Clifford Beshers

  • Aspen on a high ridge above McGee Creek, lit by the afternoon sun.

    A narrow line of golden trees lights u brightly on an otherwise dark mountainside.

  • I’m still standing.

    A dead pine stands on the shores of a mountain lake, with no other trees nearby, and craggy mountainsrising in the background.

  • Time for a visual puzzle, an easy one, I hope. #VisualPuzzle

    A pattern of greens and browns, not quite random.

  • Moonrise last week over a hillside of desert scrub.

    A waxing gibbous moon rises in the notch of a desert hillside.

  • Because of micro.blog, I have a low bluesky membership number, 26K out of 10M. Not important, but fun.

  • Phalanx. That’s the word that comes to mind. A ragged phalanx of pine trees.

    Now I have to look up “phalanx”.

    A line of trees on a mountain ridge is backed by a big pink cloud.

  • Sunset over the Eastern Sierra.

    A large, varied cloud bank, lit pink by the sunset, floats over a mountain range.

  • Sunset over Wheeler Crest.

    A large cloud over a mountain range, lit pink by the sunset.

  • The muted tones of a late summer sunset.

    A sky at dusk full of dark grey and muted pink clouds.

  • Scallions or herons?

    The tips of two scallion plants lean and bend into the shape of herons.

  • Time for another visual puzzle. #VisualPuzzle

    A wrinkly field of yellow/orange is dotted with whitish bumps.

  • Finally: “I have a concept of a plan.”

  • Overheard in the pharmacy:

    Obamacare saved my life. Literally, saved my life.

  • I try my best to attribute a greater meaning to stop signs, not just a safety directive, but as a lifestyle choice. Stop, get out of the car, use the camera.

    In the high desert, a stop sign by the side of the road, and 'STOP' painted on the road.

  • Sun and cloud working their mojo over Wheeler Crest.

    The sun shines weakly through a layer of grey cloud, highlighting a single separate cloud in front.

  • Look what we have achieved.

  • More puffy skies over dry hills. Summer waning, fall moisture beginning to appear.

    Rocky, arid hills below blue sky filled with puffy white clouds.

  • Casa Diablo, from Millpond.

    A small desert mountain lies beneath high white puffy clouds.

  • The White Mountains, doubled by cumulonimbus.

    A long mountain range has a similarly shaped cloud bank hovering above it.

  • After the hike, near Sherwin Summit, enjoying the glow.

    Scattered clouds at sunset above a mountain ridge and pine trees in silhouette.

  • I’m temporarily enamored of these shots from the bottom of the canyon, since I mostly shoot in large valleys that are tens of square miles. The closeness almost gives a fish-eye lens effect.

    Puffy white scattered clouds fill the sky above a high canyon wall.

  • Hiking the trail in the canyon, puffy whites in the sky, felt like an inverted popcorn bowl.

    Puffy white clouds fill the sky over a high desert canyon.

  • Sasquatch among the quaking aspen. Either that, or my brother, Neil, wearing a great thrift store t-shirt.

    A man hikes along a trail through trees wearing a t-shirt that says 'Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.'

  • Greybear, half asleep. Extended #caturday.

    A grey cat with a pink nose rests with his eyes half open.

  • Diego does not respect #caturday.

    A black cat, lying upside down, sticks his tongue out.

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