Teddy Bear Cholla

Don’t let the name fool you. This cactus is anything but soft and cuddly.

Everybody’s Movin’ To The ‘Burbs

This is a 75 year old saguaro that was scheduled to be uprooted and destroyed to make way for a new home near 4th Street and Bethany Home Road. After hearing of the cactus’ plight on valley newscasts, a local landscaping company and a West Valley school came up with a plan to save it. This past Monday, Roadrunner Cactus transplanted the giant saguaro on the new campus of Montessori in the Park at Dysart and McDowell Roads.

Officials said it was important to save the huge cactus and the fact that it ended up at a school will help students learn about the saguaro and the importance of protecting Arizona’s treasures. The saguaro has long been a symbol of the state and the saguaro blossom is the Arizona State Flower.

You decide...

...the Three Caballeros or the Three Faces of Eve?

Mellow Yellow

Give me a yellow blossom on anything, anytime....love them.

Low Maintenance Gardening

Sometimes it's just smarter to use garden art instead of trying to keep things growing here in the southwest desert.  This cactus requires very little water to thrive.  They make some really amazing ironwork pieces.

Visitor

It appears that I was not the only one who enjoyed the cactus blossoms this Spring.

Well Blooming Yucca

Couldn't resist the lovely blue sky behind the yucca in our small little cactus garden.

More Desert Blooms

These are more of the cactus blooms and wildflowers at Estrella Mountain Community College. They were so beautiful I couldn't resist pulling over and taking a picture.

The Pedigree of Honey

The Pedigree of Honey

The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy.

Emily Dickinson

Saguara Aura

I had to intentionally misspell saguaro so that my title would rhyme.
But that's what this looked like to me...or a halo.

Wednesday Doorway - All the Buzz

I spotted this doorway to the hive as Mom and I were driving through White Tanks Park last Wednesday.

Prickly Cactus

This is a fountain in a local shopping mall.

The Ocotillo "cactus" is made of pieces of glass.

Talk about art imitating life...

Dead Cactus

This cactus probably got hit by lightning at some point.

Cactus Wren

A cactus wren caught red-beaked eating the fruit of a prickly pear cactus.