Saguaros

So the saguaros have developed some stubble on their tops this year, some have a lot and some none at all. The stubble is slowly opening into some flowers with art-deco veins in the stalks. This is looking up, flower is 15 or so feet off the ground.

I also ran across this [...]

Lunch

Not for me, for my newly-awakened neighbor, who was obviously famished and overbought at the carryout. I tried to tell it to avoid shopping while hungry.

Details

I was finishing a quick afternoon hike through Saguaro late in the afternoon and caught a tiny red spot on a small flower bud. The color arrested my steps, I backed up, got the camera out, and what ensued was straight out of a silent movie; wherever I aimed the camera, the bug went [...]

More Spring

Went for a brief midday walk, found some more miniature flower universes to take photos of, added them to the Saguaro Spring album. Here are a couple of samples of this small addition…