Crotalaria pumila or Rattle Box is a sweet little legume found out in the grassland and up slope as well. The family Leguminosae may be Fabaceae now or maybe it is the other way around, but one thing is for sure: at night Kangaroo Rats use the pods of rattle box to shake out rhythms as they swirl beautiful patterns in dust with their long tails . It’s true.
All the plants and their communities I was excitedly jabbering about are in the borderlands year round, but the sandhill cranes are only here...
According to Petey canyon hackberry trees beg to be hugged. Oh dear.
I have had the Gila topminnow going around in my brain for months and this poem may be a work in progress, but I...
