#1. Oquirrh Mountain Sky
#2. Flattop Mountain atop Manning Canyon
#3. Fairfield, Utah with Wasatch Mountains in Far Distance
#4. The Author
#5. Author’s Toyota 4Runner
Notes
- #1. Fairfield is a ranching community of about 120 citizens. It lies in the Cedar Valley in rural western Utah County Its surprisingly rich political history goes back to 1855. It was a stop on the St. Louis to San Francisco stageline and the Pony Express. That stagecoach journey took 21 to 25 days. When the United States Army arrived for the Utah War in 1855, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston established Camp Floyd. Until the Civil War the army post was the largest in the USA. This photo captures the southern tip of the Oquirrh Mountains. The Oquirrh crest is creating those beautiful clouds. The first photo of my post, Questing for Wonder at the Salt Lake International Center, shows northern tip of the Oquirrh Range some 37 miles (60 kilometers) away.
- #2. Flattop Mountain at 10, 624 feet ASL (3238 meters) is the highest peak in Oquirrhs.
- #3. This is a typical spring and early summer view of rural western Utah. As Carol and I walked around, I was reminded of my hometown of Layton. I grew up there in the 1940’s and 1950’s: Ranches and farms with the snow capped Wasatch Mountains. The only difference is that Layton abuts the mountains directly. Urban density has been encroaching on Fairfield from the east. COVID-19 may retard that advance.
- #4. Carol, my spouse took this photo. We had finished eating lunch where we had parked at the historic Fairfield Cemetery.
- #5. I have loved automobiles since I was little boy. Of all the vehicles I have ever owned, I enjoy this one the most.
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Best regards, Dr. Mike
Your images of Utah aren’t the typical pictures of greenery at the height of the summer, rather they highlight the grays and tans of winter with sprigs of green just peeking through the winter grasses. Makes the blues in the sky seem so vivid!
For me there is a certain smell associated with these pictures. It’s similar to sticking your head inside a freezer – an icy chill co-mingled with wet dad leaves and the aroma of dried grass heating in the sun. Very Utah. You captured it well.
I am delighted that the images delivered a multidimensional sensory effect. I have the same experience with your paintings in which I can often taste even the nonfood subjects, like the metals.
Great photographs! I always feel like I am there with you.