The poppies are in full bloom, and the creek out of Horseshoe is running strong.
There is not usually water in this creek. (This is taken from inside the canyon.) We’ve had a lot of rain in the last month.
This was taken from outside of the canyon. The hillside is covered with poppies.
This nest is behind our greenhouse in the blackberry bush enclosure.
Here is a shot of the mountains right now. The rusty yellow toward the bottom is poppies.
And close up:
We were only gone a day and a half (to Phoenix for a quick conference and spring training game), but what a change we came home to.
When we went out to drive to the property this morning, I first noticed that the mountainside had some gold shading on it.
Poppies!
We drove up to Horseshoe Canyon (at the end of our road) and couldn’t believe our eyes.
It’s spring! More pictures here.