Phoenix Daily Photo

Pictures from Phoenix and sometimes from the surrounding cities that make up the "Valley of the Sun"

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Fountain at City Hall

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This beautiful fountain is located next to the City Hall building that I featured on August 31st. This fountain and the area surrounding i...
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Friday, February 27, 2009

One more blooming picture

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Cherry blossoms are not that common in Phoenix so when I spotted this tree bursting with color I had to drive around the block to go back fo...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009

More blooming…

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Along with the African daisies I posted yesterday, I also noticed that the “happy wanderer” (Hardenbergia violacea) in my back yard was blo...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Blooming

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It’s getting to be the time of year when flowers are popping out all over. African daisies are widely used in landscape décor here in the P...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Seasons

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Just three weeks ago, the last of the leaves on the fig tree in my backyard curled up and dropped off leaving this one lonely fig remaining...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

Little Man

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This little man hiding the hammer behind his back, has been the trademark for Western Exterminating since 1931. At that time, the company ...
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Sunday, February 22, 2009

Art & Sanity

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Art is a Guarantee of Sanity is the title of this sculpture located in the atrium between the new Phoenix Convention Center and Symphony H...
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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Urban Renewal

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A J Balyless was a popular grocery store chain until the early 90’s, when it merged with another locally owned grocery chain, Basha’s. Bas...
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Friday, February 20, 2009

Is this art?

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When driving around in an area of Phoenix known as the “arts district”, I came across this abandoned building with some rather garish and s...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Strange High-jinks

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On that same busy weekend I mentioned yesterday, while I was waiting for the light rail at one of the central Phoenix stops, I came across ...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Rhinestone Cowgirl

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On my busy weekend of February 7th, one of the events I visited was the High Noon Western Americana Event, an Antique Show and Auction feat...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Colorful Hoop Dancers

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Last week I featured a photo of the young man who won the Hoop Dancing competition at the Heard Museum’s World Championship Hoop Dance Cont...
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Monday, February 16, 2009

Willo Home Tour

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Getting back to the weekend before last and all the entertaining events I crammed into that weekend, today’s post is a photo from the Willo...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Arizona Theme Day: Arizona Sunsets

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All of the Arizona photo bloggers have gotten together to form our own “theme day”. We’ve decided on the 15th of the month and each of us h...
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Saturday, February 14, 2009

Happy Valentine Day

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This heart shaped wreath is made of roses formed from shaved wood! The petals are formed from wood shavings mostly from high quality Birch...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

That’s a wrap

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Phoenix will be the host of the National Basketball Association All-Star game on Sunday at the U. S. Airways arena in downtown Phoenix. In...
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Thursday, February 12, 2009

High Noon

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Last weekend also included a visit to the Phoenix Convention Center and the High Noon Western Americana Event, a sale and auction of histor...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Hoop Dancers

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Another weekend event that I visited was the Heard Museum’s World Championship Hoop Dance Contest. The dancers competing in this intertrib...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Chocolate Festival

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The next event I visited was the Chocolate Festival in neighboring Glendale Arizona. This event included music on two different stages, fo...
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Monday, February 9, 2009

Chinese New Year

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This past weekend was full of events, festivals, and unique photographic opportunities. I started the weekend with a visit to the Chinese C...
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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Valley Youth Theatre

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On the side of the building that is the headquarters for the Valley Youth Theatre is a huge mural that combines scenes from many well known...
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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Powder Puff

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This is the blossom of the Calliandra shrub, more commonly known as the powder puff plant. It is extremely attractive to bees as you can c...
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Friday, February 6, 2009

Siesta….lion style

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Here’s another photo from the Phoenix zoo capturing the lions doing what they do best.
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

Lunch Time

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A giraffe is enjoying an afternoon snack from one of the tall feeding bins. If you look closely you can also see some of the vultures I me...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Savanna

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This large area at the Phoenix Zoo is called the African Savanna and it contains Giraffes, Gazelles, Eland Watusi Cattle, and a few rather ...
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