Archive for the ‘Picacho Peak State Park’ Tag
This time of year Picacho Peak State Park is an excellent example of the biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert.
Plants are at the greenest and wildflowers provide dots of color on the desert canvass.
The canvass of the desert
may appear to have no order.
Yet it is orderly,
but we don’t know why.
A poet has said;
If you want to know
where the flowers came from,
not even the spring goddess knows.
— kenne
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Scorpionweed — Images by kenne
You can call me
Blue Phacelia,
Wild Heliotrope, or
Scorpionweed,
But don’t call me
Weed!
— kenne
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A solitary I am here while legions are there,
Amidst this cursed soil I stand apart.
In this gray desert, a flamboyant flame of divine light am I,
Beauty’s silent song, a miracle from the sky.
— from A Poppy Flower, by Abdul Ghani Khan
Golden Mexican Poppies — Images by kenne
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Desert Lupine — February 26, 2015 Image by kenne
Up at dawn
running
trails
upward
downward
wildflowers
wave
alone the path
blue & pink
poppy gold
opening
to the sunlight
standing
in long shadows
— kenne
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Mustard Evening Primrose — Photographed in the Picacho Peak State Park by kenne
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Brittlebush Blooming Everywhere In Picacho Peak State Park — Images by kenne
Friend, Tom Markey and I spent a recent morning hiking in the Park and so much is in full bloom.
This posting focuses on brittlebush images with many more wildflowers to come.
Click here to see more brittlebush images in a slideshow format.
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Mexican Gold Poppy Images by kenne
Wildflowers abound
With plenty to go around —
Gold on the mountains.
— kenne
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