pertinent to the letter P

 picnic table near Pagosa Springs, Colorado

piggy noses

Chihuly in pink and chartreuse  (Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona)

Purple People Bridge between Cincinnati, Ohio and Northern Kentucky

play:   one of Oliver's most favorite things--feathers!

 Asters are beginning to bloom, a sure sign of Fall.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "P." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 



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purple

Raindrops like crystals, shine inside the purple cabbage.

flowers of basil 

gorgeous Chihuly glass at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, Arizona in 2009

 

lovely, sweet scented hyacinths, a recent gift from my son

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is "P."  Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!
 


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Lakes

lake with Chihuly glass and Koi in Columbus, Ohio

Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline soda lake south of Reno and east of Yosemite in California.  It was formed 760,000 or more years ago in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean.  This fact causes high levels of salt to accumulate.  The very weird rock forms are called tufas (too'-fahs).  Tufas are formed of limestone in an uncommon way.  There is a reaction between the lake water, rich in carbonates, and water from underground springs rich in calcium.  Calcium carbonate--or limestone--is thus formed.   The limestone precipitates out of solution around the springs forming towers over a period of many years.  These towers grow exclusively underwater.  So many can be seen today because of water diversion from the lake.

Lower Grinnell Lake as seen from the trail to Grinnell Glacier.  Glacial flur (flour), a suspension of fine particles of limestone ground by movement of Grinnell Glacier, causes the lake water to be turquoise.

LINKS:

Dale Chihuly website

tufas  

blog post with photo of Upper Grinnell Lake and Grinnell Glacier

map of Grinnell Glacier hike

I'm linking up with my favorite teacher, Ms Jenny Matlock, as we work our way through the alphabet.  Please do go visit the other students, for you never know what gems you may find--humor, poignancy, information, visions of far away places, stuff you've never even dreamed of!  Check it out HERE.  You may even wish to join in yourself!  This week our letter is "L." 

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The End: Alphabet Soup

And so I've reached the end of this odyssey with Alphabe-Thursday.  What a challenge it had been at times to come up with a creative post for the current letter of the alphabet.    I've enjoyed this journey with you, my readers and fellow Alphabe-Thursdayers, sharing our posts and lives.   Thanks, Jenny! (You can click on any of the following links--in blue--to go to that post.)

 

A   Arch Rock, Valley of Fire

B  B is for... Bicycle, of course! 

C  C is for... Cats, of course!

D  Desert Delights

E  Earnest (little white kitty)

F  Freedom Center  →

G  g is for... glass, Chihuly glass!

H  Hummus (a recipe with sauteed carrots and onions)

I island -- Sint Maarten, Netherland Antilles/Saint Martin, French West Indies

J  ....journal and journey....

K  Kauai

L  Lush and Lava (Kauai, part 2)

M Mushroom House (a fantastical house created by Cincinnati architect Terry Brown)

N  Nine Ns (cats--cute)

O  Oliver's Guide to Oases

P  Pi (and Daniel Tammet, autistic savant ↑)

Q  Sail Away #2 (quotes included!)

R  an early love (a very short and incomplete reading memoir)

 

S  a special party (sculpture, too!)

T  tiny turtle →

U  umbrellas

V  Vacation-Cayman Islands

W  wire

X  xeric

Y  Beautiful Yosemite

Z  Z Cloud

Whew!  

THE END

Well, not quite.  There was Rainbow Summer School and my post for the color

Violet.

Thus truly ends my post for "alphabet soup," linking up with Jenny Matlock's meme Alphabe-Thursday.  A new round will be starting next week.  Be sure to visit Jenny's blog ...off my tangent..., and link up.  It's so much fun and you'll be privileged to meet many folks and read so many wonderful posts.   Amazingly, Jenny visits EACH blog EVERY week!!
(This week's link is HERE.)

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