Petey can’t get to the mountains, but the mountains come to him. Lucky dude.
Monarda menthaefolia or bee balm is a spectacular wildflower. Well worth a trip into a pine forest to find it. And, by the way, an excellent nectar plant for butterflies, if that is of interest to you. Anyway, I feel so fortunate that I found one growing way downstream from any pine forest and it made my day.
Petey gathers acorns and ponders life found around an Emory oak.
Here are photos of some of the plants I was jabbering about: Desert willow (Chilopsis linearis), esperanza or Arizona yellow bells (Tecoma stans var....
At my age I should being thinking more of getting rid of clutter rather than adding to it. I like to tell our daughters...
