Daily Dose of the Southwest: Blooming Nostalgia

Just a quick reminder that this is what the Sonoran Desert usually looks like this time of year.

But not this year. We’ve fortunately received rain in the last few weeks, but too little and way too late for wildflowers. And so I reminisce a bit about years past.

I took this photo on the McDowell Mountains just above Taliesin West, during the time I worked there as a tour guide — March 2017. That was a banner wildflower years, a superbloom as the social media influencers like to say these days.

The brittlebush showed particularly well in the McDowells that year. Currently it’s only blooming by the roadsides where they get 100x water as runs off the blacktop. Alas, maybe next year we’ll get a good show.

Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, tomorrow’s Daily Dose will be more uplifting — scout’s honor.

-Jake

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