Postcard from Tucson – Desert Spring – Part 2

Spring is nearly over here in the Sonoran desert. But, l am here to tell you it was something to see, especially for me, a first-timer. I did a fair amount of touring looking for flowers and color. It turns out I did not have to go very far. The best and brightest part of the spring flowers were all in walking distance of my residence.

There is a very nice jogging and bicycling path right across the street from where I live. It is surrounded by natural desert. It was here that most of my best pictures were taken. As I daily walked these paths, I had a camera to record the flowers on the various types of cactus.

Almost daily, new flowers emerged that were not there the day before. I saw small cactus, no bigger than six inches high, yield flowers that were much large than the plant itself.

And the color…oh my gosh, the colors were just amazing…reds, yellows, purples, whites, and mixtures. Even some of the ugliest cactus bushes you have ever seen put forth beautiful spring flowers in abundance.

Here are three sample photos from my trips into the nearby desert. The best of them all are now on my website for you to enjoy. Just click on any of the small thumbnail photos and the larger version of it will be displayed. I hope you enjoy these photos of spring in the Sonoran desert as much as I did taking them.

Notes: Last week, I showed you a photo of a boat I took in Port Townsend, WA. FYI, I have put a few more photos from that visit up on my Website for your enjoyment.

This last weekend, I spent a couple of days visiting Bisbee, AZ and the Chiricahua National Monument. Both places were a photographer’s dream. You shall be seeing some of those pictures in the very near future. Tomorrow, I head out for a quick trip to Mexico, then Yuma, then on to visit my son in Blythe, CA. Then, who knows where. I will write when I can.