Tall Thorn, Small Thorn

aprilcotton - Jan 17, 2009 10:22 AM EDT
Carol, Karenmoen and Whittler113, thanks so much for your comments. The desert is a lot more gorgeous than I ever would have imagined. Definitely not the barren waste-land that I had pictured in my mind.

aprilcotton - Jan 17, 2009 10:20 AM EDT
Don, I agree about the prettiest weeds (well phrased, Bubbalinn). And I appreciate your Eastern point of view. We only moved out west 9 months ago and had spent the rest of our lives back east (NY and VA). I hope you make it on that trip. You are going to LOVE it! And what a perfect time to go (and a perfect time to escape the frigid weather you are suffering from now!). Good luck!

aprilcotton - Jan 17, 2009 10:17 AM EDT
Bubbalinn, thanks for the information! We learned a bit about the cacti when we went to the Saguaro National Park but I didn't know how to estimate the ages. And fwiw, the name "Saguaro" is not pronounced ANYthing like it appears...hooked on phonics definitely did not help out on this one :-)

Jas - Jan 14, 2009 01:49 PM EDT
These cacti really show up well against the deep blue sky! I love the different shapes, sizes and textures of these plants (?) and the varying colours of green through yellow. A lovely desert landscape. :)

whittler113 - Jan 13, 2009 10:08 AM EDT
A very pretty desert scene.

Karen Moen - Jan 12, 2009 08:38 PM EDT
This really shows off the turquoise skies for which the southwest is famous.

shutterbug - Jan 12, 2009 05:24 PM EDT
Lovely photo of the Catus. Carol

donwrob - Jan 12, 2009 01:57 PM EDT
Nice cacti image Aprilcotton! Very nice capture. I think you guys have the pretiest weeds too Alan :-). It is so different out there than it is here in the East. I am excited, a friend of mine is headed off to Arizona for a week in Febuary and asked if I'd like to go along to do some photography. It looks like it is a go! I hope some of the desert flowers are blooming by then, can't wait! Don

bubbalinn - Jan 12, 2009 01:01 PM EDT
Very nice photo of the beautiful cactus, it makes me feel right at home.. The tall cactus are Saguaro, the ones with three arms or more are around 200 years old. The little ones are the Prickly Pare. I think we have the prettiest weeds LOL...