May 2020

Sawtooth Agave #8
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
2020

If you ever needed a pictorial representation of the word “desiccation,” this would be a great choice.

Like Peeling a Banana
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
2020

A slowly decaying saguaro cactus.

Pencil Envy
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
2020

If I could draw worth a hoot, this is the kind of pencil sketch I would like to be able to make. Instead I have to settle with messing around with Photoshop to achieve a similar result with one of my photos.

Impenetrable #2
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona
2020

Sawtooth Agave #7
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona
2020

Sawtooth Agave #6
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona
2020

This dead agave looked like it got so hot in the desert heat that it just melted.

Sawtooth Agave #5
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona
2020

Impenetrable
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Arizona
2020

Turner on a Rock
Bozeman, Montana
2020

I discovered this moonrise landscape in lichen (slightly enhanced in Photoshop) on a rock near our cabin. It reminded me of the many impressionist storm paintings by JMW Turner such as this one, Rough Sea With Wreckage:

Finally, Spring
Bozeman, Montana
2020

The snow is almost all gone at our mountain house and we’re finally able to drive up there. The lupine are starting to grow, which is a sure sign that spring is here, as is the fact that the moisture coming down is in the form of rain rather than snow. I’m really excited about staying up there for the summer if for no other reason other than it’s so much easier to maintain an appropriate social distance from your neighbors when you live on 40 acres.