This spot is one of my favorite reflection ponds within West Fork in Oak Creek Canyon. Sedona, Arizona has so many beautiful scenic spots and this one is especially healing and soothing.
Tam Ryan
- Tam Ryan Photography
- Nature and Wildlife Photographer Published in Arizona Highways Magazine, Arizona Highways Magazine's calendars, Arizona Desert Views Magazine's calendars, Nature Conservancy calendar, Images Arizona Magazine, and other publications. Tam Ryan has lived in the Southwestern United States for over forty years. Her interests center on the region's unique attributes, especially its vast landscapes and bird wildlife. Tam Ryan's other interests include abstracts in nature, architecture, desert flora, and cacti.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
A Flowering Bud - poem by Tam Ryan
During many of my visits to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona, there have been many beautiful spring flowers and cactus flowers in bloom. This is one of many favorite images that I have photographed.
A flowering bud
Creeping up from
Hollow roots
To form perfectly
© 1963 Tam Ryan
Flowering Bud
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Fragrant Streams
Fragrant streams - flowers
Smells...and all of
Nature's bells...
Alas, in a dream
© 1963 Tam Ryan
West Fork in Oak Creek Canyon
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Monday, June 23, 2014
Sunset Swirls
"You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds"
Henry David Thoreau
Sunset Swirls
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Sunday, June 22, 2014
Photographic Poetry
Trees are beautiful
Shape and all
Leaves that fall
© 1963 Tam Ryan
Off and on, since I was a youngster and through my adulthood, I have written a few poems over the years. The influence, I'm sure, came from my mother, who was a poet. I will share some of my other poems in the future from time to time.
Reaching Out
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The Desert
"I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama."
Desert Afternoon
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Saturday, June 21, 2014
Birds of a Feather
These are some of my favorite water bird images from the past few years. Many of them were taken at Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona and one at Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona.
Featured Cover Photo - Arizona Highways Magazine on Facebook, January 2014
Egrets at Gilbert Water Ranch
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Black-necked Stilt
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A resident Goose at Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert, Arizona
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Canada Goose
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Canada Goose
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Pied-billed Grebes
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Snowy Egret
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April 17, 2026: This week's Friday Fotos theme is "cartoons". Showing Arizona's silly side! Purchase this image HERE
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