Beautiful

A Typical California Highway in Midwinter

Sunshine - Fruits - Flowers and Snow
I just love the beautiful scenery.

" BOTTLE HOUSE "

In the Ghost City of Rhyolite, Nevada

The "Bottle House" was built during the "Boom Days" in 1905 by Tom Kelly.  50,000 liquor bottles were used in the construction of the foundations and walls.  It is in the "Ghost City" of Rhyolite, near Daylight Pass, entering Death Valley from Beatty, Nevada.

"DESERT BLOOM"

PRICKLY PEAR IN BLOOM
THE PLATYOPUNTIA IS OF GREAT VALUE ECONOMICALLY.  IT IS USED AS A FORAGE AND ALSO CULTIVATED FOR ITS EDIBLE FRUIT, COMMONLY CALLED CACTUS PEAR, WHICH SI SERED IN MANY WAYS.
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PAINTED CLIFFS "APACHE TRAIL", ARIZONA
THE GREATEST SCENIC HIGHWAY IN AMERICA,, 120 MILES LONG BETWEEN PHOENIX AND GLOBE.  IT PASSES THROUGH THE HEART OF "APACHE LAND."  A STRANGELY PICTURESQUE MOUNTAIN PEAKS AND SHEAR PRECIPICES, AGLOW WITH BRIGHT MINERAL COLORS AND TEEMING WITH ROMANCE AND HISTORIC INTEREST.
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PALO VERDE IN BLOOM
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Desert View
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OCOTILLO AND SAHUARO CACTUS
OCAOTILLO, SOMETIMES CALLED CANDLEWOOD, COACH WHIP OR JACOB'S STAFF, HAS LONG SPRINGY PROFUSELY BARBED STEMS BEARING SHOWY CLUSTERS OF FLAME RED BLOSSOMS.  THE GIANT CACTUS, SAGUARO OR SAHUARO, REACHES 40 TO50 FEET IN HEIGHT.  ITS BLOSSOMS ARE WAXEN WHITE, WHILE THE FRUIT WHICH FOLLOWS IS BRIGHT RED, SOMEWHAT LIKE A POMEGRANATE THOUGH PEAR SHAPED.
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"DESERT BLOOM"

YUCCAS IN BLOOM IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THIS CLUMP OF GRACEFUL YUCCAS IN BLOOM
SHOWS THE DESERT IN ITS GENTLEST MOOD
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THE CHOLLA OR BUCKHORN
IN FULL BLOOM
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SUNSET ON THE DESERT
FANTASTIC SCENES, MIRAGES, AND SUNSETS OF GREAT BEAUTY ARE RARE CHARMS OF THE DESERT.  THE GREAT VARIETY OF CACTUS SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE ARE, LEST TO RIGHT-THE CHOLLA, BISNAGA OR NIGGER-HEAD, OCATILLO OR DEVIL'S COACH-WHIP, PALMAS OR PRICKLY-PEAR, GIANT SAHUARO, AND AT THE EXTREME RIGHT THE BARRELL CACTUS.  ALL ARE FORTIFIED WITH THORNS AS THO FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR LIVES-EVERYTHING ON THE DESERT DOES BATTLE FOR AN EXISTENCE.
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SOTOL AND PRICKLY PEAR
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CACTUS IN BLOOM, ARIZONA
THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT IS NEITHER MONNOTONOUS NOR LIFELESS. BESIDES THE MARVELOUS  COLORING THERE IS A GREAT VARIETY OF CACTI, FROM THE SAGUARO CACTUS TOWERING THIRTY TO SIXTY FEET IN HEIGHT CROWNED BY CLUSTERS OF WHITE FLOWERS, TO THE SHORT AND FIERCELY THORNY CUCUMBER CACTUS WITH LARGE CRIMSON FLOWERS.
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"DESERT BLOOM"

STRAWBERRY OR HEDGEHOG CACTUS
THE DESERT IN SPRING IS A PROFUSION OF COLOR, A SIGHT LONG TO BE REMEMBERED
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SMOKE TREES ON THE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA
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JOSHUA TREES AND WILDFLOWERS ON THE DESERT IN SPRINGTIME

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JOSHUA TREE SILHOUTTED AGAINST A CALIFORNIA SUNSET
MANY BIRDS NEST IN THESE SPINY TREES AND INDIANS USE THE SMALL ROOTS FOR BASKET WEAVING
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THE FOUR HORSEMEN
FITZPATRICKS CACUTS GARDENS EDINBURG TEX.
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"DESERT BLOOM"

               These beautiful cards are often overlooked.  

                        I love them.  Take a look.



CACTUS IN BLOOM
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SENTINELS OF THE DESERT,
GIANT CACTUS, (SAHUARO)
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CREOSOTE BUSH ON THE DESERT
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PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS IN BLOOM
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CENTURY PLANT OF THE DESERT
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