This is what the desert looks like in it’s natural state.
Add water from natural springs and this is what you get.
Plant a viable crop, date palms and now you have a name – Palm Springs.
These crazy trees don’t offer much shade, but in the desert, being in the shade makes all the difference in the world.
Gives you a few minutes to enjoy the rock formations
And see who finds this to be a perfect home.
Add a little sugar water and the humming birds come out. This is an unusual one. Love the collar.
Actually managed to capture him in flight. Yay! My camera skills are improving!
The wings are a blur they move so fast.
Dragonflies love the water too.
As tall as palms gets, they aren’t really trees. Here is one chopped down and split open, it looks like a sponge, not a dense hardy tree trunk.
Gnarled wood is always fascinating.
