Amanda Blanton Photography

Rustic Door, Arizona Iron Horse & Power Lines, Arizona Catholic Deities, San Xavier Mission, Arizona Lion and Cross, San Xavier Mission, Arizona San Xavier Mission, Arizona Quails, San Xavier, Arizona Kitschy Restaurant, Arizona  San Xavier Mission, Arizona Succulent, Arizona

Bamboo Garden, Hanoi, Vietnam  Chairs, Hanoi, Vietnam Fanta Poster, Hanoi, Vietnam Hotel Room Clock, Hue, Vietnam Small Roadside Restaurant, outside Hue, Vietnam 

Saddles, Sea Horse Ranch, Los Osos Deep sand arena, Sea Horse Ranch, Los Osos Julie and Nautic, Sea Horse Ranch, Los Osos Julie and Nautic, Sea Horse Ranch, Los Osos In the arena, Julie and Nautic, Sea Horse Ranch, Los Osos

Artist Clay Pots, Yellowstone, Montana Artist Clay Pots. Yellowstone, Montana Artist Clay Pots, Yellowstone, Montana Artist Clay Pots. Yellowstone, Montana Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, Montana Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, Montana Small Optic Pool, Yellowstone, Montana Optic Pool, Yellowstone, Montana Jenny Lake, Teton National Park, Wyoming Optic Pool, Yellowstone, Montana Pine Trees, Yellowstone, Montana Artist Clay Pots, Yellowstone, Montana Teton Mountains, Wyoming Tetons at Sunset, Wyoming Tetons. Wyoming Boiling Mud, Yellowstone, Montana Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone, Montana Big Sky, Yellowstone, Montana Geyser Valley, Yellowstone, Montana

Abandon Drive-in, St. Anthony ID Bookstore, St. Anthony ID Corral at my childhood home, St. Anthony ID Dandelion, Squirrel ID Farm, Squirrel ID Quiet Road, Squirrel ID Sand Dunes, St. Anthony ID Downtown St. Anthony, ID Home on the River, St. Anthony ID Hotel, St. Anthony ID

Teton Mountains, Wyoming Back on August 30th, I celebrated Eid al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan with millions of other Muslims in North America. In honor of the holiday a good friend of mine hosted a celebration at her home. Eid al-Fitr, for my readers who don't know, is kind of similar Christmas in that everyone gets dressed up, goes to the mosque for special prayers, and you buy gifts for the kids. Because there were going to be loads of kids at my friends celebration, she went to Cost-Co and ordered a white sheet cake with balloons on it. She asked the baker to frost the phrase "Eid Mubarak!" in-between the balloons. For added clarification she wrote the phase on a piece of paper with the correct spelling. Awhile later, the baker came out with a cake that read "Happy Birthday Eid Mubarak!" While this is quite funny and gave everyone a good laugh, its also a little disheartening that Islam is still so foreign to the general public. Its this ignorance t...

 Abandon Home, Squirrel ID Wheat Field, Squirrel ID Large Wheat Field, Squirrel ID Tree from my childhood home, St. Anthony ID