Here is the Berlander Acacia in the courtyard.
And the Wisteria. It's not as lush as normal, but at least it's still alive.
Next is the Lantana
The slopes are covered with blooms of ocotillo but I can't seem to capture anything except the close ones with the camera. Maybe if you enlarge the photo and look closely you can get a better sense of it.
Needless to say, the hummers aren't interested in the feeders these days.
Thanks as usual for all the photos! I enjoy seeing the landscape as well as the birds! Springtime has reminded me that the drought hasn't gotten everything! But already feels like we're in for another long and hot summer! But we ARE in Texas! Have some of my summer residents, but oddly enough my hummers are slow to arrive.
ReplyDeleteI heard that the Ocotillo were dying
ReplyDeleteThose ocotillos are amazing, especially the 4th photo with the vertical cliff face markings. The acacia looks so full and lush.
ReplyDeleteBut it is sad to see dead lechuguillas and what looks like either desert candle or a yucca.
I haven't seen any dead ocotillo anywhere. Lots of sotol and lechuguilla look dead, but they may make an amazing return when rains come. We'll just have to wait and see. In my oasis are a few small junipers that I've water once or twice and they look perfectly healthy, so it doesn't take much to keep them going.
ReplyDeletePS-There's a cliff face on the first photo but on the last photo that is just a mountain slope.
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