Today I enjoyed a day at our Desert Museum. The weather was overcast and comfortable, a beautiful day. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the mountain lion out and about. Such a beautiful creature. “In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” ~ Aristotle
Amsinckia: commonly known as Fiddleneck
Fiddleneck was another wildflower quite prevalent on my recent Sunday morning hike. I also saw them on Saturday walking along the wash. They are very beautiful in the way they curl, and the green and yellow colors are quite stunning. A small factoid from Wikipedia: The seeds and foliage of fiddlenecks are poisonous to livestock, particularly cattle, because they…
Encelia Farinosa: commonly known as Brittlebush
This morning I headed to a nearby hiking/park area for more outdoor exercise, and to see what spring flowers were blooming. The amount of sprouts and blooms were amazing. Because the sky was overcast, and a lot of the flowers were small, I was challenged in capturing their full beauty. Currently most predominate was the…
Travel Destination: Dry Tortugas National Park
In 2012 we flew to Florida and drove down the Florida Keys to Key West. When planing our trip I discovered the Dry Tortugas, located about 70 miles from Key West, and decided to include that in our plans. The Dry Tortugas is considered an underwater national park, and is 100 square miles in size. …
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #81: Find Something Red
When I started looking through my photos for this Lens-Artist’s Challenge I was surprised how many photos I found with the color red. It was almost as though I hadn’t see it before. Isn’t it surprising how much we do not see, until we look for it? The top photo, as well as the first…
peace of life today 