Evening falling on the road to the northern rim of the Grand Canyon.

Bryce Canyon, Utah, home to purple, pink, and orange hoodoos!

The Coral Pink Sand Dunes in southern Utah. The dunes are made of red Navaho sandstone and home to yucca plants, toads, and kangaroo rats, which apparently never drink water, but consume all of their moisture by eating plants and seeds. The grains of sand making up the dunes are uniformly small, so the sand has a lovely, smooth, cohesive feel.

Millions of years of erosion by wind and water on the Rim Trail, Grand Canyon, AZ.

On the Hermit's Rest Trail in the Grand Canyon, AZ. Yucca plants, cactus, and lizards lined the trail.

Camellia flowers in my neighbourhood. Some say the flowers are a symbol of devotion or perfection.

The Yaquina Head Lighthouse, near Newport, Oregon. There are basking seals beached on rocks and tidal pools full of grass-green sea anemones below.