Sabino Canyon Saguaro Moon

Continuing with "5" Star landscape photos we have another "Saguaro Moon." This one taken in Sabino Canyon, Arizona:

Saguaro Moon

Saguaro Moon at The Azure Gate B&B

After Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Sunset, comes Saguaro Moon. This photo taken outside my office door at The Azure Gate. The sunsets and sunrises here in Tucson are pretty amazing. Because we are surrounded by mountain ranges on all sides, at times it appears as if the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Here is the early morning Moon to our west, even though the sunrise looks to be coming from the same direction.

Saguaro Moon

Big Moon Rising

There is some Credence to my photos today.  It's a Revival of the year's "biggest" moon. It's not Bad, it's Big. There's no "Trouble on the Way", it's a great day!

Thank You CCR

More Spring Flowers

The prickly pear is now blooming along with some of the cholla (Those photos tomorrow). The first Saguaro Blossoms have shown up, and one of our hybrid barrels too. Oh, and while I was out photographing flowers today about 10 Javelinas came by, including a couple of newborns. They were enjoying (eating) all the new growth:

Javelina with newborn piglet

Hybrid Barrel Cactus in Bloom

Saguaro starting to bloom. Yes Gila Woodpecker on the left Saguaro

Sabino Canyon, Arizona

Sabino Canyon is another of our "favorite places." About ten minutes from us, it seldom fails to please. The first time we took our oldest son Matt and his wife Rung (they live in Hawaii) we weren't fifteen minutes into our hike when we came across a western diamondback rattlesnake. As we were finishing our hike the moon decided to land on this saguaro. With Christine's should as a tripod I got this photo. Not bad. We love to walk up to what we call "the frog pond." Everyone can lie down on a large boulder at the pond's edge and look up into the sky. Typically, we listen to the owls hooting away as we watch bats come down to the pond to scoop up insects. Often a male and female cardinal stop to say hello on a nearby branch -- even the same boulder where we lie sometimes. It is so peaceful, the perfect place for resting, relaxing, and meditating.  All thanks to Teddy Roosevelt.