This One is a Year Old

 

I've been reviewing all the major art exhibits that I've photographed at the Desert Botanical Garden and now I'm up to date with the most recent show and the one that is still at the garden.  Normally, this show would have ended in May of this year but the pandemic lock-down up-ended the schedule.  The company that put this show together is called Cracking Art, a collective of artists from Italy.  The show is called "Wild Rising" and it features a variety of wild animals all made from recycled plastic with each display having an environmental message.  In the photo above, the meerkats are standing around the Chihuly "Desert Wildflower Towers".  The garden purchased these sculptures after the very first Chihuly exhibit back in 2008 and now they have a permanent home at the entrance to the garden.

You've seen the giant snails I've posted photos of before (here is one) but, I've never posted a photo of one of the small, metallic ones that are scattered about. 

And, the gray wolves are still lurking among the prickly pear cactus.

The penguins are wondering what all those prickly things are all around them while a little cactus wren had decided that penguins make a nice perch.  

I have no idea when this exhibit will be packed up.  Since October is historically when new exhibits go up, I'm guessing this one might need to stay put a little longer.  It could be a while before the normal rhythm of things returns.