Max and I went out for a neighborhood photo shoot Saturday evening. I was in search of neat desert plant life like this saguaro in our front yard. The needles are serious - they are the size and firmness of toothpicks!
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Max was more interested in the animal life and caught this great photo of a finch in one of our trees.
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Many of the cacti are in bloom right now!
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We ventured out to some other yards and spotted this prickly pear cactus in bloom.
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Beautiful!
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I'm still trying to figure out this whole SLR thing, but I'm having so much fun in the process!
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When we returned home, the neighborhood bobcat was waiting for us. No joke. It was a little startling and after some photos we thought it would be best to head inside and end the nature walk ; )
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