Photo of a Giant Cactus ( or Saguaro) by Mark Tulin

Blooming Cacti

A succulent photo essay in Palm Springs

Mark Tulin
SNAPSHOTS
Published in
3 min readSep 8, 2021

I rarely notice the cacti in Palm Springs. It’s part of the desert landscape, standing tall in the distance, trying to be incognito. It is a succulent that weathers great heat and uses very little water. If it were human, it would be a big green John Wayne, a waxy, thick-skinned Western cowboy.

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Mark Tulin
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A California writer/photographer whose dreams are more vivid than his waking life. Poetry, Humor, Sexuality, and Fiction — https://crowonthewire.com