This episode is a reminiscence…something I seem to be doing a lot of lately…and also a plea for getting our children and grandchildren out of doors, be it a back yard or out to the desert.
The photos are mine. The Boy’s Book of Frogs, Toads and Salamanders came out in 1957. I got it as a present when I was 9 or 10. The duded up Sonoran Desert Toad was the logo of the country band The Dusty Chaps.
My goodness, there are times that I so miss the Sonoran Desert, especially when I leave the desert grassland and get into the diverse...
Calliandra is a beautiful plant name. I like the way a genus name can sometimes become the common name as well. I wonder how...
It’s nice to have a yard full of native plants. Most of the time I have an idea what and where I want to...
