Checking out the Neighborhood

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Geo: 33.2112, -111.875

Every place we visit has it's unique look--some more unique than others, but here's what I love about our neighborhood.

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Photos

Shadows on Bougainville
It's red, it slouches over adobe walls everywhere and it grows in this desert like a weed.

I Call this Chenille Cactus
Fitting, don't you think?

Desert Imprint
As these grow, they are squeezed so tightyly by engulfing leaves, that the edges of the leaves inside imprints on the outter leaves, leaving this leaf-edge pattern.

Trunk Art
Palm leaves drop off the tree as they age, leaving these stubs that later harden like wood.

Whacked Out Mexican Fencepost
Cross section of cactus displays star shape when cut back.

Comments

[Kari]

Yeah,...I would say you've got your groove back with that camera. Those pictures kill me. Especially since it looks so warm there & we're dropping down to below zero temps again tomorrow.Enjoying your new toy,~K

[bobnkaren]

Thanks. It's starting to come back to me, but I still get so frustrated that I'm so SLOW at getting the dials right, etc. I could never be a wildlife photographer--at least cacti stand there and wait for you.