Viewed from every angle, this cactus appears dead to me. Lots of flora in the Sonoran desert appear that way at times during their life cycles. Then, voila, conditions change and they surprise us by coming "back" to life. For now, I enjoy and appreciate them for what they are in this moment.
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." --Marcel Proust ………
In school, I was a visual learner....
