Monday, March 27, 2023

The beavertail are blooming!

 We've waited for two months watching the little buds colour and swell and were rewarded on our last visit to Santa Rosa Mounument. There they were - blooming beavertails!

This is one of our favourite hikes - only fifteen minutes away. We can head out when it is still cool and spend the morning enjoying the desert life - flowers, birds and lizards! 

Steps leading up to the trail

City in background of Santa Rosa Monument

And now the cactus of the hour!




We estimate forty blooms in the waiting. 



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