We are often like ants who cannot see beyond the denuded perimeter of the anthill . . .

"Most of us have no more awareness of the grandeur, beauty, mystery, complexity, vitality, form and infinite possibilities of the world of earth and space, than the ant has of the landscape beyond the denuded perimeter of the anthill. Why? Because most of us are exclusively preoccupied with the human sphere only - or not even that much - obsessed with the interhuman, the personal, subjective, internal region."

Edward Abbey

Photos: Balanced Rock, Juniper snag, Queen Nefertiti and Desert Paintbrush; Arches National Park, UT, April 18-20, 2015