Arizona Popcorn
Blue Dicks
Desert Ragweed
Desert Zinnia
Fiddleneck
Musturd Evening Primrose
Silverpuff
Globemallow
Wildflower Images, February 25, 2014 Nature Walk by kenne [Place cursor over image to see name of flower, and/or click on any image to see slideshow.]
“Strolling on, it seems to me
that the strangeness and wonder
of existence are emphasized here,
in the desert,
by the comparative sparsity of the flora and fauna:
life not crowded upon life
as in other places
but scattered abroad in spareness and simplicity,
with a generous gift of space
for each herb and bush and tree,
each stem of grass,
so that the living organism
stands out bold and brave and vivid
against the lifeless sand and barren rock.
The extreme clarity of the desert light
is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life-forms.
Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”
— Edward Abbey
Beautiful.
I like it! Thanks.
I am please it is cute ! 🙂
Breathtakingly sweet images.:)
-Jennifer
In spite of littl rain, desert wildflowers still do there thing. A half inch of rain last Saturday will be helpful.
It snowed in Wisconsin yesterday, another three inches. The night before last it was 21 below. You remind me that Spring does exist and that flowers are stirring out of the cold into blooms on the desert. I miss the high desert of New Mexico, but am glad we’re here. Still, your photos are a good reminder of warmer times.
You are in a beautiful state, but like Frank Loyld Wright, I prefer only the summertime. We finally had some rain over the weekend — .7″