Memorial to a Saguaro

Photo by Lisa E White

This beautiful blooming saguaro from the Powderhorn Ranch neighborhood is no more.  When new owners moved in a couple years ago, they changed their desert landscape to grass, with water fountains.  I miss this cactus as if it were an old friend.  Okay, so it had lost an arm that weighed almost a ton (a saguaro can weigh 10 tons).  And it started to lean a bit.  Once it lost its arm, I think it would have righted itself.   Permits are required to remove a saguaro from public lands, but even on your own property, permission is required.   I guess its poor health led to its demise.  We miss you, old fellow.