Sunset Swirls

"You must not blame me if I do talk to the clouds"

Henry David Thoreau

Sunset Swirls

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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."

Ang Lee

Desert Afternoon
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Birds of a Feather

"There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before."

Robert Lynd (1879 - 1949)

The Blue Lion and Other Essays

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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West Fork in Oak Creek Canyon

Oak Creek Dreams

A dream of West Fork in Oak Creek

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At the end of this month, I will be travelling to Sedona, Arizona with some photographer friends to take pictures and meet a new contact who lives in Oak Creek.  A picnic and a photo adventure awaits us in one of the most beautiful landscapes in Arizona.

It's a Dry Heat

Skull Shadow

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When I was visiting friends of my parents in Oracle, Arizona back in June 1998, I found this skull on the back of their home.  It was luck that I had decided to walk into their back yard to view some of the other art that they had on display.  When I turned around, I saw this perfect shadow being cast from the skull.

Papago Park

January 3, 2014

Papago Park on a cool January afternoon, is the place to be for bird watching, photographing and fishing. It is June 19 now and I am longing for those cooler temperatures.  We have a long, hot summer ahead of us here in the Valley of the Sun.  Plans are in the works for a trip up north to Sedona where beautiful scenery, the company of photographer friends and a new friend to be will be enjoyed.

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