Late Spring

 This has been a fairly dry spring and winter, too.  But Lake Gregory is looking beautiful anyway! 

My roses aren’t blooming yet, their buds are still forming.  Roses from the grocery store are sufficing for now.  

Down in Cleghorn Canyon, about 1,900 feet lower than where I live, the Bush Mallows are producing their delicate blooms.  

Here, the pink and white dogwoods are blooming…. 

    

Along with the lilacs.  There are lilacs all over the mountain valley where I live.  I’ve lived here since 1971,  and I often wonder who first planted all these lilacs.  In spring, if the day is warm enough, their scent perfumes the entire little valley, and to be outside on such a day is heavenly.  

And everywhere up here the wild Lunaria, or money plant, is blooming.  Spring is so beautiful, I wish it would last forever!  It’s over far too quickly though, and then we are left to endure the heat of summer and early fall.

Moon, Clouds and Water

This month’s almost full moon rising over the eastern hills.  I love to see Herself in the daytime.

There were some interesting mid-level clouds hanging around last week.  Our poor, parched hills are starting to green up, but they won’t stay that way unless we get lots more rain this winter.  So far, our rain total amount is only 15 inches.  

Took a drive down the desert side of the San Bernardino mountains to Cleghorn Canyon.  Not much water in Cleghorn Creek, but the sky was a beautiful blue.  

Pink Saturday

Little flowers of Fremont's Bush Mallow (Malacothamus fremontii) that I found growing down around Cleghorn Canyon.  It's a liminal sort of place, not really a part of the mountains but not really desert.  It's so quiet there, especially winter afternoons. 

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