This week’s WordPress Photo Challenge subject is: Beyond. The focus is on what is in the background of photos. So, off I went perusing through my thousands of photos for the right photos for this challenge. And the photos in this post take you into the beyond! Click on the photos to see the detail, and then use the back arrow to get back to the post!
I was photographing the ducks and geese in one of our local neighborhood ponds, which they dub lakes here…I caught this photo of one of the ducks, and looking into the beyond, maybe you will notice the doe and the fawn.
Ducking the issue!
Moving on, as we approached harvest season, I took this photo in the vineyard of the spring house with grape bins ready to receive the years bounty. Looking into the beyond is a lone farm house.
In the vineyard
In a valley outside Red River New Mexico, I spied the remainder of a house. All that remained was a lone chimney. Into the beyond takes us to the contrast of this photo, which are the new homes behind the chimney.
Old and new
Continuing down the road we visit an Indian ruins. I came around a corner of a wall and discovered this doorway to the beyond…
The doorway to the beyond
When one travels through the painted desert, every view has range after range of amazing colors. Here is a view where the colorful hills go back layer upon layer.
Layers in the hillsides
Have you ever seen the Rio Grande? It goes on forever and ever, and ever! Just looking at it from the viewpoint in this photo, your eye will travel into the beyond!
The never ending Rio Grande
One last photo…This photo was taken at the Tonto Natural Bridge. Which by the way, apparently is still open but had been on the chopping block for park closure. I highly recommend seeing this spot and taking the hike down to the base of the canyon. Looking under and through the arch takes us into the beyond!
Though the bridge
I would have featured a photo of the Starship Enterprise, or possibly the poster from Galaxy Quest as both take one into the beyond, but I did not want to infringe on the copyrights…
May you have a wonderful Saturday! Thanks for visiting!
Life in the Foothills 
these are all great! i love the doe and fawn in the background of the first image! z
The doe is going to the bathroom! They squat just like a dog! Funny huh?
I can’t say enough about her beautiful your photography is Babs! 🙂
Thank you LuAnn!
All are Great pics….cant say anyone is better than the other….nicely clicked…
Thank you!
I absolutely love your first photo “Ducking the issue”! WONDERFUL! Really puts a smile on my face. 🙂
Thank you Marcy!
Great selection of photos. Each did take my view beyond. Great shot of the painted desert, it shows its vastness and colors going into the beyond. Thanks for the great photos!
All wonderful, but there’s just something about that first shot!
The picture with the lonely chimney is amazing yet a little bit heartbreaking. As for the whole story…I recently read a blog about a Finnish woman who lives in the US and she said there’s no reason for a single American to travel anywhere else than their own country. It’s so vast and has so many things to see that it takes a lifetime to see it all.
It would take a lifetime to see everything there is to see in this country! Thank you for your comment!
Hi, gorgeous photos, particularly the layers in the earth and the bridge. You have a fine eye. They made me feel warmer just looking at them from my snowy surroundings!
Thank you! I am envious of the snow that you have! Glad to have warmed you up with my photos!
Yes I’d better get out there while it lasts to make a snowman/woman/something!