Yes, it’s hot this week. We had 106 but the valley had 112!
We, the cats and desert adapted plants (like this variegated agave) are hanging in there.
Tag Archives: desert
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion
Moving rocks the other day and this crawled out! It’s a Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion and definitely the largest I’ve seen yet. It waited long enough for me to grab a quarter to show scale but then scooted off.
teddy bears
Do Teddy Bear Cholla turn into real Teddy Bears after they die?
Hmmmm…..could be? 🙂
chance of rain
Infrared capture makes the desert look gloomier than it was.
ocotillo in infrared
In search of blooming Ocotillo (Fouquieria spendens) yesterday, my friend Barry and I found lots of them but the lighting wasn’t great. Infrared turned out pretty well considering it was overcast.