DO IT RIGHT. And let us all leave it better than we found it so we keep our unspoken/unwritten social contract and oath to the next generations. Others did this for us, let’s never break the chain and disrupt the Circle of Life.

‘LIFE IS A HIGHWAY’ -RF

ICONIC ROUTE 66 BETWEEN THE SIERRAS AND JOSHUA

Fun little detail. I snapped the shutter a few times here and look what appeared.

‘LOAD UP THE TRUCK WITH THE FAM AND TOYS N GET OUT HERE’

Get your loved ones in the truck and roll on out here to the Desert beauty. The energy will RECHARGE YOUR SOUL IF YOU DO IT RIGHT. And let us all leave it better than we found it so we keep our unspoken/unwritten social contract and oath to the next generations. Others did this for us, let’s never break the chain and disrupt the Circle of Life.

My favorite view on Earth. Wide open roads and spaces. This is where a man (or woman) can safely ‘drop the hammer’. JOSHUA TREE National Park and the roads leading into it are some of the most iconic on the American Continent. Once you drive them you will know why. Especially those within the park. They are an engineering wonder. It is no wonder why so many car fanatics/celebrities have ventured here for inspiration. The land I am HONORED to be sharing is some of the most sacred on Earth and you feel it when you are with it.

‘SACRED BLADDER POD’

Much of the time I fail the animals and don’t give them a solid photo shoot. Some of them are so quick I can barely even see them let alone capture and stop them in action. This was the best I did on this cute little buddy. Ancient wisdom says we cannot win them all so we should be appreciative all of our victories and learn from our mistakes and losses.

When we win in the casino best rule says to never complain that you could have done better. Let us all be grateful for what we have BESTOWED AND ENDOWED on us by CREATION along this MAGICAL JOURNEY CALLED LIFE.

FLINTSTONES BREAKFAST’ (@ WHITE TANK)

DISPLAYING THESE FOR FUN AND SO THOSE WHO TRAVEL HERE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF THE ACCOMMODATIONS. WHITE TANK FEELS LIKE A MOVIE SET STRAIGHT OUT OF FLINTSTONES. ESPECIALLY ON A CLEAR AND FULLY MOONLIT EVENING. TOTALLY MAGICALLY WHIMSICAL.

STARRY OCOTILLO DAWN”