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Shadow Play on the Patio

January 27, 2013 by 12 Comments
Favorite Stop for Coffee - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

Shadows on the Patio ©2013 Bo Mackison

Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven’t had our coffee, in which case we feel 107. ~ Martha Beck

Now that I’ve completed the initial phase of my photo project on my Barriers series, I’ve returned to walking the desert trails. One of my favorite stops is the coffee shop at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. This desert discovery place in the midst of the Tucson Mountains, one of my favorite destinations for hiking, wandering, or just setting up my day office at a picnic site for hours of art, journal writing and photography. It’s also a grand way to either start or end my day – complimentary coffee or iced tea for members!

I can never sit on the patio overlooking the desert exhibits without getting at least temporarily distracted by the light and shadow contrasts from the slatted beams of the ramada offering protection from the elements.

And I always appreciate a good cup of coffee or a prickly pear iced tea as I consider the play of light and shadow. Oh, yes I do!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. And she always enjoys a good shadow photo opportunity!

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About Bo Mackison

I'm a photographer, book-artist, traveler, naturalist, and creator of the Contemplative Creatives Journey, An Online Workshop and Community and Desert Wisdom Cards and Workshops. Though often not well known, I find the desert a welcoming place - a healing space. Its mysteries and gifts transformed me several years ago. Since that first encounter, I return again and again to fill my well in what most people think of as a desolate region. I'd love to share my desert discoveries and wisdom with you. Please subscribe to receive my five part mini email course The Gifts of the Desert. It's my gift to you.

Comments

  1. Marcie says
    January 27, 2013 at 11:28 am

    As I just returned from a week in the desert southwest – I can so appreciate those shadows. Amazing light!

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  2. QuinnCreative says
    January 27, 2013 at 2:42 pm

    The shadows of a ramada are always so interesting. And prickly pear iced tea–yum!

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  3. Montucky says
    January 28, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    I had forgotten about those kinds of patio covers and how much I used to enjoy them.

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    • Bo Mackison says
      January 31, 2013 at 5:06 pm

      I have a hard time passing up a ramada and its shadows. There’s another great one at the Visitors Center at Saguaro National Park West — next sunny day…

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  4. Gandalf says
    January 29, 2013 at 7:49 am

    Seems very inviting

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  5. Debi says
    January 29, 2013 at 11:36 am

    I so wish our journey westward hadn’t been interrupted by Life. We might have shared some prickly pear tea! Lovely image. I LOVE the southwest! XO

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  6. Molly says
    January 31, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    Looks like an enjoyable place!

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