Cactus Monday: "The Trip"

They're not all stickers.

 

I am completely in love with the landscaping in Phoenix.  This is one of the houses we looked at.

A beautiful grand Saguaro in front of this house we also looked at.  Later we found out that to obtain one of these costs a few grand, and special papers are needed to prove that it was obtained legally since they take 75 or so years to even develop a second limb.  Doh!

A view of the city of Phoenix from South Mountains.

Saguaros were everywhere. . . so beautiful!

The base of the South Mountains.  Hey, is that a coyote?  Probably just a lost little dog.

The trip was amazing. . . especially the weather, the houses were beautiful, and the surroundings were so inspiring.  I have the smell of sage burned into my memory visiting a house decorated with beautiful unique southwestern art, and it made me want to get back into pottery and get my hands muddy.  The galleries in Scottsdale look so inviting and I can't wait to just submerge myself into the art world and get lost there.  Now all we are waiting for is to sell our house in Maryland!