Yours Sincerely

YOURS SINCERELY Birds of a Feather

A flock of hawk-eyed readers has identified the raptor on page twenty-seven of the May, 1985, issue as an immature red tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis). Thanks to: Frank P. Frazier of Long Valley, NJ; John Wilson, Bakersfield, CA; Kermit C. Cummings, Pineville LA; Lowell D. Bar rowes, M.D., Warsaw, IL; Kathlyn Bun yard, Marysville, CA; E. Rebecca Mathews, Springfield, MO; Grant M. Reeder, Boun tiful, UT; Mike Jones, South Bend, IN; James S. Duke, Meridian, MS; Frank Scher mers, Grandville, MI; Ralph A. Fischer Jr., Silver City, NM; Tom Gatz, Phoenix, AZ; Stephen L. Carr, Salt Lake City, UT; Lynn Thomas, Boulder, WY; R. Peterson, Lake Forest, IL; Jim Henderson, Scottsdale, AZ; Alan E. Thomas, Boise, ID; Leif J. Robin son, Wellesley, MA; and Richard L. Glinski of the Arizona Game and Fish Depart ment, Phoenix.

Going Home in My Mind

I am an inmate in Alaska. I was born in Arizona (Bisbee). My grandfather subscribed to Arizona Highways for a num ber of years. When I was a kid I would read the magazine from cover to cover and I enjoyed it greatly then.

But since my incarceration I subscribe to your wonderful magazine solely for the purpose of going home in my mind. You don't realize what your magazine does for me. I want to thank you person ally someday for making my time go by just that much faster. Thanks again for making my day once a month. Keep it coming gentlemen and ladies.

Bringing the Country to Life

Congratulations on a marvelous maga zine. The pictures most surely bring your country to life especially those beautiful canyons. We are enjoying your magazine very much thanks to Bob and Bernice Thomas of Bonne Terre, Missouri.

(INSIDE BACK COVER) The manner of cloudbirth...on stifling, sultry summer afternoons; on clear, crisp winter nights; on soft October dawns; on windward mountain slopes...miles above ridges where eddies of humid wind spiral into the chill reaches and are literally cooled into sight...is beautifully revealing of the way God creates His material world.

Treasures of the Heard

Arizona Highways Magazine and the internationally acclaimed Heard Museum in Phoenix will offer an exclusive, limited edition series of fine art prints.

The "Treasures of the Heard" series will be drawn from the museum's priceless permanent collection, which includes some of the world's finest Native American art. To begin the annual series, the museum's staff has chosen representation from two Arizona cultures, contemporary Navajo and traditional Hopi.

Navajo Woman is a watercolor by R. C. Gorman, perhaps the nation's best known Indian artist. This work was done in 1973 with typical Gorman simplicity of expression and understanding of his people.

The companion print in this new series features an exquisite example of Hopi pottery that dates back to 1900. Photographed by Arizona Highways contributor Jerry Jacka, the Hopi Jar with its Kachina figure was the subject of a U. S. postage stamp in 1977. The lithographic prints go on sale through Arizona Highways in September and will be offered unmatted (24 by 20inches) finished trim size at $25 each. Both prints also are available double matted and dry-mounted (30 by 24-inches) for $35 each. Reserve your prints now by writing Arizona Highways, 2039 West Lewis Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009. Allow six weeks after on-sale date for delivery of order.