Springtime In The Desert Mallard Ducks At Desert Golf Courses Every year the spring season is marked by warm weather, wildflowers and fledglings. The air is filled with the scent of flowering fruit trees and other blossoming plants. You hear the birds calling to each other as they build nests, lay eggs and raise their […]
Andreas Canyon Hike & Murray Canyon Hike Indian Canyons, Palm Springs, CA April 8th 2010 The wildflowers have reached their peak in the Palm Springs, CA area. The temperatures have warmed up and the pungent aroma of flowers in bloom fills the desert air. April is the perfect month to hike the desert trails, as
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General Patton’s troops at Roy’s Cafe? Well not exactly… Many people that live in the Mojave Desert drive portions of old Route 66 through Amboy, California en route to Laughlin or Las Vegas, Nevada. Most Mojave Desert residents have heard the legends about General Patton training his troops in the desert during World War II. Many of these training areas were
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Southern Nevada’s own weather prognosticator, Mojave Max, declares spring has arrived in the Mojave Desert by emerging from his burrow on Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
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Photography is largely a solitary sport. It is rarely done in a team setting. There is the photographer, a camera and object that is being photographed. Occasionally, there is an assistant. It can also be very serious, after all, if we aren’t just making snapshots, we are trying to create Art, with a capital “A.”
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South part of Joshua Tree National Park Photos taken between the exit from I-10 and the Cottonwood Spring Visitor’s Center The blooms are just starting to open in the southern entrance to Joshua Tree National Park. There were scattered brittlebush, chuparosa, bladderpod, ocotillo and barrel cactus in bloom. The chia and dandelions were abundant and
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Death Valley Junction and the Amargosa Opera House – Boredom can be a wonderful thing. It can get you out of the house; it can give you reasons to meet people you might not talk to otherwise. Boredom can lead to adventures of all shapes and sizes.
In this desert lived a unique people called “Peeps.” Peeps came in many shapes, Chicked-dy Chicks, Wascally Wabbits and a variety of other beings, depending on the season — Plump Punkins’, Ghastly Ghosts and Christmas Trees. They lived faithfully with each other.
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Thousands, no, probably tens of thousands of little beady eyes watched me enter the store. The official greeter said, “Welcome to Wal-Mart.” There were shelves overflowing with fluorescent pink, blue and purple creatures, impossible colors in nature.
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Expect 2010 desert wildflowers to be brilliant!
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