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The ebbs and flows of life do not change much in the rustic southern Arizona high desert. Modern life may fight to intervene with the languid pace here, but it remains, at its foundation, the wild west of cattle and rancher lore.

It is a place where pastoral sunrises awaken the soul in a wash of moderate clime and serene tranquility. Here, the days blossom and bake in a not unpleasant dry kiln heat that leaves behind a parched landscape pleading for relief. Under cloudless skies, straw yellow fields of wild grasses pockmarked with emerald green thorn-covered brambles waft gently in the barley discernable breezes. And, the cattle roam free.

Eventually, the days seemingly merciless heat gives way in a gradual transition to the cooling comfort of evenings shade. As the sun sinks behind the mighty sky-island mountains, brilliant tendrils of waning light streak upward through deep orange-red seas of daylights last stand.

Except during monsoon. During this brief three month interlude, daytime skies are filled with cotton ball clouds that gather and lift throughout the day in towering structures of moisture-filled dynamism. Unable to sustain their ponderous weight any longer, they bleed out in soil nourishing torrential rainstorms that are accompanied by enormous explosions of beautiful, fractured light. This is the regions most rhapsodic time of year. It is the treasured time of renewal.

I was reminded of this renewal of life during a recent storm in the not too distant Mule Mountains. Unexpectedly, a heard of cattle, with newborn calves in tow, strolled across the foreground of my frame. Seemingly oblivious to the violent storm on one side and the crazed photographer on the other, they casually rambled their way out of the picture to more fertile pastures. It was a moment sublime in its glory.

The splendid beauty of this world is unveiled to me daily to chronicle and share. That is truly a miracle. I humbly remain His scribe.

Where the Cattle Roam
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Shoot date: August 3, 2019
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
¹⁄₃₀ sec at f/8.0 Bias:0 EV
Lens: EF50mm f/1.4 USM
ISO: 50