Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

Back Lot Panorama

Back Lot Panorama

I took a couple of images from approximately the center of the back property line in the “unimproved” part of our property this afternoon. I combined the images into this panoramic image using Canon’s ZoomBrowser Photo Stitch software.

The image from left to right shows the west corner of the house at the left and gradually sweeps to the right to cover Damsel’s cactus and rock garden, the southwest property corner, the little wash with all the natural desert vegetation and the several neighbors buildings in the distance. The northwest property corner (circled in red) is just above the bottom of the wash below and approximately halfway between neighbor’s house on the hill (right of center with the flags) and the house with the Spanish tile roof on the right side. Click on the image to enlarge.

19 Mar 2014 by Home & Garden Panorama Photography Retirement

Beavertail Madness

Beavertail Madness

This beavertail transplant sure is going crazy in its new place in the rock and cactus garden. I suspect that it benefits from some nearby citrus trees irrigation runoff. It is one of several we transplanted a couple of years ago from the unimproved part of the lot and is, by far, the most prolific in terms of paddle and flower production. Click on the image to enlarge.

17 Mar 2014 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden Photography

Wildflowers In The Desert

Wildflower

Wildflowers are popping up all over the desert according to what we see locally and read in Arizona Highways. We see them growing along the roads, in the hills and in some very unusual places, like this poppy in a block wall down the road from our little desert cottage. Nature perseveres in natural and unnatural places. Click on the image to enlarge.

We may take a drive one of these days to where the flowers are known to grow in abundance in order to get a wildflower photo-op. Stay tuned.

14 Mar 2014 by Arizona Flowers Photography

Circumhelical Arc

Circumhelical Arc

I went out onto the courtyard this afternoon to try and photograph sunspotsbut had no luck since there was a thin overcast layer of cirrus clouds. Damsel noticed that there was an arc around the sun so I positioned myself underneath the big saguaro out front and took this image of the phenomenon.

The halo around the sun reminds me of some of the halos around the heads in medieval art works such as “Madonna y Bambino” and other halo-worthy holy figures that we saw in The Vatican, Rome and Florence, Italy a few years ago. Click on the image to enlarge.

11 Mar 2014 by Arizona Environment Photography Science

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