While in Arizona I saw lots of wildflowers--more than usual, thanks to the extra monsoon rainfall. One plant was this Apache Plume, showing both the white flowers and the "plumes" which are the seedheads. In this case the honey bee and the butterfly photo bombed the image. 9/5/21 wwwsparhawkphotography.com
Ten miles above Portal in Arizona, over a steep, narrow, curvy and very rough road, is Rustler Park and campground in the Chiricahua Mountains. When birding there I discovered this very pretty and interesting mushroom growing out of the forest floor. It was the only one in sight, in among the pine trees. I don't know anything about mushrooms, other than the fact that I only "harvest" them with my camera. I think the extra rain in this monsoon season had increased the mushroom growth, as I saw other, different ones, in other places. 9/3/21 www.sparhawkphotography.com
Out birding the other day--gray and cloudy, but it was warm--the first time this season I hiked without a sweater or sweatshirt! 4/6/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotograpy.com
