The Ol’ Guajolote came flowing out of the mountains down to the grassland and Petey found himself tumbling downstream with his dog Farley. A fallen Emory oak across the creek saved the day and the now recovered Petey says there is a cool plant growing in that stream bed.
The photos are mine of Verbesina encelioides. Although it’s quite pretty, “a common weed of roadsides and waste places.”* *Kearney and Peebles, Arizona Flora
Petey feels the need to blame someone for our erratic monsoon and takes it out on La Nina.
I revealed most of my personal chicken history in this show. It is an ongoing saga, though I am much more in control of...