A study in blue

Photo by Ned Harris

Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. pauciflora) is the most commonly used name for this very delicate flower, now in the Asparagus Family. Really. It's the only wildflower in Sabino Canyon in the family that contains all of the agaves. How about that?

Photo by Ned Harris 2/20/2012

A male Western Bluebird. As beautiful as a flower! (Not in the asparagus family.)