MORE DESERT FAREWELL SHOTS

Prickly Poppy scene
Saguaro sunset

Twin peaks in the glow of sunset

Desert sunset

FAREWELL TO THE DESERT

Check out the feet on this Zebra Tailed Lizard!
Side view of a beautiful Queen butterfly

Queen from above

A Pipeline Swallowtail in flight

Phainopepla, or black Cardinal. They have deep red eyes.

Don't know who Kenny is, but this rock on a desert wash must have cost him some $$$$.

Ghostflower, what a great name!

I love this shot of the Gambel's Quail with his beak open, calling out to another nearby bird.

A pair of horned lizards. Talk about camoflage!

I think this is an interestingly colored Chuckwalla.

GOOD NEIGHBORS

prickly pear blooms in Bruce and Renee's cactus garden.

The loving cactus

Bruce, a retired police captain, and the RZR

Renee and Shadow
Their cactus garden blooms

Bruce and Shadow

Bruce the prospector and a few of his treasures .

Bruce is an octogenarian plus....an inspiration to us!

DESERT COLORS

Staghorn Cholla in yellow
Staghorn Cholla in yellow and red, like a Peace Rose!

Ocotillo and Teddy Bear Cholla

A lizard with a VERY long tail! (he was about 1 foot long)

An inviting 4 wheeler road edged by Creosote Bush

Gambels Quail on Paul's morning walk

Colorful hillside on Paul's morning walk.

Green Staghorn Cholla blooms

Peachy prickly pear blooms

Pink profusion

Orange Staghorn Cholla

Beavertail closeup

Paul had to show off by photographing the Vanessa Annabella "on" the cactus bloom. They weren't landing on them, he got this one going by!!

Cute bunny on Paul's morning walk.

FANTASTIC DESERT FLOWERS

A beautiful Vanessa Annabella butterfly on Golden Crownbeard. There was a HUGE migration of these butterflies here, literally thousands are flying through this area, even now.

Another Vanessa Annabella, the butterfly Bella is named for.

Staghorn Cholla blossom. These Cacti have blossoms in many different colors, from green to magenta.

A hedgehog cactus in bloom.

Saguaro up close

Paul walking back to the RZR

Getting a closeup of a Hedgehog Cactus

They don't get much prettier than this!

Cactus fruit.

Hedgehog and Staghorn cactus

Beavertail blossoms

Beavertail closeup

Hedgehog profusion

Lotsa colors

The whole scene

Hedgehog closeup (you really can't appreciate them from the photos...they are glittery and translucent.)

This flower is about 4" across.

Hedgehog cactus and cholla wood

Just look at all the blooms coming out!