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Thursday, August 25, 2022

Absence of Rain

White-winged Dove
It was somewhat hot and humid this morning for our daily trek, but the absence of clouds signaled the absence of rain, a rare occurrence of late.

We did our usual trek, suffering through the usual slings and arrows:  Heelers pulling on leads, bugs bugging us, constantly on the look out for snakes.

Nevertheless, we enjoyed getting our exercise in on this Thursday in the desert.

LDR-A arroyo

Triple Barrel Cactus

How green is our desert?

Willow and Frio resting in the right branch arroyo

Barrel Cactus flower and buds

Frio, Willow and Dr. K

Curve-billed Thrasher

This & next:  hummer


Spot the hummingbird

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

I really like the composition of the image of the Barrel Cactus flowers and buds.

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