Ocotillo Spotlight
Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona
2022

The True Origin of the Covid Virus
Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona
2022

Who knew we could make such an amazing scientific discovery while out camping?

Desert Holdup
Arivaca, Arizona
2022

We were hiking with no one else on the trail but on this chilly, blustery day the Fashion Queen found a new, if somewhat sinister looking use for her face mask: keeping her face warm.

Roadside Attraction #7
Arivaca, Arizona
2022

He died in the saddle and the funeral music was awesome!

A Sneak Attack
Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona
2022

Even a tree located a seemingly safe distance from the edge of a wash can be undermined by flood waters, in this case in the very literal sense of the word.

Bare Tree #81

Bare Tree #81
Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona
2021

A tree growing on the edge of a wash has a big advantage in terms of access to water during the rainy season. It suffers from a disadvantage as well, that of having its position literally undermined by repeated flash floods. Hold on tight!

Show Me the Way to Go Home
Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona
2022

A clever use of vernacular materials to mark the trail across a wash in the desert.

Spent Beauty #52
Tucson Mountain Park, Arizona
2022

I’ve seen a lot of saguaro skeletons over the years but never one that had these dangling tendrils. It looks as if it had actual blood vessels stripped out of its arm.

Spent Beauty #51
Tucson Mountan Park, Arizona
2022

The skeletal structure of a decaying prickly pear cactus pad.

Latent Potential #27
Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona
2021

Seed pods from an agave plant (a.k.a. century plant). The latent potential of these seed pods has actually expired, as the seeds have already left for new homes.