Tom,
Throughout the summer you have given us your photographic gifts, most of which I have neglected to acknowledge — content to simply sop them up like a thirsty sponge.
So, please accept my thanks for the roadrunners (fun); sunrises, sunsets, rainbows (stunning); Lake Powell in black-and-white (unique for these times); the Sonora Desert Museum (interesting); and Mission Xavier del Bac (impressive, especially since it seems to actually have been made BY the natives FOR the natives — and still does serve in that way — rather than the California missions which were made BY the natives as slaves for their “intruders” to “convert, educate, and civilize” and ended up in land-grants to the wealthy — as I understand the process).
Always look forward to your posts… even though I may not respond immediately…
In loving spirit, Eleanor
Tom's Thoughts 
Beautiful
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Gosh! They look just like SC cardinals! 😉 The new fledglings visiting my feeders are having quite amusing territorial wars.
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My goodness, these guys are vibrant! Lovely photos, Tom!
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I love them! We have them at our feeders in AZ. But out here in Pennsylvania I have the northern Cardinal. Love them all!!!
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Beautiful! They are redder than ours in the northeast.
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Thanks, they are more vivid than here in MN too.
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Tom,
Throughout the summer you have given us your photographic gifts, most of which I have neglected to acknowledge — content to simply sop them up like a thirsty sponge.
So, please accept my thanks for the roadrunners (fun); sunrises, sunsets, rainbows (stunning); Lake Powell in black-and-white (unique for these times); the Sonora Desert Museum (interesting); and Mission Xavier del Bac (impressive, especially since it seems to actually have been made BY the natives FOR the natives — and still does serve in that way — rather than the California missions which were made BY the natives as slaves for their “intruders” to “convert, educate, and civilize” and ended up in land-grants to the wealthy — as I understand the process).
Always look forward to your posts… even though I may not respond immediately…
In loving spirit, Eleanor
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How kind of you Eleanor. Thank you!
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