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sounds anasing! photos please!

A very different place to live than my area! We have green fields, green and purple rolling hills and lots of trees, some flowering, some just fresh green leaves. The sea is only a mile away and it looks blue in the lovely sunny weather that we've been enjoying in the last week or so. My garden has suddenly bloomed - it's what you would imagine an English country garden to be like, with Roses, Delphiniums, Pinks, oh, lots and lots of bright flowers. I wish we had a magic machine to allow us to stroll around each other's home areas and compare them! We'll just have to make do with photos, won't we.

saguaro cacti are amazing plants! How I envy you your proximity to them. I garden in the Temperate zone...with four distinct seasons... It is wonderful to read your blog about an area I have been curious about, but never had the privilege to see, first hand. A friend who has seen the Sonoran desert told me about the painted desert...I am a painter and colour is my thing... you live in a part of the world that has geologic colour as well as colour from vegetation. Lucky You!. I don't know how well I would do in a dry climate...I am used to lots of water around me
what types of wildlife do you have? do you garden for them as well? great blog.

I love desert cacti. Some have flowers that are so beautiful I can't find words to describe them. I've been collecting them since I was a teenager in the 60s. I would love to be able to see them growing and flowering in their natural home. You are privilaged to be living in such an interesting place.