More Spring Scenes

Near Twentynine Palms early this week, there were large fields of desert dandelions. It's a little late for these to bloom in such profusion at 2000 feet...there must have been some good rain within the past few weeks.

I pass through Joshua Tree NP at least once a year on my way to and from Arizona, but I never spend more than a few hours there. This is a bad travel oversight! One of these times I'll spend a day or two just roaming around the park. The rocks are endlessly cool. The whole place is a photographers paradise!

Here the teddy bear chollas are accompanied by blooming desert senna.

This abstract looking scene is actually a blooming creosote bush...blow the pic up for more detail.

At home, Garland Park is in full bloom. This is a blue eyed grass, a common flower in the park.