…. a.k.a. etc moments…..
Brains parse input differently. Receptors see things uniquely . Our mental wiring is as varied as we all are. Some of us like thinking in the box, some are comfortable quite out of the box, and some don’t like boxes– period. This collection is for those folks. I label it Textures but I really see it as life’s “etc” moments. These are fabric that don’t fit into the other collections.
Images I use to toss into that digital closet. Well, now it’s opened. I think there’s a little “etc.” in all our lives.
The Withlacoochee flows west, and NW into the Gulf of Mexico.
This slot canyon is carved thru Navajo sandstone interlinked with fins, arches, swirls and potholes
"Live oak" comes from the fact evergreen oaks retain their greenery through the winter while other oaks go leafless.
Marjorie McNeely Conservatory features exotic Flores , cacti, plants, and bonsai collections.
Desert varnish covers the alcove/cave known as Monarch Ruins. Roof structure poles sheltered Ancestral peoples dating to 1500 B.C.
Soft sediment deformation translates into sandstone contortions formed during Jurassic times.
The Straits of Mackinac separate the Michigan lower peninsula from the upper aka The U.P.
Set in the Rio Puerco Valley, it was occupied by Puebloans and later by Hispano homesteads. Overgrazing and flash flooding eroded top soil exposing caliche.
The Palouse defines the rich agricultural wheat growing region of fertile hills and prairies .