My Favorite Museum

Jeff and I drove into Tucson one day last week and had a quick visit to my favorite museum.

Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum

It was a busy day at the museum.

Busloads of school kids.

Jeff and I only had a few hours to spend here…

We knew we wouldn’t have time to see the whole park..

So we just enjoyed the little bit we did see..

We walked the upper paths of the museum..

Stopping to see what's smelling the flowers..

Two of my Sickstas want me to collect some Cholla cactus pieces for them..

I couldn’t collect them here..but I know a few places where the ground will be littered with fallen pieces..

I will bag them up and hopefully they will live another few months until they make it to North Carolina and Connecticut.

Sorry Sickstas..

Cant fit one of these in the paper bag..

I saw these Tufted Evening Primrose and was wondering if Sicksta Adele might be able to grow these in NC.

A gorgeous flowering Aloe Ferox

Jeff and I spent quite a bit of time in the

Hummingbird Aviary

There were many photographers here getting up close shots of hummers.

 

When we left the hummers we headed to the Café for some lunch.

Always a good lunch there..nice selections of sandwiches and salads.

We had no time for the gallery..

Darn..hopefully we will get back before we leave AZ.

A cool metal Javelina..

Cactus and spring flowers..

Mescal Bean flowering..

this smelled insanely delicious.. sweet and grapey

Cactus Wren in the wilds of the museum..

Rufous-backed Robin..

In the enclosed Aviary

It was a quick but delightful visit.

I hope we have one more chance to visit before heading east.

Sun sets on our trip back to Homey in Patagonia..