The snow had dusted the desert and tried to hide all the prickles and pains that lay underneath. Walking along the old road it was plain to see that it had hid nothing, only camouflaged it. The spikes on the cactus was still just as dangerous only now they were harder to see. The gnarled and exposed roots of the old jasper tree were decorated but not any less protected from the elements than they were in the middle of summer. Still their was some measure of respect for there ability to survive this environment.Northern Arizona in the winter, about three years ago. Tell my how you would describe this picture.
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Could not possibly beat your description. Bravo!
Jane Kennedy Sutton
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Joan De La Haye
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I'd call it a visual oxymoron. Snow on cacti? Love your writing style, it's very visual and illustrative.
That's surreal!
Thanks for all the comments.
Light dustings of snow always make me think of powdered sugar. And cactus fruit is pretty tasty. So this photo, oddly enough, makes me hungry!
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