O is for Ocotillo

Anne M Bray, O is for Ocotillo, 

Digital painting printed on various substrates in various sizes, ©2015  

Ocotillos are an unusual species of desert flora. Until it rains, they look like a fan of spiny sticks wedged into the ground. Give them some water and wonderful red blossoms appear at the tips of the branches. These were shot in April 1983, in California's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

J is for Joshua Tree

Anne M Bray, J is for Joshua Tree, CA

Digital painting printed on various substrates in various sizes, ©2015

This moody joshua tree was originally photographed at sunset in Joshua Tree National Park in 1993. I camped at one of the sites nestled amidst mounds of huge rounded boulders -- breathtakingly beautiful.