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Post by davidjp on May 19, 2015 18:49:24 GMT -5
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Post by davidjp on Mar 14, 2017 20:53:22 GMT -5
Looking to be a banner year for California wildflowers. Poppies have started in a local park  Suncups (Camissonia sp?)  And of course fields of poppies with some chia mixed in  |
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 14, 2017 22:00:02 GMT -5
davidjpI love California poppies! Do you ever go for the drive out towards Lancaster? I think they now have an official Reserve. But when I was still living in SoCal 40 years ago it wasn't so official. We just went out and romped in the fields of poppies. And hardly ever saw another human. That is one of my favorite spots in the world- those fields of CA poppies speak to me!
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Post by davidjp on Mar 14, 2017 22:26:52 GMT -5
Do you ever go for the drive out towards Lancaster? I think they now have an official Reserve. But when I was still living in SoCal 40 years ago it wasn't so official. We just went out and romped in the fields of poppies. And hardly ever saw another human.
I have a couple of times but I think the years I went weren't really banner years. But still very lovely, hundreds of acres of flowers. I think this year could be a once in a decade year. Any relatives you need to visit round here in a month or two?
Planning on going down to the desert in Anza Borrego in the next week or so.
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Post by davidjp on Mar 23, 2017 21:13:42 GMT -5
Its prime desert flower season at least in the lower Colorado desert. Good winter rains have brought out a nice display. This all within Anza Borrego california desert state park, 600,000 acres en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anza-Borrego_Desert_State_ParkDesert wash with desert sunflowers, sand verbena and evening primrose    Evening primrose  Desert lily  Ocotillo blooming  Bigelows monkeyflower  Desert dandelion beavertail cactus  Trail lined with encelia's  And appropriately at the end of the trail a small palm oasis with native California fan palms  Some tall palms  Nice and cool inside the palms  And some tranquil pools to enjoy before the hike back  You'd think it was a quiet place but lots of croaking going on, frogs in the desert  And judging by the number of caterpillars and the vastness of the area there will be a mass butterfy migration this year  |
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Post by desertwoman on Mar 23, 2017 21:38:53 GMT -5
Aren't deserts amazing and beautiful?! Thanks for posting these. davidjp Made me homesick for California. |
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Post by davidjp on Mar 23, 2017 21:42:26 GMT -5
I'm sure there will be some equally good displays in New Mexico this year. Its really a once in a decade bloom out there now
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Post by roxy on Mar 23, 2017 23:49:34 GMT -5
davidjp, I really enjoyed your pictures! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Post by brownrexx on Mar 24, 2017 8:09:35 GMT -5
I would spend all day outside if I lived there!
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Post by OregonRed on Apr 1, 2017 15:13:14 GMT -5
and the trail ended with encilia
did you see the little foot prints come out of the right side of trail and ending or walking around the rock in the fore ground?
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