Happy St. Patrick's Day

*Since Reflection's is spending time in the SW desert, she had a spot of trouble finding real Shamrock's to photo for you, so, here is the substitute, offered with best of wishes, enjoy the green beer, the holiday, be safe out there - -

Happy St. Patrick's Day

*Clip art thanks to leehansen.com

Back Track on ID??

On Feb. 26, this year, I did a post on what I tentatively identified as mesquite.

This AM while trying to identify today's offering of a Arizona desert bloomer, I found this page, and have to say, this sure looks a lot like my ?mesquite?

So, maybe my sweet little yellow puff of a flower belongs to the commonly named, whitethorn acacia.

Yep, still learning, still making bad identifications.  Sorry, some of these are really tough for an undereducated layman guesser!  LOL




* And, no, I have not found the identity of the desert bloomer - - yet.

Desert Bloomer

Species unidentified.  Growing near Apache Junction, Arizona.

Love You Two

Believe this is a mourning dove.  Disclaimer, I'm still learning.

Gambel's Quail of Arizona

The Gambel's Quail according to a Wikipedia page is about 11 inches long.  These were about 10 to 15 feet from where I was standing on a deck above them taking photos.  Sony was zoomed pretty much to the max (20 times).  I took a lot of photos, isn't that a surprise?  Nah, I know, no surprise.  With that top knot feature, they are rather enchanting birds, aren't they?

I Chase Shadows

Being a dog lover, I cannot resist, even when they are not mine.  This frisky 7 month old border collie belongs to Johnny Cloud of the Cloud Museum, Bard California, near Yuma Arizona.  He chases shadows and shiny things he sees.

*You can read all about our visit to the Cloud Museum at Reflections From the Fence.

Red Powderpuff

I believe this lovely flower is the bloom from the Baja Fairy Duster Powderpuff.  It is a bush, a Calliandras.   Disclaimer: I am still learning the flora of the lands west of I 35.  Several different plants were photographed for this post.