Phoenix Daily Photo

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

Friday, January 31, 2014

Blue

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Downtown Phoenix has a Kimpton Hotel called the Hotel Palomar.  If you are not familiar with Kimpton Hotels, they are considered boutique...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Old Timer

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I spotted this old timer sitting on a bench in old town Scottsdale.  I think he's been sitting there for a long time.  He's looki...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Bottle Tree

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When I was driving to the Celebration for Fine Arts two weeks ago, I happened to pass a house in Scottsdale that had this bottle tree on ...
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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Buds

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I looked up at those trees in my driveway on Sunday and was surprised to see the buds had started popping already.  I really expected it ...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Fireball

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Here is one more shot from my night visit to the Chihuly exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden.  I took this one through the twisty bran...
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Sunday, January 26, 2014

Military Appreciation Night

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Friday night was Military Appreciation Night at the Phoenix Suns Game.  The audience was full of the men and women who serve.  It took ...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Chihuly at night

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Thursday night I took another stroll through the Desert Botanical Gardens to get some more night shots.  Dave of Tamarindo Costa Rica Dai...
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Friday, January 24, 2014

Pink Martini

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On Tuesday night, David and I went to see Pink Martini at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts and once again we loved every minute of the ...
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Thursday, January 23, 2014

Just Ducky

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Since the Japanese Garden is close to my house, I took a drive over there on Sunday to take a quick walk.  I found all the ducks quite ac...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Chihuly and Neon

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I made a night visit to the Desert Botanical Garden last week and I finally got a few photos of the Chihuly neon display that runs up...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Nature's regeneration in the desert

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I decided to do a little photographic demonstration of the regeneration of trees here in the desert southwest.  I've mentioned before...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Celebration of Fine Art 2014

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On Saturday afternoon I went to the Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale, that art show that takes place every year in big white tents. ...
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

ASU School of Art

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Friday night I attended an open house celebration for the brand new Grant Street Studios, a new addition to the downtown Arizona State Un...
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Ring of guitars

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Can you guess what this is?  No? It's just the chandelier at the Hard Rock Cafe.  Janet and I ate there before a basketball ...
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Friday, January 17, 2014

Icy streets in Phoenix??

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I found big chunks of ice on Central Avenue in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday.  No, we didn't have a freak ice storm.  Remember that i...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

More Garden Glass

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I went to the garden last week in the late afternoon so that I could see how afternoon light looked on all of the glass pieces.  I was su...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Roof-Top Garden

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I've known that there was a roof garden on top of the Optima building but I just recently noticed how big the trees up there have got...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Photo Shoot

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I met some friends for dinner Sunday evening in Scottsdale and since I arrived a little early, I took a stroll around the Civic Center pa...
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Monday, January 13, 2014

The Outside

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My sister commented yesterday that she was wondering what the outside of the Taco Guild looked like.  I'm not sure why I didn't t...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Repurposed

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There is a new restaurant not far from where I live called Taco Guild and it's occupying a building that was once a church.  They kep...
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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Snowy Egret

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I had to drive to Gilbert (a city on the far southeast side of the Phoenix metropolitan area) on Friday for an appointment so I took the ...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

Drooping

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I bought a bouquet of flowers last Sunday and by Tuesday, two of the flowers were drooping.  The flowers must have been in the store lo...
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Thursday, January 9, 2014

Bloomin' Roses

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The roses are starting to bloom at Steel Indian School Park.  I took a little walk there to see if they had any blooms and I was pleasant...
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Rock Climbing

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I forgot about these photos I took a week ago.  I took a drive to Papago Park and found park very busy with people picnicking, fishing, h...
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Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Oh I wish I were an…..

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….Oscar Mayer wiener. I bet you've heard that song before.  The Wienermobile was parked at my local Safeway store when I was ther...
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