Tuesday, June 30, 2009

hostile grounds


A cholla cactus forest, near the Salt River, east of Phoenix
These cactus have "jumping" balls that will cling to anything or anyone that gets within an inch of it. Once they adhere to your skin, there are a dozen of barbed needles to pull out. I think a cholla attack is a type of initiation innocently inflicted on all desert newcomers.

taken 3/22/2007

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