#Arizona summer

[cripplmutt]

dude wtf

why is it going to be 115 on Saturday? This is a crime

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[thingsorganizedneatly]

Flower Mandalas by Kathy Klein

via Colossal

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Lightning strike from a summer storm over the Sonoran Desert near Florence, Arizona by John Sirlin

[nocternalrandomness]

Thunderstorm near Surprise, Arizona

[vintagecamping]

Some brothers and sisters pose in Canyon de Chelly

Arizona

1971

[florealegiardini]

Summer clouds and moon like the Grand Canyon ~ @otsumami10203

[pinkflipphonez]

“I never minded the cold, braginsky. it snows in arizona too, y’know.”

[visceravalentines]

picture late june. benson in ripped and frayed denim shorts and what's left of a metal tee he tore up to be comfy. armpits out. fresh cut on the hair. legs all scraped to hell bc he waded through some brambles this morning after a stray dog. randy at his shoulder, all bitten lips and blue tongue from a sucker he's been working over for half an hour. baseball cap. dirty white t-shirt because he had to mow the lawn before he could go play. smells like grass and diesel and sunscreen, freckles all over his cheeks and arms. still pale as fuck though, especially compared to benson. they haunt the drink aisle in the grocery store for fifteen minutes because randy's indecisive and benson's not picking for him this time and they're not leaving until he makes a choice. benson bounces his raspberry arizona in his hands and patiently watches randy peruse every single option. he's got all the time in the world for this pretty boy who outshines the sun. they've got nowhere to be, nothing to do. nothing but time. randy finally picks a pint of chocolate milk and benson nods once, walks him all the way to the car with his hand on the small of his back. they drive to the river with the windows down, sit on the bridge and throw rocks in the water til it gets dark. benson drives him home and they stop for a bite on the way. randy gets to make this decision too--anything but burgers. benson parks across the street, cuts the lights. puts the armrest up. when randy finally has to go or face the wrath of his mother, benson gets out of the car, pushes him up against the passenger's side and kisses him goodnight. takes fifteen minutes. randy sneaks up to bed with sun on his cheeks and cigarette smoke in his hair. benson leans against the car and watches until the light goes off upstairs.

[zfotos]

a natural phenomenon

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In early summer I noticed some spiny, bright red hopper nymphs on the datura in the backyard. Within a week or so, they started turning into orange, fin-shaped adults. I had never seen anything quite like them.

I rarely try to identify creatures or plants because I am lazy and forgetful. I just like looking at them, not looking them up. But these are so striking that they were easy to find.

They are Antianthe expansa, or keeled treehoppers, and the very first photos that popped up were taken in the neighboring county.

I've read that they can eat tomatoes and eggplant, but these have only seemed interested in datura (another nightshade relative), and I mostly grow it because it brings all the insect boys to the yard. So, we're all happy.

Cochise County, Arizona, June 2024.

(If you'd like to see an insane number of additional photos...)

[ecoharbor]

📍Arizona, USA 🇺🇸

[girl-in-2010s]

Arizona green tea

[nocternalrandomness]

Lightning near Surprise, Arizona

[jailenelizeth69]

day 2 of hardfest 2023 🫶🏻

[jeffambrose]

Somewhere off the Arizona Trail. June 2024.