“I am the Love Cactus. Make desert to me. ” ~ Jarod Kintz

It is Springtime in the desert. Just as the mammals and Reptiles go about their love quest, so too do the cacti. This near perfect early morning bloom displays proudly and loudly, awaiting to be wrecked.

Photographed in the low desert area, North of Roosevelt Lake, Arizona, in the Tonto National Forest.