A High Desert Garden in 2001

These are a some of the thousands of plants that are alive and well on my land.
If you stand at a distance and gloss over them, the originals (below, 2^nd row)
may be what you see – stark, dry, almost dead – especially in the dead of summer.

What I have come to notice is that if I sit on a rock and look down at a plant, I can see color,
a living plant – very much alive. In the enhanced images below (1^st row), I have tried to bring
that color out. I did not add color; I simply enhanced the color that is already there.

The Garden

Spanish dagger (Yucca )

Hedgehog Cactus

Mama Barrel

Baby Barrel

Red Leaves

Buried Color

A Bush

Warm Fuzzies

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Links to Desert USA glossaries:

Desert Plants & Wildflowers

Desert Animals & Wildlife

Desert Environment & Geology

People & Cultures