Cactus Monday - Purple

In art, purple is found on the color wheel between magenta and violet. In nature, some plants and flowers are purple, as is amethyst and sometimes mountains and sunsets. My favorite t-shirt happens to be light purple and so are the metal frames of my glasses. For today's Cactus Monday challenge I looked for images that have the color purple as well as something that relates to cactus.

Purple Prickly Pear on Sabino Canyon Nature Loop Trail (March)

New Mexico Thistle on Sabino Lake Trail (March)

Cholla cacti near Visitor Center (April)

Where is the purple in the picture of people boarding a tram?

Looking closer, it appears to be a purple themed wedding at Sabino Canyon. I see a purple bouquet and purple shirts.

(July 4, 2009)

Arizona Vanity License Plates

Purple Saguaro Bus Bench on Sabino Canyon Road

Details in ceramic tile of public artwork at
Tucson Intl Airport and University of Arizona

Purple Peppers in Mitchell Park Desert Dome (June)

Upper Sabino Canyon Road evening and morning (June)

Several of Van Gogh's paintings featured purple irises. And, in the third version of his Bedroom in Arles, he painted the walls pale purple to make the room look bigger and to "give an atmosphere of quiet and dreaming."

Leonardo da Vinci believed that the power of meditation increases ten times when done in a purple light, as in the purple light of stained glass.

Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple said, "I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it."

For more fun Cactus Monday posts, visit Teri's Painted Daisies.

Another purple post: This week at Reach Beyond Limits, Icy BC features purple flowers found growing in her yard.

More vanity license plates at The Vanity Of It All.