Happy Easter

(a blooming yucca; me and a flowering Joshua tree)





(Photos March 2008, Joshua Tree National Park)

Thanks to reader Josh on my last post who helped me identify the tiny fruit-bearing cactus as a California Pincushion.

Out in Joshua Tree National Park where we visited last weekend, and all over the California deserts, the wildflowers are in bloom. This year is a banner year for wildflowers because of the abundance of rain. More posts to come on this amazing season of flowers! A time of new beginnings...

Happy Easter!