Oh, the rules!

Magpie and I are awash in the the photography doldrums - it's hot, nothing looks interesting, sometimes we run out of ideas.

So what do you do when you're in the photo dumps?

Theme Thursday - Light

The 50 foot Star Tower along Estrella Parkway was designed as a spiral configuration, resembling the shape of the Milky Way constellation topped off with a rusted steel sail. The tower was built as a tribute to the many cultures that have studied the desert night sky.

The tower twinkles with light at night, and the spiral staircase and viewing platform give an amazing 360-degree view of the city skyline and the night sky. Several star-gazing events have been held at the tower. This is where Magpie and I have unsuccessfully tried to photograph the moon rising above the mountains the past few days. As you can see, the monsoon clouds have rolled in.

This is a Theme Thursday post. Please visit our friends at Theme Thursday for more thoughts about light.

A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

This "reclycled art" is in a public park at the Liberty Water Reclamation Facility in Goodyear. I couldn't find anything about the art work, but someone I spoke to at the park said it had been done by local school children. There were all kinds of items embedded in the concrete...light sockets, plumbing fixtures, wire, nuts, bolts, glass, bottles, and on and on.