All posts tagged “cacti

Garden in bloom

This begins with a story for another day, in which the home we bought in October 2020 and began renovating in April 2021 went through a transformation I was not expecting. But I couldn’t be happier about. You’ll see the prequel to this story soon. […]

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Photo of a desert landscape and plants.

The greenest desert

The one thing that has never failed to stand out about living in Arizona is just how green the desert is. The Sonoran desert is known for being the hottest, but also the greenest desert in the world. I think that’s one of those things […]

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Photograph of bunny rabbit ear cacti, looking over them.

Catching the morning light

Do you have a favourite cactus? Having lived in the desert for a few years, I think I have a few favourites. The cutests of all has to be the bunny ear cactus. It looks cute enough to touch with the morning light dancing so […]

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Photograph of cacti covered in snow in the foreground with snow covered mountains in the background.

100% more snow

To me. The snow and the cacti just didn’t make sense. It’s not something I think should make sense. Cacti are in the desert. There’s no snow in the desert, right? Arizona proved me wrong. It had a lot more unexpected snow that I was […]

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Photo of a saguaro cactus looking from the bottom up.

My obsession with the saguaro

They’re everywhere. I’m not exaggerating. Maybe just a little bit. It’s hard not to point out every single saguaro cactus you see, if you’ve never been to Arizona and you visit for the first time. Though, over a year living here, and I’m still obsessed. […]

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