[Categories: Photography, Photography 101 Forever]
Per Ramblin’ “I’m talking about Mother Nature untouched and untrammelled, allowed to get on with her work without human help or hindrance.”
YEAH! What SHE said!
What about WILD blue yonder?!
“Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;”
—“The U.S. Air Force” is the official song of the United States Air Force, adopted in the late 1940s, and is often referred to as “Wild Blue Yonder“.
Originally, the song was titled “Army Air Corps.” Robert MacArthur Crawford wrote the initial first verse and the basic melody line in May 1939.[1]During World War II, the service was renamed “Army Air Forces” due to the change of the main American army’s air arm naming in mid-1941, and the song title changed to agree.
In 1947, when the Air Force became a separate service, the song was retitled, “The U.S. Air Force.” (Wikipedia)


Glacial Alaska is VERY wild. (Wink, wink.)

As The Troggs sang:
“Wild thing, you make my heart sing
You make everything groovy, wild thing”
If you can’t hug a tree, hug a WILD rock, or canyon:



A D E D A D E Wild thing.. .you make my heart sing... D A D You make everything E D Groovy A D E (G A G) wild thing... A (G A G A) Wild thing, I think I love you --tabs ultimate guitar
Stay safe, be well, be kind to one another.
Love the photos, and that song will now follow me through the rest of this day, lol.
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Ha ha!
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John, you are truly a hoot! Loved your songs and of course your images. We’ve shared some of the same wilderness views – wonderful post.
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Thank you Tina. You are kind.
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Such amazing photos. Wow love those photos of the canyon.
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Thank you. Nature, it can’t be beat.
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Marvelous wild photos and that song will be a worm in my ear for the rest of the evening.
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Thank you Anne. Sorry about the ear worm. 😀
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Amazing wild beauty of nature well captured John!
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Thank you kindly. 🙂
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I always look forward to your posts on the challenges. Your words, songs and images have a unique quality. This one is no different.
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You are very kind. Your words mean a lot to me.
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Brilliant 🙂
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I enjoyed your song and photos very much, John.
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Thank you kindly. 🙏
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Welcome, John. I love your humour.
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Love your images!
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Thank you Teresa.
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Wonderful imagery again, John, both visual and mental. I too have will have an earwig.
I wonder if there is such a thing as a visual earwig: I see the crowd singing “Wild Thing” in the movie “Major League.”
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Thank you, and, ha! I seem to have set off a number of earwig/earworms. Unintended consequences. 😱
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The wilderness of the southwest is magnificent in its stark beauty, but at the opposite ends of the temperature scale, the wilds of Alaska display their own kind of allure. Nice collection, John.
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Thank you John. As you said, luv those wide open spaces.
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Great shots John of and from above…well done.
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Thank you!
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Wonderful images of these amazing wild places John, what a treat to see! 😀
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Thank you kindly.
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Oh, this was fun, John! Love your photos 🙂
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Thank you Marie. 🙏
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Connect ing songs with your images. “Wild”!
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Thank you Marlene. 😎
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You really have some wild scenery there.
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Thanks I. J.
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Reblogged this on Fast Twitch NZ.
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Great scenery!!
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Thank you Nora.
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Great clicks.
Love those clouds and mountains
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Thank you. My head is in the clouds and my heart in the mountains.
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Haha
You brought many smiles.
Thank you
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You kindred soul, you!
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😂😎
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GREAT post, John! So fun! I will be thinking of that Troggs song in a different way now. (I might sing “Wild things” instead.) I especially love the clouds in your glacier image, and the Colorado Plateau will always be near and dear to my heart. Thanks for sharing!
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Wow… spectacular views from you lens. Very cool, John!
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Thank you Amy. 🙏
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Wonderful images, John. I love that you looked up and out at the wild blue yonder! Great song choice, too!!
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Thanks Patti. 🙏
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Indeed you found some wild areas, John! And I will remember that song. In fact I am afraid I will remember it again and again…
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Thank you A-C. Pandorian-like, I’ve unleashed an otological scourge upon the world. Sorry ‘bout that! 🥸
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;-D
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I’ve been that particular glacier in Alaska many years ago. I still have the photo but it’s in a 33 mm camera.
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Great Post, John! Thanks for the song chords!
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Thank you! Strum a tune. 🙂
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