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I visited our Desert Botanical Garden during the recent holidays with some family, and found a surprising development. Nestled into the drab winter landscape of our desert were dozens of alien objects! This is the multi-million-dollar Chihuly exhibit "The Nature of Glass", designed especially for the Garden. I apologize for the fuzziness of some of the images; I am still learning to use my digital camera at low light settings (it was sunset). I'll return to this exhibit again when the cacti are…

As advertised, I revisited the Garden during springtime blooms & got some more interesting color from the Sonora Desert. I finally have gotten thru downloading, resizing, uploading, and now posting the winners. As always, it was hard to narrow down the field of candidate images, since there is so much to see! As you will see, some of the desert colors match those of the glass; unfortunately, the fuschia blooms of the Spiny Hedgehog cacti had already passed... Enjoy! Brainy Pincushion Fiery Pinc…