I have been a cat momma for over 30 years, my longest living cat lived almost 22 years, a beautiful male tuxedo. Our very first female was a very silly little calico my husband rescued from his loading

Approaching dust storm which reached us within 5 minutes. Notice the dust to the right of the clouds, also called a Haboob. We never received a drop of rain with this storm. Dust, wind and then it just

If you haven't seen my previous post, this is Charlie, the praying mantis. I rescued Charlie from a parking lot in June 2017 when he/she had apparently just hatched from the egg nest. So frail, so tiny

I want to begin this by saying I am not a doctor and am not in the medical profession at all. I am a wife, a wife who did research as her spouse was beginning to decline in his health while all his doctors

My third and final entry for the black and white photo challenge this week is a beautiful train engine! It's a Union Pacific Engine which sits on the tracks often in Mesa, Arizona. I have no idea why it

I took the photo above and turned it into a black and white to enter the black and white photo challenge:travel this week. I love the color version and a friend wanted to see it so here it is for others

My photo is of a very, very old western saddle with wood and leather stirrups! I took a photo of this marvelous, thrown to the side, outside in a heap, very old saddle sitting in an old wooden boat. The

I actually had a very difficult time turning this color photo into a black and white image. This was the best of all I tried. With bright yellow Cactus flowers in the foreground a dark brown cow in the

All photos are copyrighted Worldwide by LoloMarie and FollmerFotos 2012. Above, Lake Pleasant. Lake Pleasant is an artificial lake in the middle of the Sonoran Desert in Morristown, Arizona. The original

For blue Friday I chose a photo of a steam locomotive car from the early 1900's which I changed using an app. I hope you enjoy the way I edited this photo. #LoloMarie #TSUFamily If you enjoy my work, please

As big fans of the movie, Monsters Inc., and being kids at heart, my husband and I bought this small toy Mikey when we saw it. It's the toy of the green, one eyed Mikey in the movie. We decided this little

We have the most beautiful sunsets in Arizona, partly due to the dust in our air. Summers bring us some of the most stunning sunsets as the monsoon kicks up a lot of dust. Wildfires in the summer months

Charlie is cleaning his face in the photo above after eating. He/she licks his hands and forearms and rubs them over his eyes and head, similar to a cat after a cat is finished eating. He is now a 6th

The photo above was taken at sunset on top of the Mogollom Rim in Payson, Arizona. Many people have the idea that Arizona is a desert, dry, sandy, with sand dunes. I have to admit, before I ever moved

I took this photo of the full moon on a cloudy night. I was really pleasantly surprised to see all the colors that the camera picked up in the sky that our eyes just don't see at night. This was one of

North and a little west of Phoenix, Arizona is a Timeshare resort called Cibola Vista, a real beautiful place to stay should you ever come to the valley and want to stay on the far north end of town. I

This is one of my favorite night time photos that I have taken. I was out taking photos of the full moon and realized the nearby church steeple was soon to intercept with the moon. I had to "run"

     As a mom to six beautiful kitties, I can't help but brag and take photos of them all the time! Hard to believe I once was a vehement cat hater!!     This

This is a photo of one of my beautiful kitties that I have merged with two other photos to make one beautiful digital art photo! The bee was a separate photo and I cut the bee out very carefully using

April 23, 2016 , a warm Saturday night was to change the Town of Gilbert's fire history. My husband and I had been shopping at the Sam's club on Gilbert Road and had just left about 6:15 pm, heading south