Spring in the Desert

This is why people move to Tucson (yes, besides the mild winters). SPRING! is incredible here. Mild soft breezes, constant blue sky, FLOWERS everywhere (wild flowers) and everything is blooming.
This is a picture of a barrel cactus, with fruit. I'm sure in bygone era, the native americans ate this fruit. But now, it is the javelina that eat it. I'll write about the crazy javelina in another post....