Photos and text by Emily Reid
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday April 4, 2002

Arizona. For many, the word conjures up images of a sweltering desert wasteland with only pale green cacti to hint at the possibility of life.

Yet, what appears to be a desolate smear of sand across the Southwest is, in fact, woven with intricate patterns of color and vitality. Spring, in all of its splendor, comes even to the desert. Despite the dry winter months, the hard-to-find signs of life that come with spring are finally starting to show through.

 

Color bursts from a desert shrub in the warmth of a spring afternoon.