Up Around Tuscon

Call me silly, but I had only seen the Soccoro cactus in pictures, so I was dutifuly impressed with their size and stature.  I found that they are just not everywhere in Arizona, albeit I saw more in the landscape of expensive homes in Tucson, than growing wild, but up the road and down the valley on my way to Phoenix AZ, I pulled overt into an overlook area  to find this wonderful view. It was around Mesa Verde. This work is part of the 2015 plein aire series - Bartké