And a road runs through it

I imagine a photo shoot here with high-end fashion models sauntering elegantly across the white, wind blown, salt plain

wearing bright, colorful, sheer flowing clothes. -Parasols; veils and scarves......a must.

Beyond the superficial...........the most amazing thing is the geology and history of such a salt flat. -Think about it. (?)

A grown-up executive decision.

- Stop the vehicle.....get out......and...........PLAY!

Reprise: A road almost runs through it.

Don't screw with mother nature.

The sands of time never stop flowing.

Thanks for peeking.

-jenj

Still life no. 1

Still life no.2

Which still life version do you like best?

Grilling e roasting a variety of chili peppers collected at a local Mexican market.

Tres vessels

Roasted Delight

Ready to be peeled and chopped and made into a few variations of chili sauce.

  Commercial Break

Advertising sea sal de Baja, ( Sea salt of Baja)

alongside some of my favorite good-for-you snacks - smoked mussels and sardines packed in tomato sauce.

I love the logo art. -The ocean and sun and whales breaching out of the sea.

I poured some salt into a sea shell I found along the beach of Bahia Asuncion, Mexico and placed it on my stove for easy access.

The salt can either be tipped out from the shell or you can place a small spoon for sprinkling or use a smaller sized sea shell for scooping.

Works great on the super table as well!

Try it!

How about using another large shell for a stove-top spoon or ladel rest? 

Hmmmmm.......think about it.....;0)

{Thanks , Rosann, for the sea-shell-salt-scoop idea.}

Uhhhhhh........yes, that kinda strange looking glob/blob/pile is some of my homemade hummus.

It usually looks more appetizing and appealing when placed and served in a small bowl.

I've been using the huge, Swedish, whole rye, cracker rounds for hummus spreading.

This is a preparation I made  for someone special.

It's not work.............it's called love.

I love to prepare and experiment with all kinds of foods and create dishes.

Food tastes better when it is shared with others.

Hummus recipes and chili sauce recipes to follow. -another day....

Thanks for dropping by the J-Zone

and

remember to believe in yourself

...have fun....

....share your wealth....

-j

Post Script: Link >  All you wanted to know about hummus but were afraid to ask.

I googled it for your convenience.

A very comfortable "greeter".

No hola here ...............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz............taking a mid-day siesta.

Why are doors and openings and entrances and exits and pathways such great subjects to photograph and ponder?

The true definition of a mini-mart.

I  love  the  political posters posted up everywhere in Mexico.

We also saw vehicles driving around with bullhorns and loudspeakers fastened atop their roofs

vocally broadcasting and advocating their political candidates.

Why don't we see more political posters pasted up across city streets and neighborhoods in the U.S.A.?

Why don't we have more

folks driving around with bullhorns strapped to the roofs of their vehicles audibly promoting political parties and candidates?

Didn't this used to happen in the U.S.A.?

What happened?

Deserts are not just black and white and dead.

Deserts are full of living plants and creatures that creep and buzz and fly about with magical delight.

Stately Saguaro

The word Saguaro, is pronounced, "Sah-wah'-ro,"

Click here for more saguaro information: (link)

Plateaus dot the landscape.

My brother stands 6 foot 1 inch. - How tall do you think this Saguaro is?

How old would you guess this Saguaro to be?

Look closely at the tips of this beauty and you can see buds and flowers.

My brother spotted this cactus flowering above his head.

I zoomed in quite a distance with my telephoto lens and tried to capture a humming bird sipping nectar from this bud.

As you can see I had no luck.

The sweet, busy, humming bird hovered, drank, and darted.

Close up of the bloom (s) that attracted the humming bird.

Serious desert scientist at work checking out the wind ratio with an archaic weather meter/device.

- I believe this ancient method of weather forecasting may be as accurate,

if not more accurate than our modern-day meteorologist instruments.

Bright yellow bloom displaying its colors alongside its red prickly protection.

Piles of  massive volcanic rocks are scattered throughout the desert.

If you look closely you can see where someone left their mark with a spray can tag of graffiti.

Pretty, delicate, desert buds that remind me of the wandering potato vine that grew in an alley way I lived by years ago.

Pan

e

Faun

I was able to capture the expression and face of this creature. - It kept on staring at me. ;o)

The image above reminded me of a Pan; a Faun that was portrayed in the movie Pan's Labyrinth.

BTW, have any of you seen the movie, Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro? Laberinto del fauno?

I highly recommend it.

See more about Pan's Labyrinth (here)

Travel in your head and in your sleep and in your dreams and with yourself and alongside friends and amongst family and nature.

You will find a gold mine of platinum thoughts and ideas and knowledge and wisdom and questions you never knew existed.

Let the inner and outer world of wonder, erupt within your heart and spirit and soul.

Share your time.

Travel the universe.

Thrive.

In the beginning...

We saw...

CHRIST!

Hola, Cristo e Jesus !

Chromatic Delight

The image above reminds me of a retro postcard from yester-year. -Don't you think?

Note: I love the way the electrical wires dissect the sky.

I fooled around with the above image zooming in and cropping and adjusting the Adobe Photoshop filter, Sharpen > Unsharp Mask.

I think the hue and saturation came through to that extreme level without taking it through the Hue and Saturation dialogue box (short-cut key 'control 'H')

The images above were taken once we passed the Mexican border town of Tijuana.

Note: Most of the photography I took on this trip across Mexico's Baja landscape and architecture was snapped documentary style.

I didn't lean towards 'fine' photography this trip, (Oh! but there are more than a million opportunities to do JUST that. O.M.G.!!!) but rather I happily snapped the shutter lens of my camera without too much thought to details. I just wanted to delight with whim and fancy the free adventures and memories of traveling on a pathway, a roadway, a segway in time.

(Did my use of the term "segway" make any sense to you? - or am I just being poetic. (?)....

Whatever the deal...segway sounds right to me for the moment.)

Where's my EDITOR? ;0)

FYI :

The name "Segway" is a homophone of "segue" (a smooth transition, literally Italian for "follows").

PT is an initialism for personal transporter while the old acronym HT was an initialism for human transporter.

AND the term "Fascia" revealed:

A dashboard, dash, and sometimes fascia (chiefly in British English)

The dashboard of a modern car, a Bentley Continental GTC

A dashboard, dash, and sometimes fascia (chiefly in British English) is a control panel located under the windshield of an automobile. It contains instrumentation and controls pertaining to operation of the vehicle. During the design phase of an autombile, the dashboard or instrument panel may be abbreviated to IP.

Originally, a dashboard was the upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves. ^{[1] [2]}

Thanks e Gracias for taking the time to check out my J-Zone!

Bahia Asuncion's 'Deposito Corona' structure located in Baja, Mexico

Look at the Deposito Corona building in the background.

My brother's family is modifying it into a beach house!

- Keeping the original logo art and advertising on it.

Way cool and fun and SO Mexico!

(Thank you, Brother, for the more-than-wonderful road trip / adventure.)

Above pict.: One of a pair of R&R's dining room windows.

Colorful specks sailing.    - A wind surfer's Paradise!

From a cliff top perspective:

The constant flow and movement of the surfers reminded me of a tiny insects fluttering about.

-Damsel flies came to mind.

Solo

Happiness is:

Waking up before sunrise and finding a bright, brisk, cool, orange and blue sky revealing the infinite glory of the universe. 

(Above) The sunrise was a great omen to a week's worth of outstanding Hawaiian adventure.

  Happiness is:

Listening to silence and seeing and feeling the sounds of life arise from within your heart.

One must circulate the awesome joy of life and love.

True meaning and reason and fulfillment erupt with a plentitude of passions

 emanating from souls that are alive and thankful and grateful

to be able to share the gift of insight and foresight and a vision driven from the unseen world. 

(Above pict.) Checking out what looked to be a woodpecker atop of a windmill located at the Yolo County fairgrounds

 just a couple of blocks away from my mom's house. The bird sitting in the tree was to this photographer, an unexpected delight.

I hadn't realized the bird's perfectly balanced presence when I captured this shot.

(Thank you, Universe!)

  Happiness is:

Experiencing a rainbow-spot glowing and luminous in the sky above you (Ever see one?)

and digesting such a rare and unusual and exciting and fleeting moment-in-time (sighting) as a personal message.

Signs Happen! 

- Know this.

Happiness is:

Finding yourself within a warm airline cabin, discovering you've been given 

three seats in a row to yourself, and finding out that your travel mate (my mom) sitting across the aisle has had the same blessing.

(We were given SIX seats to move around upon! Not too shabby-a-deal when you realize your flight is going to be five hours long.)

Happiness is:

 looking out an ice crystal laden window and feeling safe and in awe of the power of flight

and knowing that you'll be arriving on the beautiful, lush, tropical Hawaiian island of Maui within hours.