People and cactus; a few photos

While I had great fun making up stories to go with some of the vintage photos Andrew has given me (here, here, here), I found myself hesitant to do so when the subject of the photo was simply people standing by cactus. Why? Because it felt uncomfortable to speculate on what brought them to these places. Were Elmer and Ruth happy to be posing here? They don't look particularly happy, but they are definitely snappy dressers.This lady looks happy though. Did she plant this cactus, or was she just pleased to see it?
Ditto for this little girl, she looks quite happy with the huge blooms she's been asked to show off.
No dress here though. She's a rebel this one!