"Living in a Picture" on BLM Land Near Red Rock, Arizona

Eric said, "It's like we're living in a painting."






This dirt road leads to a
desert wonderland.

Saguaros & Teddy Bear Cacti

dominate the landscape. 

These Purple "Snapdragons"
look like Mexican Skullcap.

This Saguaro continues to

live with its Nurse Tree, a

Palo Verde.

The leaves look like a Dandelion.

The flower is beautifully complex.

A budding Ocotillo.

A dead Saguaro slowly decays
near healthy, many armed cacti.

Tiny Rock Gilia blooms cover

this low growing plant.

We are not alone.

A dog print & a human
footprint.

Eric & a Jumping Cholla.

(It's a Teddy Bear Cholla

large enough to grow

nodules.)

I thought they were low growing plants.

This is a Hedgehog Cactus.

Prickly Pear Cactus

I almost missed these tiny

white Daisies.

Baby Teddy Bear Cholla grow

near the "mother plant."

A blooming Hedgehog Cactus

Its delicate flowers

Eric & I snuggle beneath
a Saguaro.

I am grateful that the US Government has set land aside for all to enjoy.  The BLM Land near Red Rock is barely touched by man.  It's a quiet place to visit and revel in the abundant plant life in the Sonoran Desert.