Saturday, May 25, 2013

Color in the Desert

Sometimes I amaze myself.  I moved back to the Valley of the Sun thirty years ago but have never visited the Desert Botanical Garden!  Today, I did ... with camera in hand.  And you can bet I will be visiting again.

Sometimes it's easy to overlook the beauty of the desert, especially when the temperature is a scorching 112 degrees and everything fades into a brown, drab scene.  Today, though, the landscape was like a Rubens painting.  Here is a very small collection of what I call "Color in the Desert."







I so enjoyed my visit today, wandering the trails and stopping to actually pay attention to my surroundings.  You really should stop and smell the roses.  ☺

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful pictures, Maryann. Thank you for sharing them.

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  2. Beautiful pics of a beautiful place.

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  3. So different than the Iowa landscapes I am used to!

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  4. Excellent! It is good to go there alone, sometimes, just to take the time to notice the beauty without the distraction of conversation with people.

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  5. Beautiful images....It's good to go there alone, isn't it....to have the freedom to notice the subtle and not so subtle beauty.

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  6. The top flower is Gaillardia, called Indian Blanket. I don't recall the proper name of the last one, but it's called Indian Hat. The second is a Mimosa, also called sensitive plant. If you gently tough the leaves, they'll close up.
    I don't know much about cacti, but they are certainly lovely!

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