Saguaro Flower

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A Saguaro Flower blooming in Phoenix, Arizona

The saguaros are blooming. Getting a photo is not an easy task though, as these flowers tend to be at the very top of the cactus and its arms. Occasionally, I might spot a saguaro with a malformed arm bent down towards the ground with flowers in bloom, but then I’m probably speeding by with no safe spot to pull over and snap a photo. I found this rogue flower on the side of a saguaro, and with an 8-foot ladder, I was able to get just high enough to take this image before these beautiful flowers drop away under the crushing summer sun.

Old Hands Part II

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Aunt Eleanor's 94 year old hands

These hands took care of my grandfather 84 years ago when he was just a little boy and his sister was only 11 years old. They held my mother when she was a baby and her father was a young man fresh from the military after his service during World War II. In the 1960’s they cradled me, just a young baby 43 years ago. Today my Aunt Eleanor’s hands are a little more wrinkled and maybe not as strong as they had once been, but still, her gentle touch is as sweet as ever.

Caroline

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Caroline Wise in Scottsdale, Arizona

As my wife makes the long and grueling 15-year transition from jeans, black t-shirts, and orange hair to feminine jewelry, skirts, and long braided hair, there are moments when she really catches my eye. Yeah, I know, she’s supposed to to that every day for me as we ‘are’ married. But, there are times when to me, she just looks extra wonderful – this was one of those days.