"The desert is very much exultant."

 

"The desert is very much alive - exultant you might say,  . . .  gay and fragrant as a pretty girl."

Edward Abbey 

Photo: (Top) Rough Mule's Ears with Castle Rock in the background; (Bottom) Tufted Evening-Primrose growing on a sand dune near the campground at Arches National Park; both near Moab, UT; May 31, 2014