Hej!
On Friday David and I packed our bags and went to Morongo Valley for a weekend of writing. Sometimes a change of location is just what you need to get your brain working.
The only things we had planned for (except writing writing writing) was to stop and take photos if the desert looked beautiful and interesting.
So this is mostly a post with photos from those little breaks.
But first: Look at me in my new smashing vintage dress!

From the late 60s if I should guess. And EXTREMELY colorful. I have not enhanced the colors at all in this photo. It is vibrant as all hell.

Very much ready for a day of writing in the desert.

After lunch in Palm Springs we found a dirt road that looked interesting.
Commence the photo bonanza!

I'm quite fond of this one.
I had it clear in my mind, but when you're working with fickle things as wind it's difficult to get things the way you want them. I'm very happy mother nature cooperated with me.

Even the road and traffic looks cool in the desert!

Today on our way back to LA we again wanted to stop somewhere fun for photos. The fog lay thick on the mountain on the other side of the highway and we thought we'd never find a tunnel or bridge to get over there. The rain picked up, the clouds rolled in and the wind was everywhere around us. But there! A bridge!
We crossed railway tracks and then we were in the middle of a storm. And it was amazing!

Come on, Wind!

Give me the best you've got!

On my list of things I wanted to see and photograph: Strange desert flora.

Scarf or cape? Who cares when it looks this dramatic!?

Cactus in the foreground, mountain and fog in the back. Also on my list of things I've been wanting to photograph.

When the wind does your hair artfully.

On the list of favorite things to do: Adventures with this guy.

David on his way to capture the view. I think it might have been this photo he was about to take.

Then all of a sudden the storm just went away. It stayed a little while longer over the mountains but...

...if you turned around it looked like this.
And we were ready to get back on the road to LA.

A weekend is far too little time for everything I want to see in the desert! So, we might have to come back soon.

Talk to you soon!

/Lotta