Succulents and More™

From the photos below, it's easy to see what I really want to do right now: go on a road trip, preferably to the desert. I know, it's sizzling hot there right now, it being summer and all, but that's just one of those facts of life you deal with. After all, we've been dealing with far worse these past few months—three, four? I can hardly remember how many it's been. But no matter how much I want to go, it's still too dicey out there for me to be comfortable. So for now, all I can do is look at the photos below as I indulge in this fantasy.

A busy spring has morphed into a busy summer. We just got back a from a quick 4-day road trip to Southern California to tour universities daughter #2 is interested in. Getting from Northern California to Southern California involves a goodly amount of driving on freeways which at this time of year range from merely busy to downright congested. In addition, traveling the length of the Central Valley from Sacramento to Bakersfield gets boring in no time. But every now and then you see random snippets of unassuming beauty that take your breath away: Interstate 5, somewhere between nowhere and nowherer

Saguaros ( Carnegiea gigantea ) as far as the eye can see. My kind of landscape! The Wednesday Vignette meme is hosted by Anna Kullgren over at Flutter and Hum . You can read her current Wednesday Vignette post here . Be sure to check out the links to other blogs that are also participating.