Cacti in Bloom
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The Chihuahuan desert sure is beautiful right now.
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The prickly pears (opuntia) and the cholla are both in bloom at the same time.
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Dante Cenotaph Florence, Italy 2006
Nikon D300 70-300mm lens
About Me
- H Paul Garland
- Like the Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor, I went to Austin High in El Paso, Texas. I moved to California right after high school. Graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1971 with honors. Worked on a master's degree, then to avoid going to Vietnam I joined the U.S. Army to be at 3rd Armored Div HQ in Frankfurt, Germany. I was there for almost 3 years. Bicycled and backpacked a lot in the Swiss Alps. Had some good times, saw some of the world, and grew up a little. I went to law school at U.T. Austin for a while, raised a family, got elected to a minor political position in El Paso, had 3 great wives, owned a Corvette then later a Prius, became a scuba diver, got my private pilot's license including multi-engine and instrument ratings, and lived in the Cajun country of Louisiana for a few years. For 15 years I was the general manager for a food procesing company in Europe. I really enjoyed living in Europe. I'm now retired, and to quote from Martin Luther King, I'm finally "free at last, free at last." I've moved out to the wonderful high desert in the Southwestern city of El Paso, Texas USA.
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My book about German Stoneware from the 1500's. Please buy a copy.
Raeren
Siegburg
Frechen
Bouffioulx
Westerwald
Abbey Road London, England
Me and the Bag Lady stalking me
Dolmen Weris, Belgium
Calcite - Aragonite - Carbonate of Lime
From near to Liverpool, England
Hardystonite Collected in the 1800's by a German scientist
Hardystonite, willemite, franklinite, calcite
Stonehenge at sunrise on the shortest day of the year. Salisbury Plain Britain
Willemite
Hillsboro, NM, Petroglyph mine
Vesuvianite & Calcite
Hydrozincite & Calcite
Sterling Hill, N.J.
Fluorite Green from Cornwall, England
Vaseline Glass Art Nuoveau
Nude Lady Bathing Her Feet
Hadrian's Wall Britain
Big Ben London
Versailles
Paris in the spring
Scotland
Paul Garland