This one was created for a Creative Postcard Club assignment. We were given the task of designing a card that would promote our hometown.

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Spring’s just about to give way to the summer heat. So, time to catch the chuparosa blooms before they fade away…

It’s been an especially good spring for new buds on the cactus. My prickly pear have been quite industrious…

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The Desert Botanical Gardens’ Butterfly Pavilion is an enclosed structure designed to keep the fluttering insects in. The interplay of the the pavilion’s roof reflection and the pond caught my eye.

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One of the many fluttering insects at the Desert Botanical Gardens’ Butterfly Pavilion. Catch this exhibit before it flies away in May.

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Agaves at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.

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Sampling a rose outside the Sun Bowl Amphitheatre in Sun City, Arizona.

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If you’re into fluttering insects, the Desert Botanical Garden’s Butterfly Pavilion is the place to be. Located in southeast Phoenix, the Pavilion is quite the draw for photographers, including my friend and mentor, Judy Vorfeld:

Judy and I visited the Butterfly Pavilion this past Saturday.
You can catch the Butterfly Pavilion exhibit between March 1 and May […]

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The aloe that I planted four years ago just can’t contain its enthusiasm. This bud is growing through a crack in my retaining wall…

The iceplant is much more tame — except for the flowers…

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