While family and friends have been complaining about the wet and cold weather in Europe and people at the East Coast are facing severe snow storms and hundreds if not thousands of cancelled flight, we are enjoying blue skies and very moderate temperatures around 70°F (21°C) during the day.

It’s the 2nd Tuesday of the month, which means no entrance fee at the Desert Botanical Garden – I took the opportunity for another visit and to play around with a Sony Zeiss 35mm lens I recently bought.

The results speak for themselves.