The Vegetation

                                                                          Everyday is a brand new day,
                                                                           everyday is a journey.




 Fling wide the portals of your heart,
  Make it a temple set apart
  From earthly use for Heaven's employ,
  Adorned with prayer, and love, and joy.
  So shall your Sovereign enter in,
  And new and nobler life begin.
G. WEISSEL.

One thing that truly surprised me about Arizona are all the different bushes and flowers that can grow there, especially the rose bushes. We kept driving past this rose bush farm of every color. Talk about beauty! A huge array of color splashed across the landscape. Gorgeous. Simply gorgeous.

The grass itself happens to be very soft unlike the kind we have here in Illinois. It's more delicate, because of the temperatures. Not everyone has grass here. There are many homes that have gravel rocks and that looks pretty good,too. I think that's what I would do if I lived there, but in the backyard, I would make it look like a paradise with all sorts of color.

Besides palm trees, there were many others and if one went to the mountains, one would find trees that are very familiar to us and can be found at home. We went to the nursery, because Ted was searching for a particular cactus to bring home to Wisconsin for his green house. He already has numerous palm trees and wanted to add to his tropical collection amidst the Winter Wonderland of Wisconsin!

of course, we were unable to pick one up due to the fact that we were traveling on the train. How does one bring a cactus home? It's not like we can carry it in a shopping bag. Still, we had so much fun checking out all the different species of cacti and flowers. Maybe, on another trip via driving? Who knows.

Have a blessed day everyone.