Green

Grass coming up where there was patches of dried earth. Wonderfully green. The dream of sitting under a tree fulfilled.

More rain

More rain. Unusual amounts and sometimes colder mornings.

Jujube

Jujube fruits. Another first.

What grows

What grows, grass, weeds and some cactus here and there.

Rain last week

A good rain last week. The ground was soaked. Here, when it rains we celebrate.

Storm clouds

A couple of recent pictures. Storm clouds. A little bit of rain. Rain in town but not much here.

First ever

First ever apples. 3 exactly.

Sunset

Real colors.

Onions. Lots of onions!

Sunrise

5.45 AM. Sunrise.

May our light shine.

Texas umbrella

First flowers of the texas umbrella. Pink, delicate.

Birds playing around. A quail on the roof. And this one on its second floor. Giant sunflowers coming up!

Weeping willow

Amazing how a tree grows. More in awe because this one was started with just a stick- a few years ago- now it seems. Did some trimming this morning. Some branches are touching the ground. I cannot imagine how wide it will extend, but already it is providing a nice capony and shade. This one is special.

Jly 5th

Soon the time for blackberries.

July 4th

Nice weather. A bit cooler this morning, in the 60s. Hollyhocks and what we call" Turtle Rock" in the background. The very first currants ( groseilles) and gooseberries( groseilles a maquereaux) planted by Oliver. They are good!

4th of July parade in Prescott .

Monsoon clouds . Yesterday was very hot: 95 and 115 in Phoenix. A rescued plant on my way to Jerome a couple of years ago. This year, it shot up this huge flower, taller than me.

July 1st 2010

Lemon yellow flowers on a cactus. They will be gone in a couple of days. Still half closed this morning.

Starting July 1st

Starting July 1st, doing something that I love. Doing a nature diary, but this time on the web. For family and friends who are a bit curious of what life is like here.