Month: April 2023
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There are some who will outlive us all (with audio)

Here’s a poem from my second collection, Integration, celebrating our relationship with the beings who were our first home.
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 27: An especially beautiful prickly pear

Is this thing a cactus or a rose?! π
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 26: An Orchid-looking root parasite (Pima Rhatany, aka Krameria erecta)

Gorgeous orchid-like root parasite! (Pima Rhatany, aka Krameria erecta).
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 25: Woolly Desert Marigold (Baileya pleniradiata)

Woolly Desert Marigolds! πΌπ
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 24: Red Pinstripe Balls! (Eriogonum abertianum)

lil pink poofs in the grass! π
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 23: Narrow-Leaved Cryptantha (Johnstonella angustifolia)

Check out the other pictures I’ve posted of Tucson’s bloom this spring:
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 22: Annual Windmills (Allionia choisyi)

Allionia choisyi, aka ‘Annual Windmills’. They’re related to Bougainvillea, but much smaller, and ephemeral. [link to SW Desert Flora] Check out the other pictures I’ve posted of Tucson’s bloom this spring:
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 21: Rattlesnake Weed (Euphorbia albomarginata)

Check out the other pictures I’ve posted of Tucson’s bloom this spring:
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 20: Chinaberry Tree, aka Indian/Persian Lilac (Melia azedarach)

I *love* these trees!!
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Spring Flowers, Tucson, Part 19: Desert Senna (Senna covesii)

Relative of the bush I posted in Part 1, but much smaller. Check out the other pictures I’ve posted of Tucson’s bloom this spring: