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Willow Trail
A hot day, a steep climb, another place in the world I’d never seen before. Wonderful. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/buy/auction/1157215
By the Salt River, Arizona
This scene is from the end of a fishing trip. No fish but nice winter sunset.
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Cat to go. Bag it.
Field of Chollas
Chollas are botanically in the subfamily of Opuntioideae, the same family which includes cactus’s with broad, flat leaves. The leaves of the Cholla are round-ish and really spiny. They quickly become stuck to any object that comes close to it. Their spines hurt and aren’t easy to remove once impaled in either fabric, fur orContinue reading “Field of Chollas”
Below the Ridge, Valley of the Sun
We hiked to this overlook, then had to turn back to reach the car before dark.
White Tank Regional Park
The sky catches fire in Arizona.
White Tank Park
Cactus Tree Mountain Sky
Arizona Barrel Cactus
Ferocactus wislizeni is a native of Southern Arizona and Mexico. They grow about knee high and are 12 to 16 or so inches across. They’re quite spiny. The thorns are pinkish and curved somewhat like a fish hook.
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Buck the Cat sits for his portrait. Meow.
