Saturday, January 06, 2007

A day in the desert

Today, I learned to love cacti...tall cacti (Saguaro), short cacti (barrel), ones with paddle shaped leaves, and cacti that look fuzzy but aren't (teddybear curro).


Hubby, like a salmon or sea turtle -- returns to his home....


An amazing view on the way back from the Kit Mountain observatory...


A nice assortment of cacti at the Desert Museum


Here kitty kitty -- a cat that would give even mom's huge cats an inferiority complex...


A hummingbird at rest -- hubby was focued on taking this photo when another hummingbird was tasting him...

If you find yourself in Tucson, really -- really -- really take the time to drive into the desert and go to the Desert Museum. Far from being a museum, it is a desert educaiton center.... you can learn all about the plants and animals of the desert, while always having a restroom and waterfountain nearby.

As Hubby and I drove back into town after seeing a completely different landscape than we've seen before, the lack of trees and strange variety of plants made us realize how varied our winter break has been... from near Canada, to near Mexico -- with a good dose of Midwest in between. We've seen a great lake and centuries old cacti. We've seen poverty and excess (parts of Tucson and Scottsdale... not really in the same state) and have been in the same town as two bowl games.

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