Hope is not a resting place but a starting point – a cactus, not a cushion. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. The photo below is from a different plant (same species), back in the shadows. I like how it came out. And just for fun, I found this quote. Just proving, if you want to…
Category: Desert
Birthday walk in the park
Last Wednesday was my birthday. I decided to take the day off and spend the morning at our Desert Museum. Although I didn’t find many animal photo opps, it was a beautiful morning, a comfortable temperature, and I got some great nature photos. Happy Day 😊 In all things of nature there is something of…
Harris’s Hawk
On my recent visit to our wetlands park, I saw this Harris’s Hawk up in a tree. I was able to get a few photos of him. He was far away, but I cropped the photo below for a closer view. I almost missed him. A reminder to always look up! In October we visited…
A Photo a Week Challenge: Sunrise
After seeing Nancy’s post here for the Photo A Week Challenge, I got inspired to post a few of my summer morning walk sunrise photos. Every workday during the summer, I got up before sunrise to do my daily walk. I didn’t realize the treat I would be blessed with each day as I watched…
Presenting: Empress Leilia
Also called Leilia hackberry butterfly or desert hackberry. Personally, I think she’s worthy of the title “Empress”. 💛🧡💛🧡💛 Butterflies…flowers that fly and all but sing. ~Robert Frost
peace of life today 