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(31,506 posts)StarryNite
(9,435 posts)NJCher
(35,619 posts)and it has sixteen extra fingers! How helpful.
KarenS
(4,061 posts)that cactus looks really beat up and yet presents such pretty flowers
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)Yes, she's an old one and yet she still contributes and gives.
Goonch
(3,598 posts)Now that's funny!
George McGovern
(5,420 posts)StarryNite
(9,435 posts)I wanted people to get an idea of just how old and worn down this cactus is yet it still has so much to offer. The pollinators were sure enjoying her flowers. And it was great to be able to take some pictures looking down at them rather than aiming way up.
Walleye
(30,977 posts)StarryNite
(9,435 posts)Birds love the saguaro blooms. Woodpeckers peck holes in them for their nests and kind of turn them into cactus condos for all kinds of birds.
wryter2000
(46,023 posts)Thanks for sharing.
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,433 posts)I'm also imagining the silence this cactus gets to enjoy on any given day.
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)It's probably 150 years old, can you imagine all it has seen in its lifetime? All the rains, all the birds sitting on it and nesting in the holes that woodpeckers made. All the wildlife passing by...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,523 posts)All three views show something different, and all are beautiful!
Thank you.
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)AverageOldGuy
(1,510 posts)Back in the early 1970's, when I was fresh from my last tour in Vietnam, the Army sent me to Univ of Arizona for grad school. We spent a lot of time in the Sonoran Desert -- never realized how beautiful the desert is.
We also discovered the Papago Native Americans -- now the Tohono O'odham -- and their baskets -- we have a collection of some fine Tohono O'odham baskets.
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)The Sonoran Desert is so different from other deserts. People not familiar with it would be surprised at all the life, both plant and animal that call it home.
That must be a really nice basket collection! A lot of work goes into those baskets, not like things done on machines.
Hekate
(90,556 posts)StarryNite
(9,435 posts)ancianita
(35,932 posts)I guess you live in Saguaro country. I love to see their hilly forest in western Arizona.
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)ancianita
(35,932 posts)Oh, no, that is horrible. I wish there were environmental groups who had some legal clout to stop these developers who want to build on such arid land. Even with the Gila River, there might not be an endless water supply.
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)But of course they keep encouraging more and more growth. I'm afraid this is not going to end well.
usonian
(9,691 posts)Some of us (cacti and people) only LOOK old. 🌼
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)wendyb-NC
(3,302 posts)That Saguaro has such personality and intense flowers. What rugged beauty you captured in the photos.
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)Some of them look quite rough on the outside but they just keep hanging in there. While others look perfectly healthy only to topple over. I guess that's much like people.
ultralite001
(892 posts)That is all...
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)AllaN01Bear
(17,987 posts)StarryNite
(9,435 posts)WiVoter
(907 posts)Thank you for sharing! ❤️
StarryNite
(9,435 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)StarryNite
(9,435 posts)Now you have me wondering.