Spring wildflowers,
carpet the desert,
with fragile blooms.
Some live only for a day.
No matter how brief,
they fill the arid desert,
with the joyful beauty,
of Life!
Cheers to you from the fragile desert~
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It’s all in the details… that first shot and the capture of the spider on the spines…
If you can’t find it – cut the photo into 9 squares ( 3 x 3) all the way bottom left square – sort of center in that tan square. 🙂
Oh I missed that! How very cool! Thank you so much for pointing him out and cheers to you Jules~
🙂
Love the spring green color. Our snow is finally melting.
Yay!!! Three cheers for spring! I know it has been a rough winter~
Beautiful and very cheerful this time of the year
Yes, soon the summer heat will descend on the desert and the whole desert turns silent during the day, only rousing itself in the coolness after dark~
Really enjoyed this outstanding photographic display of liveliness in the desert, Cindy. 🙂
Ahhh, so glad my friend and cheers to you~
Thank you, Desert Flower. I hadn’t seen these for just too many years to tell you about. So fragile, so short-lived, but so supremely beautiful ! Hugs, Cuz…… 🙂
They are special, just like you cuz. Hope spring is starting to peek at you through the snow!
Beautiful!
Mil grazi~
WOW !
Love that word! 😉
You have captured the beauty of nature Cindy…
Awww, you do too Pauline! <3
Gorgeous captures! 🙂
Mil grazi!
Bright and cheerful colors!
The desert in technicolor!
Gorgeous. I love the baby green of your first photo. There’s something very calming about it! 🙂
Yes, the desert is extremely calming for me and this may be part of the reason~
Hi Cindy:
When we see many of them in a meadow, we don’t realize how pretty each one is.
Exactly! And if we only see one in high zoom, we don’t know how they look by the thousands!
Wow, beautiful flowers and photos! 🙂 <3
Thank you my friend and blessings!
Ah, the rains brought such beautiful blooms. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, the rain created the blooms! Hopefully spring is tip-toeing your way Brenda. I know your family is more than ready for it~
It will come. Meanwhile, we have broken the record for the snowiest winter on record. LOL Somehow, that feels exciting.
Yes, I can imagine, especially since it is hopefully almost over! 🙂
Exquisite beauty, Cindy. What a fantastic scene that surrounds you!
The desert has this unique and subtle beauty. So pleased you see it!
I can always rely on you sharing something beautiful to inspire and lift my day! Your pictures are very wondrful, I may have to use something soon in another poem…it is so easy to do when one embraces what your selfless and genuine heart shares! Hugs and blessings to you always dear sister!
I feel just the same about you Wendell my brother, blessed to know you! Happy St. Patrick’s day my friend~
Some amazing pictures here. After seeing them I just felt like putting my hiking boots on and going on a desert backpacking trip.
Well, I hope you do! The flowers will welcome you and possibly the Big Horn Sheep too!
You are the “bee whisperer” I swear, I have never seen such detail on those blessed buggies. And the flowers! Amazeballs. The whole of it. serious thumbs up!
Awwww, hope the sun is shining on you in beautiful Santa Barbara my friend!
What an awesome display for natures reward for a long winter – beautiful spray of colors spreading across the desert floor. Love the post Cindy.
So pleased you do and cheers to you too!
Exquisite captures of these beautiful desert wildflowers, Cindy! 🙂 Beautiful details!
Very happy you enjoyed the desert blooms Amy and Happy St Patty’s Day!
Happy St. Patty’s Day my dear – may the luck of the Irish be with you or something like that…
Laughing, I will consider myself lucky if I don’t get pinched for not wearing green! Happy St. Patty’s day my friend~
I lived in the Southwest back in the 60’s & 70’s. This brought back many memories.
Oh lovely, and I hope mostly good ones!
Gorgeous photos. Lovelovelove Anza Borrego. Especially at this time of year.
It is remarkable isn’t it! So pleased you know and love it too!
I love wild flowers! They do not have Hollywood screechy appearance, they are just simply adorable.
Yes, I know precisely what you mean. They are truly natural!
Great captures…love this time of year in the desert!!
Quite lovely and oh so brief!
A sight I hope to see someday…but in the meantime thank you for these wonderful scenes!
Very pleased you enjoyed and cheers to you~
I want it to be spring so bad!!!! I love to see such beautiful wildflowers! 🙂
It’s on it’s way. People are showing me photos of the crocus growing through the snow!
A bee in a blooming flower! What a capture! XD
So good to hear from you Hari! I have missed you and hope all is well with you!
I am very well, Cindy. I hope everything is superb in The Holler. 😀
It is the busiest months of the year for me. The Chinese New Year/ Spring festival just passed and now Ching Ming is coming. It is the 21 days during which we are allowed to clean and repair our ancestors’ graves. We also have to do offering ceremonies there.
These events make me super busy! 😀
I am glad to hear everything is well with you Hari. I was worried during the volcanic eruption. Sounds like a culturally and spiritually rich time for you and your family. I imagine you are cooking some divine dishes. Happy spring and New Year my friend to you and your family~
Those flowers have so much fragile beauty!
Aren’t they incredible. Such a treat to find them growing wild~
Beautiful flowers, Cindy <3
So pleased you enjoyed them & cheers to you~
Beautiful, absilutely stunning! Thank you.
Awwwww, so kind & so appreciated!
sehr schöne Pflanze, liebe Cindy, ich grüße dich, Klaus
Vielen, vielen Dank Klaus und ich freue mich sehr, Sie sie mogen!
These are amazing Cindy. I’d love to go there one day.
Oh I hope you do and post about your impressions too!
i like this 🙂
Amazing blog and photos. Have a good day. Annalisa 🙂
wünsche einen schönen Donnerstag, Klaus
Vielen, vielen danke! <3
stunning! each and every one 🙂
So pleased you enjoyed & cheers to you~
absolutely beautiful Cindy, would love to reblog if it is ok with you…if not I completely understand 🙂 <3
I would be more than honored and grateful. Thank you & cheers to you!
You’re most welcome and the pleasure is all mine 🙂
<3
Niiice!
Can’t wait to see spring flowers around here.
{Hugs}
I can’t wait for you and hope it comes SOON!
Cindy, just gorgeous! But the one ‘with fragile blooms’ is pure stunning! 🙂
You are such a kind blogging friend!
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Cindy’s photos will leave you spellbound…with her vibrant colours and perfect shots I am a definitely in awe of her talent! Do check her out 🙂
Awwwww, such an awesome blogger friend! Hugs & thanks~ <3 <3
Hugs back! <3
I was going to try and pick a favorite but I gave up! They are all magnificent in their own unique ways! 🙂
Nature’s incredible gifts to us! So glad you enjoyed & cheers LInda~
The beauty cactus produce never ceases to amaze me. Your photos are amazing, Cindy.
Awwww, hope all is well with you my dear friend Sheri!
Great work as always 🙂
So kind & much appreciated!
no worries
beste Grüße, Klaus
Guten Tag und vielen dank Klaus~
Beautiful Pictures, thank you very much and happy weekend Cindy….💗💗💗
Froehliche Wochenende!
I love wildflowers, they’re rich with their colors. I love your photo shot, the colors are vivid <3
So pleased you enjoyed and thanks so much for stopping by!
Wow ! Your posts with the gorgeous floral composites celebrate Spring on a permament basis .. Thanks for dropping by Cindy ! ~ Happy Spring ~
Happy Spring to you my dear friend Doda~
Spectacular post, Cindy!! These flowers are glorious, just magnificent! Your blog radiates such happiness and warmth, and whenever I do come here, it is with Great Joy. Have a wonderful weekend!!! Love, Amy
What a lovely comment that just made my day! Thank you & cheers too~
Oh, Cindy, how dear you are. With so many beautiful comments and you still can say this to me. Bless you!!!
The kindness and compassion of bloggers like you enhances my life and brings me much happiness! You are why I love to blog! <3
Which to choose, Cindy? That hot pink with the delicate edges or the sultry greens? Love them all 🙂
You are allowed to be promiscuous and love them all!! I do! 😉 <3