Category: Tucson

• Monday, 13, 2020
• Tucson, Arizona
• Sonora Desert Museum

Desert life…

1. Succulents
2. Big Horn Sheep
3. Succulents

• Monday, 13, 2020
• Tucson, Arizona
• Sonora Desert Museum

Here kitty, kitty….

1. Mountain lion
2. “On the prowl”
3. What could be more interesting than me?

• January 13, 2020
• Tucson, Arizona
• Saguaro National Park

Adaptation keeps plants alive. Creosote trees have minuet wax-like coated leaves. Even with the leaves shed during droughts, photosynthesis can still occur as the green bark is rich in chloroform.

The trunk of a Saguaro tree is pleated. During rain, water is stored in expandable pleats which actually increase the circumference of the trunk.

1. Creosote tree
2. Minuet Creosote leaves
3. Saguaro

• Monday, 13, 2020
• Tuscan, Arizona
• Saguaro National Park

For the hike, I paired with another female solo walker. Imagine our surprise when we were passed by an older man, all in black, without water.

1. View from trail
2. Man-in-Black
3. Hiker gaining distance

• Monday, 13, 2020
• Tucson, Arizona
• Saguaro National Park

Saguaros forest. It’s like pencils poked in a giant sand.

1. View from trail
2. Alive and well
3. Close and far

• Monday, 13, 2020
• Tucson, Arizona
• Saguaro National Park

Saguaro primer…Saguaro (suh-wah-roe) can grow 40 feet tall and often exceed 150 years. Their side arms can appear at 75 to 100-years. Sometimes no side arms form and those Saguaro are called spears. It’s native to the Sonora Desert and the blossom is Arizona’s state wildflower. A familiar image on Arizona licenses 🌵.

1. Saguaro Cactus
2. Spear Saguaro
3. Saguaro Cactus