Skitter skitter skitter!
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thezOops! It wasn't a bush I left my lizards under, it was a cactus. A prickly pear, precisely.
Just past one wash, then another wash, then at the trail head with the saguaro next to the nursery plant and a smooth sedimentary rock embedded in the middle of the trail just barely bigger than my ass (IT IS MY SITTING ROCK) you'll find the three amigos: a cholla, an ocotillo, and a prickly pear. That prickly pear is their cactus.
The desert is (vast? beautiful? awe-inspiring?) rad.
At that particular spot I'm pretty sure the wind is never still. When it blows through the saguaros it always sounds like an approaching car, and it never is, and that's when you realize you're about as alone as you can possibly get while still being withing walking distance of a paved road.
(Well, possibly you could be more alone in Wyoming for example, but, man, shut up Z you are ruining it.)
Thank you for the condolences re: my wee lizard. It made me think of something the wise philosopher Relia once said: "I think what we do, when we say things like this, is to want other people to find some way to love our lost loved one the same way we do. We want the world to know how deserving our loved one was, how wonderful and precious and valued. We try to make friends for them even after they're gone." I still think of that quote every time the subject of death comes up.
Man, since Rel skipped Internet Town I can praise her all I want here and she'll never know. RELIA IS A MASTER OF WORDS AND SHE SMELLS LIKE MAGIC SHAMPOO MARKETED SPECIFICALLY TO UNICORNS. NEW JERSEY IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. I WILL GIVE RELIA 1/10 OF ALL MY EARNINGS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. TRA LA LA!
Okay, I think the best way to end this post is with baby bearded dragons, because CIRCLE OF LIFE.
Just past one wash, then another wash, then at the trail head with the saguaro next to the nursery plant and a smooth sedimentary rock embedded in the middle of the trail just barely bigger than my ass (IT IS MY SITTING ROCK) you'll find the three amigos: a cholla, an ocotillo, and a prickly pear. That prickly pear is their cactus.
The desert is (vast? beautiful? awe-inspiring?) rad.
At that particular spot I'm pretty sure the wind is never still. When it blows through the saguaros it always sounds like an approaching car, and it never is, and that's when you realize you're about as alone as you can possibly get while still being withing walking distance of a paved road.
(Well, possibly you could be more alone in Wyoming for example, but, man, shut up Z you are ruining it.)
Thank you for the condolences re: my wee lizard. It made me think of something the wise philosopher Relia once said: "I think what we do, when we say things like this, is to want other people to find some way to love our lost loved one the same way we do. We want the world to know how deserving our loved one was, how wonderful and precious and valued. We try to make friends for them even after they're gone." I still think of that quote every time the subject of death comes up.
Man, since Rel skipped Internet Town I can praise her all I want here and she'll never know. RELIA IS A MASTER OF WORDS AND SHE SMELLS LIKE MAGIC SHAMPOO MARKETED SPECIFICALLY TO UNICORNS. NEW JERSEY IS THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE. I WILL GIVE RELIA 1/10 OF ALL MY EARNINGS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. TRA LA LA!
Okay, I think the best way to end this post is with baby bearded dragons, because CIRCLE OF LIFE.
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Date: 2010-05-21 04:19 pm (UTC)That complete solitude is the one thing I'm going to miss most about the desert. There are places you can get something similar in the woods, but it's a different sort of solitude. Not bad or worse, just different. ^_^
(I should take a trip out to Valley of Fire before I leave. Thanks for reminding me. <3)
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Date: 2010-05-21 07:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-23 04:12 pm (UTC)You have a wonderful way of describing the desert. It makes me feel as if I am right there experiencing it beside you. And the last few posts have made me feel as if I knew your pets, too, so they really have made a friend after death.
Aww, group hug!
Date: 2010-05-23 04:44 pm (UTC)That hug is secretly my favorite icon XD
Date: 2010-05-23 05:46 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-22 07:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-22 08:36 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-22 08:52 pm (UTC)Sorry to hear about your li'l lizard; I somehow missed the first post about it. :(
Thanks for the birthday wishes! Wait'll you see what my boyfriend got me. It's a big fat IOU birthday card. It kinda rocks.
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Date: 2010-05-22 08:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2010-05-28 11:58 pm (UTC)...he's so lucky. The silliest things delight me!