🤣 We did visit the rock stores at the south entrance were we got to see actual petrified wood and visit a museum inside. I also found a Route 66 bookstore in Holbrook that had Route 66 merchandise and also did the ordering for the park. They were so kind to bring out their park…
Category: Desert
Regal Horned Lizard
Regal: “of notable excellence or magnificence” Fitting name, don’t you think? I don’t think he was too happy when I almost stepped on him the other night on my evening walk… We see so many lizards. I don’t see horned lizards too often. He did a great job of hanging out for a short photo…
Silent Sunday
“The world has different owners at sunrise… Even your own garden does not belong to you. Rabbits and blackbirds have the lawns; a tortoise-shell cat who never appears in daytime patrols the brick walls, and a golden-tailed pheasant glints his way through the iris spears.” ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh “Once there was a little bunny…
Nature fix at the Desert Museum
Last Saturday was absolutely perfect for a few hours of wandering around our Desert Museum. I even had the opportunity to see the last raptor show of the season. Apparently, the birds don’t want to perform in 100+ degrees. 🤔🤷‍♀️ The weather and sun warmed my body and my spirits, and my camera captured a…
Spring flowers come early!
January and February rains painted our desert beautiful colors! Enjoy them now, before they’re gone! “Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair.” ~ Susan Polis Schutz “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.” ~ Ernest Hemingway “Spring is nature’s way of…
peace of life today 