This summer, I pause at a crossroads in my writing and image making odyssey. I ponder possibilities. The grand landscapes of the Southwest and our homeland in general beckon. Per contra, I am reluctant to part with capturing and sharing intimate landscapes. My sojourns into the Llano Estacado ecosystem with Cooper have been nothing short of a magical, thought-provoking quests of discovery and self-realization. The tenacity of Llano wildlife and her emerald domes of Broom Snakeweed, sun-kissed yucca, hardy cacti, and rough-hewn tablelands of shortgrass prairie are etched onto my heart. Unquestionably, whichever direction my journey takes I shall continue to foster connections between the human spirit and the natural world.
© Ilija Lukić 2012
© Ilija Lukić 2012
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| Summer Crossroads (Cooper and El Llanero) |
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| Bundle Of Joy (cirsium ochrocentrum, aka Yellowspine Thistle) |
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| Sun-kissed (yucca campestris) |
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| Sundance (gaillardia pulchella) |
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| Are You Lookin' At Me? |
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| Soggy Passage (Cooper) |
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| Yucca Curtsy |
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| Viridescent Love Affair (augochloropsis metallica, aka Metallic Green Sweat Bee) |
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| Bullsnake Sinuosity (pituophis catenifer sayi) |
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| Propeller Throng (Broadleaf Milkweed) |
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| Emerald Dome Boondocks (gutierrezia sarothrae) |
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| Pensive Respite (Cooper) |
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| Summer Harvest (pogonomyrmex barbatus) |
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| Short-Ray Prairie Coneflower (ratibida tagetina) |
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| Aged To Perfection (yucca campestris fruit pod) |
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| Cooper's Sidekick |
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| White Horsenettle (solanum elaeagnifolium) |
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| Ring Around The Roses (acanthocephala terminalis, aka Leaf-Footed Bug, nymph stage) |
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| The Need For Speed |
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| Pssst...Seen Any Pocket Gophers Lately? |
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| Sombra Hirsuta (Shaggy Shadow) |
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| Yellowspine Thistle (cirsium ochrocentrum) |
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| Shade Hound (Cooper) |
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| Bee Bull's Eyes (Cane Cholla) |
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| Long-Headed Coneflower (ratibida columnifera) |
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| New Mexico Spiny Star (escobaria vivipara var neomexicana) |
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| Odd Lady Out (cylindropuntia imbricata) |
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| Groovin' In Sunshine (Horned Lizard) |
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| Desert Straw (stephanomeria pauciflora, aka Wild Lettuce) |
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| Silver Winds (artemisia filifolia, aka Silver Sage) |
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| Pink Cajolery (Cane Cholla) |
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| Delicate Embraces (opuntia engelmannia and yucca campestris) |
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| Pronuba Moth (tageticula yuccasella) |
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