Well shoot, I spent so much time jabbering about my conversion to desert rat and monsoon believer that I left some stuff out. So here is what I left out and thought you may want to know:
I guess that’s it. The photos of the senna flowers and the cloudless sulphur caterpillar are mine and taken of some plants that I planted years ago along our drive. Every July and August they bloom and remind me of “my magical monsoon belief system”.
Petey talks about Irises and very good dog. Makes sense, sorta. Irises are found around the world. I’ve seen them atop our sky islands...
Threadleaf groundsel (Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus) is a pretty native shrub… grey foliage and yellow flowers! The green leaf variety, S. flaccidus var. monoensis,...
The genus is now Hesperocyparis, but back in the olden days I learned the rough bark Arizona cypress of southeastern Arizona as Cupressus arizonica...