What) Yuma features a desert climate with extremely hot summers and warm winters. Yuma is the hottest city in the United States, with a record average of 175 days per year with a daily maximum temperature of 90°F (32°C) or higher. Average February highs are around 75°F (24°C). According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Yuma is the sunniest place on earth. Of the possible 4,456 hours of daylight each year, the sun shines in Yuma for roughly 4,174 hours, or 94% of the time. On average Yuma receives about 3 inches of rain annually.

    On July 28, 1995, Yuma reached its all-time high of 124°F (51°C). The lowest recorded temperature fell to 13°F (−11°C) in January 2007 for approximately two hours and was deleterious to the many crops grown in and around Yuma. The crop that suffered the most damage was the citrus on the Yuma mesa, most notably the lemon crop which suffered a 75% to 95% loss of crop and trees. (1)

    Why) Pam and I were returning to Yuma so it seemed appropriate to include some interesting facts about it's climate but the pictures in this entry are all about the trees that grow in the area. Of course, the ones that we were interested in looking at required as much of the Yuma sun as they could get.

I don't have much to say about the following pictures.

I will say that I always try to photograph my subjects from interesting angles or under interesting lighting conditions or ...

... in contrast to their interesting surroundings or, less frequently, because the ...

... entire composition is interesting.  You may be happy to know that I discarded eight palm pics that didn't meet this "interesting" standard.

I do know that I should have tried to find this date palm that was in the area. Pam you should click on this link to learn more about dates. (2)

One morning we went on a driving excursion to another Buckys. It ended up being closed so we went for a walk in a lemon grove instead.

I ended up liking the combination of the bright sun, green leaves and the shadows that were created. 

As for the lemons themselves, well, I don't think either their colour or their shape added anything to the beauty of the image and ...

... I have yet to develop a taste for eating lemons in this form so I was never tempted to  ...

... take one home and try it out. I actually included this picture for another reason entirely.