Thanks for those photos, Chris. The False Heliotrope and the California
Poppies have come out best in your photos, in my opinion, but the variety is
fantastic and the scenery just great.
It must be just the right time of the year, with enough sun and moisture to
grow the flowers.
Chris
> On 15 Mar 2017, at 16:57, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>
> When I got to the semiformal parking area and entrance I first saw a
> large Wishbone Plant in full bloom, which I took to be an open invitation to
> "Come on up and see me sometime":
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643548453/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643548453/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> You travel slowly through areas like this, looking to either side as well
> as around your feet. One such find was a Desert Zinnia:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643546663/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643546663/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> which was a lucky find as it was the only one I encountered. All around
> there was the sound of bees, one of which was gloriously burying himself in a
> Fairy Duster:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643546103/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643546103/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> Even in a short distance there were numerous species in every direction,
> such as Desert Marigold:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643547733/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643547733/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> and Silver Puffs, which gets its name by virtue of the large round seed
> cluster that later forms:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/33417190736/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/33417190736/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> And then there's the far-off scenery:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643544513/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/32643544513/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> Golden Eye abounds in large shrubs beneath the Palo Verde trees:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/33457699655/in/dateposted-public/
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/33457699655/in/dateposted-public/>
>
> and Desert Chickory pokes its blooms through all sort of vegetation:
>
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