Wandering Aimlessly...

I headed out at 9 a.m. again this morning

to do my daily three 18 minute miles 

(because I am a goal setter in case you forgot).

It's all we can do here in our community due to Covid-19.

The good thing about wandering is 

enjoying the local AZ flora...

This is an Ocotillo - a spiny scarlet-flowered
dessert shrub which looked beautiful silhouetted
against today's blue, blue sky.  And it is a mecca
for the hummingbirds...

The branches are interesting, but it has mega-thorns!!!

The Saguaro  (pronounced se waro) is a giant cactus which
can grow to 66 feet, with branches like a candelabra and
is native to AZ  It can take 10 years to reach 1" in height.
By 70 years it can reach 6 1/2' and finally start to grow arms
When rain is plentiful it can weight between 3200-4800 lbs,
and they can live to be 150 to 200 years old. 

This is a Saguaro with a band-aid.  A colony of
bees decided to nest in this particular saguaro
very near the activity center, which called
for major surgery to get rid of the hazard it created.

And I couldn't resist adding another tribute to the

Argentine Cactus who is really starting to show off...

These beautiful blossoms sadly only last for
one day.  The have a diameter the size of
a large hand!!!