This is what spring green looks like in Arizona, specifically at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix. Probably not what spring looks like where you live.
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Spring green
Posted: March 23, 2021 in Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021Tags: Arizona, cacti, desert, Desert Botanical Garden Phoenix, green, Life in Colour Photo Challenge 2021, Life in Colour: green, spring in the desert
Monday walk…Marching into spring
Posted: March 1, 2021 in Monday walkTags: blooming plants, flowers, Jo's Monday Walk, Monday walk, Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, spring, spring in the desert, sunrise
Spring in the desert isn’t exactly like spring in most other places. There are no swaths of wildflowers, no green grass everywhere. Spring comes early too, already on its way at the end of February/beginning of March, when it can be not much above freezing at night and by late afternoon be almost 80F. There are flowers, but quite often they’re on plants with thorns that will stab you if you aren’t careful. Still, they are flowers. The sunrise has moved from after 7 am during the winter to before 6 am and we’re off to the Preserve to seek out some signs of spring for Jo’s Monday walk (whenever the next one is.) We’ll see a variety of colors and even a hint of two of softness but always be careful because desert can so easily become dessert. 🙂



These flowers are actually quite tiny, but they’re abundant.

And these aren’t large either.
Happy Monday and welcome to March!
for Jo’s Monday Walk