Saguaros 2014 - Pictures of Beauty - Part A

     We love saguaros!  Over the years we have taken many pictures of the magnificent flowers and incredible fruits of this wonderful symbol of the Sonoran Desert.  Here are our best photos of 2014 posted in 4 different parts.  We hope you enjoy these pictures as much as we enjoyed taking them and as we do in always viewing them.  Here are our 2014 pictures of the beautiful and majestic saguaro cacti of Arizona's Sonoran Desert!

May 9, 2014 - the blooming is here again!

May 10 - a bee works the crown of flowers

May 10 -These blooms are along the side of the cactus

May 11 - More working bees

May 11, 2014

May 15 - up close to these buds

May 15 - Wow! Just beautiful!

May 16

May 17 - Twin beauties!

May 17

May 18 - Incredible!

May 18

May 18 - Beauty everywhere

May 18 - looking down

May 18

May 18 - the bloom only stays open 24 hours

May 19

May 19

May 19 - yesterdays flower has closed leaving only the stigma exposed

May 19 - yesterday's flower is closed; today's blooms await pollination

May 20

May 20 - Sonoran Desert scene

May 20

May 21

May 21

May 21 - A desert bouquet - Is there anything more beauty?

May 21 - Wow!  Is that beautiful or what?