This Thursday Tucson will hit 114. Pool is mandatory.

Weekend casual. Keep it basic.

Time to step into the library for some light reading.

Muster your strong spirit Today's world demands courage.

Memorial weekend is a great time to get outdoors

The desert is quiet and inspiring. Our leaders should spend a reflective week with no apps or sycophants. Maybe find their lost souls.

Spring is time for a beautiful euphorbia bloom. Have a nice afternoon.

A middle of the road stance won't usually impress anyone.

Visited Mark Dimmitt on the right day for Trichocereus bloom.

Want to see an incredible place? Hire a Hopi guide and check out Blue Canyon.

Let's prepare for the week. Everybody's ready to take on the Oval Office chaos.

Let's give mom a glass and time to read and relax

This shot was a snippet of my morning shoot with Magnolia.

Happy Cinco de Mayo from the desert

With rally after rally, citizens are taking the bull by its horns. Enough DOGE for a lifetime.

The sun set on his first 100 days wrecking our country. But the sunset itself remains intact. This from last night.

You know you're a gardener if you are interested in the plants.

Trump's popularity and Musk's profits are tanking. So, arrest a judge. Trump has no insight that the country does not share his primitive impulses. I offer a moment's fantasy.

Kristy in the garden. April in Tucson.

So long as we're in the pool, let's shoot. Here's Kristy from today.

Like and share so more people see these posts. In my original Instagram account she was crazy popular. Over 1000 likes.

Tucson had the first 100 degree day today. Earliest ever. Typically mid May. Time for the pool.

A really great shoot in the sand dunes Fond memories.

A sunset shot with Ziva.

Hands off demonstration in Tucson brought out thousands.

Ziva was in Tucson this weekend, and the sunset cooperated.

Spring blooms. Can they bring hope even when Raul Grijalva passes away and Trump and his crew continue on? Even for a few seconds, let beauty triumph over evil.

Let's see Chelsea again for a beautiful weekend. Photography here. Plants and life on Instagram @alansdesert

If you found me after Instagram, this shot is a good comparison showing the capabilities of Bluesky.

This is another shot from the architect's house. Cool window.

Here's the one I meant to post. See the light? Only positive outlook will help us survive Trump, Musk, and bad dem leadership. (Shumer and Jeffries, who just fail to fire up). More AOC, less Shumer. See the light.

Do the events of the day have you backed into a corner? Here's a better corner. Architect's home.

Another one in a spectacular Arizona landscape.

I hike and shoot pictures in our parks. Those employees often have to work seasonal or lesser jobs while waiting to become rangers. They may have years invested, but the reckless, destructive firing by Musk assumes they are unimportant and new to the system. These park rangers are best of America.

Beauty to counteract modern toxicity.

Here's a desert ballet. Beautiful Tucson.

A recent very simple studio shot

She ciuld hold this pose unwavering for 3 minutes.

She knew it was what she wanted to do and stayed true.

A fun little shoot in Tucson this afternoon.

Sienna Hayes is an accomplished model, conveying grace.

A crisp late spring morning in the woods

Simple figure in the studio.

A figure study with 2 models

A timeless studio by shot with Daisy Von.

A visitor on my garden path. Juliet always has a great pose for the camera.

Studio shot with body paint.

Classic Arizona sunset. Feel the energy.

A shot taken in the sculpture garden behind my studio.