Hadley-Ives computer desktops.

Page 5. (sky, clouds, and patterns).

Desktop images for downloading. Page 1; Page 2; Page 3; page 4; page 5; page 6; page 7; page 8.
copyright Aside from the Google advertisements, all text, images, and photos by members of the Hadley-Ives family.
Candy in bright shiny colors Balls in Cherokee Gift Shop Chinese Tops
This was an installation of candy on the floor of the Art Institute of Chicago. I saw this in late 2004.
1024 x 768		 I'm not even sure what these round things are, but they were for sale in a gift shop in Cherokee, North Carolina, and they make a nice desktop. (June 2008)
1344 x 840		 These are toy tops for sale in Lukang (Taiwan) during the Dragon Boat Festival (June 2004).
1920 x 1200
Candy in bright shiny colors Balls in Cherokee Gift Shop Marbles with many colors
Stone beads for sale at a rock and mineral show in Beijing. (June 2012)
2400 x 1350		 Glass beads for sale at a rock and mineral show in Beijing. (June 2012)
2400 x 1350		 Marbles for sale in Goderich, Ontario. (August 2010).
1800 x 1124
Marbles with many colors A green field of moss and grass Mosses in bright sun
Looking at Taiwan from the southern coast of Green Island. (July 2012).
2400 x 1350		 A mix of moss and grass growing in Stanley Park, Vancouver. (March 2010)
2240 x 1400		 Primitive plants in the University of British Columbia's botanical garden (March 2010).
2240 x 1400
Garfield Conservatory Leaves Lichens in Illinois Lichens in Nevada
Leaves growing close to the ground in the lovely Garfield Conservatory in Chicago (February 2006).
1840 x 1150		 Lichens growing on the stone at the Garden of the Gods in southern Illinois (June 2002).
1280 x 960		 Lichens on the sandstone in the Nevada Red Rock desert area. (September 1998).
2560 x 1600
Crab claw and seaweed Tea Leaves make a green carpet Ice on tree limbs after an ice storm.
A crab's rests on a tuft of seaweed near tidepools along the California coast.
(August of 2001)
1840 x 1150		 Tea leaves lie on the ground to dry in the sun for a few moments before going into the tea factory for processing. (July, 2004)
1280 x 960		 Snow on a tree in our front yard, with ice encasing a bud on the tree. (December, 2007)
1680 x 1040
Interior wall with geometric patterns Wall of one of the courtyards Wisconsin Capitol Dome Interior Rotunda
Moss growing on the ground in our backyard (July 2004).
1280 x 960		 Grass on Green Island off the coast of Taiwan, after a rain storm.
(July 2004)
1230 x 768		 The Everglades in southern Florida. This is the river of grass.
(January 2005)
1280 x 960
South Dakota Rotunda Dome Ceiling Colorado dome from the inside Saphire Springs with some green aquatic plants
A lotus in the lake at Ueno Park in Tokyo, Japan (July 2007).
2560 x 1600		 A lily in a pond in Taiwan.
(Summer 2004)
1800 x 1200		 The water flowing out of a Missouri Ozark's spring, with the green aquatic plants thriving in the cold, clean water.
(April, 2000)
1280 x 800
Interior of the old Florida State Capitol dome Interior of the Colorado State Capitol Interior of the Indiana State Capitol
A millipede in southern Indiana, near a cave (June 2002).
1024 x 768		 Insects on some goldenrod flowers in Hannibal, Missouri (August 2008)
1344 x 840		 A Jellyfish in the Monterrey Bay Aquarium (August 2001).
2210 x 1380
Flooded Illinois land at sunset, near Burlington, Iowa Oregon Sunset Bristlecone Pine
The flooded countryside near Carthage Lake in western Illinois, as seen from State Highway 522.
(September, 2008)
1440 x 900		 Pink clouds in the blue sky of a summer evening in Oregon.
(August, 2006)
1760 x 1090		 A Bristlecone Pine snag up in the White Mountains of California.
2430 x 1600
Chancellor's Fountain at the University of Illinois in Springfield A lovely tree in Retiro Park The Setting Sun from Clingman's Dome
The sunset seen from Interstate Freeway 74 near Crawfordsville, Indiana.
(June, 2008)
2560 x 1600		 Looking west toward the setting sun over Tennessee from Clingman's Dome. (June, 2008)
2560 x 1600		 Looking out over North Carolina from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains.
2560 x 1600
Sunset Sun Moon Lake Sunset from Pagoda Sunset in Cochin
A sunset.
2400 x 1600		 Looking out over the Taiwan mountains from the pagoda on Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan.
(July 1990)
2217 x 1500		 The Chinese fishing nets (Cheena vala) at Fort Cochi (Cochin) on the coast of Kerela.
(January 1983)
1800 x 1125
Clouds Clouds Clouds
Clouds over Texas (August 2006).
1680 x 1040		 Clouds.
1680 x 1040		 More Clouds.
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If you want to download these images and use them as desktops, please feel free to do so. You can put all the images you want to use for desktops or screen saver images into a folder, and then use the System Preferences (in Macintosh) to set that folder as the sourse for screen saver images (all the images in the folder will be used). You can use iPhoto to import all the images in a "desktop pictures folder" you've created (where you store the downloaded images plus your own pictures), and then within iPhoto create an album for desktop photos. The System Preferences will allow you to set the contents of that iPhoto album as your desktop(s), and you can set the image to change at regular time intervals.