tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post1104239290476794101..comments2017-12-31T23:43:40.382-08:00Comments on Bemused Boomer: Desert in BloomBemused Boomerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12782757742063345171noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-47521230251450711222010-03-31T16:36:31.201-07:002010-03-31T16:36:31.201-07:00Hahaha--most of my Palm Springs neighbors are FROM...Hahaha--most of my Palm Springs neighbors are FROM Seattle or B.C.! They know what green growing things look like! (and a lot of them got back to visit their little green friends each year...)<br /><br />I MUST get out my GPS and head for Joshua Tree (as soon as the major winds sent to us by my friends in Seattle die down). My Palo Verde tree just has a few little blooms. I'm pretty sure that number will be reduced to about zero after tonight's wind. <br /><br />Little spiky purple flowers? Is that what's in my picture? Or are those lupine--or neither. (Note to self, get book of local wildflowers...)Bemused Boomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782757742063345171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-21102522065545908412010-03-31T15:53:38.938-07:002010-03-31T15:53:38.938-07:00My family and I drove through Joshua Tree National...My family and I drove through Joshua Tree National Park yesterday to look at the wild flowers. All the yellow flowers were blooming, but we say many purple lupine, coral mallow, and the palo verde trees are indeed gorgeous. We also saw some little blue flowers I did not recognize as well as those crazy little purple spikey things that grow on individual stalks along the road. What are those? Does anyone know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-27424533136910337872010-03-30T11:47:20.904-07:002010-03-30T11:47:20.904-07:00Perhaps...to show your P.Springs neighbors what th...Perhaps...to show your P.Springs neighbors what they're missing, you should show them pictures from Buchart Gardens or the Skagit Valley Tulip festival. On second thought, nah, that'd be too mean. Perhaps on your annual trek north to escapt the worst of the P.S. summers, make a stop at Buchart Gardens to satiate that part of your brain that needs to see green, blooming plants....<br />-CP in SeattleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6788608596414024125.post-44596990450072324532010-03-30T00:58:50.298-07:002010-03-30T00:58:50.298-07:00Sorry about the messed-up paragraphs; it's lat...Sorry about the messed-up paragraphs; it's late at night here and Blogger is giving me big problems. Maybe I'll fix them in the futures<br />--and maybe I won't. It all depends on my frustration level at the time.Bemused Boomerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12782757742063345171noreply@blogger.com