Dead Things Are Interesting

This is a cactus that had died. I had to look around the desert for a while before I recognized the shape and figured out which kind of cactus it was (see post for March 4th). The lines and forms are quite beautiful.

Have you ever wondered where a "tumble weed" comes from? They were living plants once. It was years before I saw a growing, living tumble weed and actually understood what I was seeing.

I think it is interesting that we, as a culture, try to hide away death (or the process of it) but we flock to museums to see the symbols of it - mummys, skelletons, etc.