From My Desert Journal

Sonoran Desert © 2012 Bo Mackison

West, beyond the terraced land of copper mines the earth coughs up mesquite and creosote, layered gravels holding tight the bushes’ roots, thorn scrub this land is called, or desert scrub, a swaying land, dizzying, blinding to my eyes unaccustomed to the torrential whites of desert [...]

Let the Sun Shine In

Let the Sun Shine In © 2012 Bo Mackison

Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sun shine in…

~ lyrics from the 5th Dimension’s song [...]

Pottery at Tumacacori

Pottery in Tumacacori Granary © 2012 Bo Mackison

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

The soul that knows it not, Knows no release from little things: Knows not the livid loneliness of fear, Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings.

Color My World

Granary at Tumacacori © 2012 Bo Mackison

Color to add brightness and vibrancy to your day.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.  She is greatly appreciating Arizona’s desert-sun winter.

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Shadows of the Olive Leaf

Shadows of the Olive Leaf © 2012 Bo Mackison

On my first full day back in Arizona, I spent the last hours of sunlight in the historic mission garden at Tumacacori National Historic Site in southern Arizona. It is one of places I visit most often when I am in Arizona – a tiny [...]

The Adventure Begins

Aloe Abstract © 2012 Bo Mackison

Today I leave on my newest explore, my goal to see that which I haven’t seen before.

I will share that vision in words and photos, As once again, “Bo goes solo.”

With deep gratitude to those who help make this possible.

Next stop [...]