Monday, February 8, 2010

Cactus Monday: Phoenix or Baltimore?

This is a picture of a saguaro cactus in the south mountains I took in Phoenix not even a month ago.  A beautiful and warm sunny day it was.  I remember I wore a short sleeve shirt and got a little bit of a suntan from a scenic light hike through some trails.

And this is a picture taken just yesterday in Maryland in front of our house.  We got give or take 30 inches of snow on the ground with my husband shown digging us out.  I bet you can just imagine how all of the roads are out there from the looks of our driveway.  Everyone is pretty much snowbound.  We are expected to get 10 to 20 MORE inches according to weather.com from another snow storm tomorrow and Wednesday.  I do have to say, that this is the most snowfall we have seen for one year in quite some time. 

So this leads me to the question.  Phoenix or Baltimore. . . Where would you rather live?  Could those Arizona summers really be all that brutal?

7 comments:

Teri said...

LOL, great comparison!!! It looks like Wisconsin and that is why we are snowbirds.

HCM!

Unknown said...

hehehehehe...what a great contrast in photos!!! I love these and so happy you got some nice white stuff before you guys leave!!!

Hugs
Diana

Deepa Gopal said...

Nice pics...

HCM!

Regds
deepa
http://www.deepazworld.blogspot.com/

Unknown said...

That sure looks like hard work.

Unknown said...

Hello Cynthia!!! hope all is well with you!!! and how is the move going? are you guys packed ? and when do you move??

hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day!!!

Hugs
Diana

Unknown said...

you're so cute Cynthia!!! what an awesome game we had tonight ...Team Canada did a super fantastic job!!!

Hugsssssssssss
Diana

jyothisethu said...

the rough nature of the cactus is captured by composing with a matching rough surroundings...
the cold snow is also transmitting the cold tho the viewer...
good...