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High Desert Tour – evening

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Though not officially on the PS ModCom High Desert tour, I found this cube house by the students of Samuel Mockbee’s Auburn University Rural Studio very interesting.  Also please note it is clad in rusting metal!  There must be something in the air up here!

After a few quick snapshots, I continued on my way to the Mohave Sands Motel for a much needed adult beverage.

Built in 1949, owner Blake Simpson completely renovated the motel and reopened it in 2010.  It appears Blake is adept with a welder!  New door and window frames are custom-fabricated in steel.

Crisp metal detailing appears everywhere – from the caps of stucco walls to landscape edge detailing that keeps the desert at bay.  The repurposed grating also works well as a shower screen in the private outdoor bathing courtyard.

If it’s a soak you’re after, a recycled tub a great way to relax while vintage vinyl is spinning an Hawaiian serenade.

 

High Desert Tour – early afternoon

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After trudging through the sand from Kate’s Lazy Desert, next stop was Looney Dunes.  Aptly named as I soon discovered.  The owners, Phillip Maberry & Scott Walker, are artists.  Their creations are sculptures that appear to be colorful pool floats!

Moored in the desert sand dunes and caught in cactus gardens it is impossible not to smile at their juxtaposition. 

You may remember their previous home, immortalized by the B-52′s in their video for the band’s hit song, Love Shack.

Yup, it’s true.  And if you look closely that’s an afro-ed RuPaul in the white halter top dancing in the living room!

Desert Blooms

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As I was reversing out of the garage, a brilliant flash of color crossed my rear view mirror. The color was so startling, I simply had to investigate.

Upon closer inspection I found this.close up of cactus in lusciously provocative bloom in palm springs, callifornia

Our neighbor’s cactus was in lusciously provocative full bloom.  There is no other way to describe it.cactus in lusciously provocative bloomcactus in lusciously provocative bloom used for color schemes

Angelyne would blush if she found herself dressed in such a hue.  But there it was strutting its technicolor exuberance on a quiet street in Palm Springs.budding cactus blooms in palm springs, californiaclose up of cactus in lusciously provocative bloom used for color schemesclose up of cactus in lusciously provocative bloom in palm springs, callifornia

Who thought the desert was just all dust and beige.  Look a little more closely, but be sure to have your sunglasses handy.close up pic of cactus in lusciously provocative bloom used for color schemes