Here are photos of some of the plants I was jabbering about: Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), esperanza or Arizona yellow bells (Tecoma stans var. angustata), little leaf sumac (Rhus microphylla), acorns on a silverleaf oak (Quercus hypoleucoides), and coral bean (Erythrina flabelliformis). So many native plants are ready for some of that monsoonal moisture and I am too. Come on summer rains!
Petey has a new wildflower book and likes it so much that he is probably reading it under the covers at night. Oh dear....
In the early 1990s when this story and song came about I was poking around the West Branch starting at Ajo Road and north...
Happy New Year!
