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Inca Doves and Jojoba Bushes
Inca doves are found all along the borderlands and southward into Mexico. The common name should probably be Aztec dove, as the Incas were...
A Spring Report from the Ol’ Guajolote
Monkey flowers are in the Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae). The species I’m jabbering about in this show is called seep monkey flower or Mimulus guttatus....
Anemone tuberosa
Desert anemone (Anemone tuberosa) is in the Buttercup Family. Buttercups are the genus Ranuculus and so the family name is Ranunculaceae. It’s probably just...
Rejoice, spring is on the way
I suspect I talk about point-leaf manzantia ( Arctostaphylos pungens) every February, as it is the time of year when I’m feeling florally deprived...
Ladderbacks and Walnuts
I love the two large walnut trees found along our drive and how they always seem to sport a bird or two perching near...
Slow Moving Water
The Ol’ Guajolote is not alive with critters by the time it runs by our home. There are no fish or frogs or mud...