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Lumpy, bumpy pock-marked thing
Squats upon the sand -
Faded, plain and pale, then spring
Makes of it a grand
Flame-bloomed beauty brightening
Dusty desert land.
By Fran Haraway
We hiked in the desert today and saw the beauty of the beavertail cactus in bloom...
It was as if Martha Stewart had been all over putting pink tissue paper flowers on the catcus!
Kim Klassen warm sun (inverted) and frame by Bliss & Folly
Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus in bloom, with pink magenta flowers, in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in the Colorado Desert, San Diego County, California.
This photo was taken a couple of miles from the Ranch, I have one in my font yard. They actually bloom earlier than every 100 years, but they only bloom once, then die, Note the leaves around the base, all drooping and dead.
When I run out of vistas or they are all the same I look down at foot level. and beauty abounds.
Copyright Tom Stanley Janca DSC05075e
Another shot taken at the greenhouses at Lyman Conservatory, Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, USA, on March 26, 2011. Open 7 days a week--free admission. There were many cactus in bloom, the day we visited.
Taken along the cliff side trail leading up to the cliff side dwelling and Indian ruins on top of the mesa at Puye, New Mexico.
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Beavertail prickly pear cactus in bloom with pink magenta flowers, in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in the Colorado Desert, San Diego County, California.
Claret Cup Hedgehog Cactus in Bloom
Prickly spines and Velvety bloosoms, extraordinary desert beauty, tough and elegant.
Yampa May 2005