It was a typical Phoenix late afternoon on Thursday’s Decompression Hike: very bright, a bit of a (pollution) haze, not a cloud in the sky and a hefty breeze blowing. Not the best of conditions to render good images. So a few images of the plant life seen while hiking the big hill by the house.

 

 

 

(in a swipe at full disclosure, the two cactus images… 2nd and 3rd above… are not really in as barren an area as it appears: the magic of Paint Shop Pro whacked the suburban landscape behind the foregrounds)