The anticipation of the Cholla Cactus blooms are something I’ve come to look forward to since I started this photography journey. With my introduction to them many moons ago hiking in the foothills of Albuquerque NM, they still amaze me. If you’ve never seen them before, they have bizarre looking, long spiny branches that give […]
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With their distinctive broad, green paddles, Prickly Pear cactus plants are iconic fixtures in the desert southwest summer landscape. They take up residence in mighty dry conditions and thrive. Appearing rather dormant for most of the year, come late May you can see the plants budding. Given room to roam, these cactus plants can spread
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A couple of much needed little summer getaways have put me a bit behind on my flower blooming blog posts. But thankfully I was able to still get photos of most of my favorite flowers. Now it’s time to play post catch up. So let the blooming continue…. Foxtail Lilies and Their Lanky Start As
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If you enjoy photographing or just observing flowering cactus plants, then barrel cactus blooms -are for you!! Also known as Claret Cups, I for one look forward to this time of year as it is so fleeting. With their scarlet red, waxy flowers and long white spines, they are hard to miss! These plants come
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If you’re a fan of big red poppy flowers, then May is the time to behold them in the local gardens. With their crinkly, paper-like flower petals and bright color, standing tall poppy blooms take center stage. Like a beacon drawing you towards them, they are hard to miss. In the local gardens clusters of
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As the seasonal spring blooms continue at the gardens, sunny mornings give way to these beautiful, little Blue Flax Wildflowers. In various shades of blues, purples and a lighter lilac color, they shimmer and dance around in the spring wind. Coming off of my sadness from the stolen cactus plants I had been excited to
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