WHAT'S BLOOMING IN THE DESERT?

Well, just about everything. As I've written before, a lot of snowbirds miss out because they leave too soon. Actually, they arrive too soon because our Januarys are not all that nice usually.

This year it was great weather with some precip. Which allowed for splendid color this Spring. It helped that we had a drying out of weather in March and April and now the valley is green and colorful. The cactus flowers on the ends or tops of the saguaros are just now coming out. They're the prettiest of all.

Now, picture a Dale Chihuly glass exhibit stuck right in the middle of the Desert Botanical Garden and you have what is pictured above. Surrealistic explosions of colors magnified by the sun. On a partly sunny day, what sun there is intensifies certain colors while kind of shadowing or keeping other parts somewhat hidden or at least deflected from view. What I mean is on one elongated piece of glass which appears red, the color orange may come out heightening the effect and changing your initial impression.

The Garden is worth the price of admission even in non-blooming times, but enhanced by Chihuly, it's something not to be missed.