Gourdian Knot #2
Tubac, Arizona
2022

Gourdian Knot #1
Tubac, Arizona
2022

You might have thought I made a spelling error in this image’s title, but no, it was just another opportunity for a lame play on words.

Crow 210
Green Valley, Arizona
2022

Furrows
Tucson Mountains, Arizona
2022

Ribs on a fallen saguaro cactus.

Battle Scars
Tucson Mountains, Arizona
2022

Scars and imperfections on a saguaro cactus make for an interesting abstract image.

Bare Tree #90
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
2022

Eventually, desertification took a terrible toll on the Ents…

Bare Tree #89
Tucson Mountains, Arizona
2022

Still Life With Woodpecker
Tucson Mountains, Arizona
2022

A Gila woodpecker to be exact, sitting on a branch of an ocotillo plant. Since I stole the title for this image from Tom Robbins, the least I can do is to include a quote from his book of the same name.

“It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.”
                                   ― Tom Robbins, Still Life with Woodpecker

Speaking Plainly
Glasgow, Montana
2022

Better than some of the possible alternatives.

A Word of Caution
Glasgow, Montana
2022

This comes across as a rather harsh jolt after the more calm and serene photos of the last few days, but reality is like that sometimes. This person seems really concerned about the loss of some of their backyard stash of treasures. He had no worries with me though–he’d have to pay me to haul any of it away.