Desert

I just returned from a six day visit with my sister in Tucson, Arizona. She lives in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains and a mile or so away from Sabino Canyon, a great park for hiking in the desert and mountains of the area. I spend a lot of this trip moved and awed by this beauty.

Interesting contrast between sunlight and shadow.

 From brown to bright green.

 Full creeks in certain seasons

 And the famous saguaro cactus, found almost exclusively in southern Arizona and western Sonora, Mexico--a few strays in SE California.  It doesn't get those arms until it is around 75 years old.