Mid April

I managed to miss to flowering season, so here are some pics of rainbow barrel cacti.

Notice how the spines are curved ? On any cactus there are at least several that are

curved enough to be used as hooks,

I'm not sure what species these are, but they look nice

A little variety

Some different species of cholla, budding.

Misseltoe in an ironwood tree.

Close-up.

A large saguaro near my campsite.

A closer view. This one could well be over 350 years old.

I'm not sure what caused this damage, it goes almost all the way around.

Looking up.

A younger one, It gets more ridges as it grows bigger in diameter.

A saguaro skeleton. The internal ribs are about 1 inch in diameter, lightweight, and fairly

strong. They can be used to knock down the ripe fruit from the top of a living saguaro.

Those things that look like gourds, are the remains of holes in the saguaro that birds made

to nest in.

A few shots of some christmas cactus