This weekend I discovered the variety of flies! As a follow up to my last post, we have all kinds of small flying creatures taking advantage of the sap on our prickly pear cactus. And I must say, taking close ups on a cactus must be handled very carefully. Fortunately I only had to pull…
Category: Nature
Macro Monday: Desert Canterbury Bells
“…human names for natural things are superfluous. Nature herself does not name them. The important thing is to know this flower, look at its color until the blueness becomes as real as a keynote of music.” ~ Sally Carrighar Also called Desert Bluebell: Try as I might, I can not for certain identify the light…
Silent Sunday: Morning hike
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Desert Mountain Lion
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…
