Hex 35

[candid]

Gene - The weather here is unseasonably cool. So much for global warming, huh? The water heater inconvenience is a small price to pay for living in this magical desert. Such incredible beauty in this utterly hostile environment. So far this season I've encountered two rattlesnakes. One, a Mohave Green, had to be killed because it was in our front yard where the dogs run free. The other was large Diamond Back, who I gave a wide berthing and left undisturbed. The cacti are in full bloom in bright magenta. Soon, tarantulas and scorpions will be abundant and freely roaming about our spiky gardens. Yet, with all these dangers, I've never experienced a more peaceful place.

 

[gene]

Pedro

I was referring to the image in hexagram 36, not the hexagram as a whole.

Gene

 

[gene]

Candid

Yeah, I have been in the Saguaro desert. Did I spell that right? It is beautiful. Every place has its own kind of beauty. My dad used to subscribe to the Arizona highways magazine. Every month it came out with several pictures taken in different parts of AZ. Just beautiful pictures, and the flora and fauna, different every where you go in AZ. Every place has its own kind of beauty. I was awestruck as a child as to how the colors in nature never clashed, they always complimented each other. To me it was proof in a sense of a higher intelligence. Not that I needed proof. As far as I know, only in AZ do you have the Saguaro cactus. An awesome spectacle. Having lived in AZ I am aware of the scorpions. Not fun to live with them but fortunately, I had no problems with them. Being from Idaho, I am very familiar with the diamondback. The other rattler I have never seen. Watch out for those things, they are no fun. I heard recently that scorpions have two types of sting. They can choose to give you a deadly sting or just a minor sting depending on the threat they feel they are under. Amazing.

Gene

 

[heylise]

Sorry Hilary, sloppy wording on my part. I meant to say 'the idea of the sun etc. which Hilary mentioned'
LiSe

 

[candid]

Gene, it really is amazing, all that you've mentioned. We had another very large Green Mohave caught crawling through our front gate yesterday. Maybe the momma of the smaller one from last week. The Mohave's are said to be the most aggressive of all our local vipers, and from what I've seen, this is certainly true. These things actually do come right after you and will keep on coming until you either make fast tracks away or kill them. Even when dead, they've been known to bite from reflex. Talk about primal survival conditioning?

From Encarta: Saguaro, one of the most spectacular of the cactus trees. The saguaro, which is also known as sahuaro, is a massive tree. Although it grows slowly, it reaches a height of about 15 m (about 50 ft) at maturity. Its sparse branches are covered with heavy spines. Saguaro blossoms, which are the state flower of Arizona, are concentrated at the top of the stems and are creamy white in color. The fruits are edible. Small owls and other desert animals may make their homes in the stems of the saguaro.

Ok, enough unrelated to thread trivia.

Nature really is amazing though.

 

[heylise]

Hexagram 35, two arrows and a sun, something to present them, a container where they are inserted in, or??

Made all the pictures and forget to add them...

LiSe