Yesterday we hiked Cottonwood Canyon at the opposite end of Joshua Trees National Park. Since we come from Reno, Nevada, we are used to massive cottonwood trees - all golden in the autumn air. So we had to remind ourselves this was out in the middle of the desert, in a canyon with very little water ... so there weren't very many cottonwoods! There were a few palms in there as well, but mostly the hike is a dry wash canyon that was interesting and fun to hike down into.
This painting is from a photo I took of looking up out of the canyon, where the small Joshua trees are struggling to survive and are silouetted by the bright pale sky.
Tomorrow we drive home. I finished knitting two pairs of fingerless mittens, and now will be knitting a neck warmer scarf out of Miss Lucky's yarn (my French Angora Bunny). We are preparing to go back to cold weather...
Carolyne!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful not to leave the country and visit the desert! :)
See the place where Indians lived.
Very grateful for the opportunity to see this places of artist's eyes, not cameras! :)
This landscape, your picture - very beautiful, very alive.
I love colors - of the stone, cold-warm sunny sky! And this fragile plants that friends for quite with massive stones.
Very-very beutiful, Carolyne!
Thank you!!!