For once you have tasted flight
You will walk the earth
With your eyes turned skywards,
For there you have been
And there you will long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci
Photo: JoHanna Massey
Midgley Bridge Sedona Arizona Photo: JoHanna Massey
Leonardo Da Vinci’s designs Photo: JoHanna Massey
Sedona Arizona Photo: JoHanna Massey
Dry Creek Road Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Photo: JoHanna Massey
“The Cowpies” Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Schnebbly Hill Road Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Leonardo Di Vinci’s Flying Machine Sketches
Sedona Arizona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Flying Sedona Ariozna USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Oak Creek Canyon Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Oak Creek Canyon Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Oak Creek Canyon Flying Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey Photo: JoHanna Massey
Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Verde Valley Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Colorado Plateau Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Oak Creek Canyon Flying Sedona Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
Leonardo’s images of lfight
Flying Sedona Verde Valley Arizona USA Photo: JoHanna Massey
It was my good fortune to first taste flight from that slip of a runway at the Sedona Aiport, Sedona Arizona USA. I have indulged, enjoyed, and savored it since. A heart filled with gratitude to Lt. Colonel Ricardo W. Mestre, US Air Force Retired, for teaching me how to fly.
Today’s Music: Beatles Blackbird
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Boundaries.”
I love canyons! Thank you for the bird’s view!
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My pleasure. 🌵
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Oh that’s so cool! We saw ads for aerial tours from Sedona when we were there. You’re a pilot!
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I usta fly around with Peter Pan all the time.
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Not my cup of tea, but great photos!
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Brings to mind another peom I bet you know, or would enjoy: John Magee’s “High Flight” (starts, Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth / And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings…)
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YES! That poem says it. Learning to fly….more importantly, learning to land without scaring myself trembling ….is one of the most amazing experiences of my life!
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Just having traveled to the Rockies and SouthWest, this hit close to home. It is spectacular!! Your photos are amazing and add to the words is perfection!!
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Happy you enjoyed!
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It is so beautiful out there!
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Gorgeous photos! Love the Da Vinci connection! And YES @ the Beatles. 🙂
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Love the quotation….and stunning photos!
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Thank you!
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Magnificent! Just magnificent! I’m one of those who leaves nose-prints on aircraft windows. Alas, others must do the the flying…
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Oh Thank you. I always wonder what birds must think of our human activities down o the ground from their daily normal perspective of flight.
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Very impressive! Oh how I wish I could fly!!
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Just let the universe know your desire. you never know when the opportunity will present itself. When it does say a hearty YES!
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Stunning aerial views, Da Vinci, and the Beatles! Yeah!
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An eclectic mix to be sure. SooooSedona!
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Great pictures JoHanna. Having been to that part of Arizona (some years ago), your pictures captured the essence of the area. Thanks for sharing.
Irwin
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Thank you!
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Awesome-sauce! 😀
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Thank you! Have an excellent weekend.
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Stunning views from above!
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Thanks for the flight!!!! 😄
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My pleasure
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How lovely to become a blackbird for a while, flying the skies. Once we were carried in a small four seater plane to the sea and back. A small taste. x
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I learned to fly in a small Cessna 172. Flying truly has been the point when my body/mind/heart/ spirit/ and emotions align in such a powerful way.
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I love da Vinci’s words. Your pictures shot from the air are spectacular. I’ve been to Sedona and seen the amazing red rock formations. Thanks for taking me there again.
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My pleasure! Sedona can also be a state of mind you can carry back home with you!
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Wow amazing!
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Thank you!
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Very exciting!
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