February 15, 2023

The backlit effect from the setting sun always gives teddy bear cholla cacti a warm fuzzy glow. But anyone who’s been around them knows, sometimes painfully, the folly of taking that look too seriously. Perhaps instead of Faux Warm Fuzzies, I should have titled this image Forewarned Fuzzies.

Faux Warm Fuzzies
Kofa Mountains, Arizona
2022